![]() Irish was not on set that day and he lamented never having got to meet her." Arrival in the United StatesĪccording to the artist, he arrived in New York in 1962 with nothing but 20 dollars and his portfolio of drawings. He said they were pretty distant shots as despite the wig and costume he didn't look at all like Irish. Sergio had to put on the Sheena costume and did some stunts which I understand included swinging from a vine and diving into water. On one of the rare occasions Sergio was on set the stuntman didn't show up. Among the projects worked on, his father did work for the Irish McCalla TV series Sheena, Queen of the Jungle which was filmed in Mexico (in 1955). His father didn't want the family on set for fear of actors and workers befriending the family in order to win favor with the father. "A friend told me that Sergio's father was a film director/producer in Mexico. Īrt collector Jeff Singh spoke with Sergio at a convention and wrote. In 1962, Aragonés moved to the United States, where he married Chomette and settled with her in New York. ![]() ![]() "I joined the class", Aragonés recalled, "not to become a mime but to apply its physical aspects of movement to my comics."Īragonés taught Mexican Popular Art at the University of Mexico, and became engaged to one of his American students, Lilio Chomette. He continued to sell gag cartoons to magazines while studying architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he learned pantomime under the direction of Alejandro Jodorowsky. He made his first professional sale in 1954 when a high school classmate submitted his work to a magazine without telling Aragonés. That's probably why I draw so fast, because I drew so many of them." All the kids who couldn't draw would leave a square where the drawing was, and I would charge them to draw that. a beetle or a plant, the pistil of a flower, or soldiers – that type of thing. "The teacher would give us homework, which would consist of copying Chapter Eleven, including the illustrations . "The earliest money I ever made was with drawings", he remembered. So you stay at home, and what do you do? You take pencils and start drawing." Īragonés used his drawing skills to assimilate. When the other kids make fun of you, you don't want to get out of the house. You're the new kid, and you have an accent. Aragonés recalled his early difficulties in Mexico, saying, "I didn't have too many friends because I had just arrived. ![]() His parents returned sometime later to find that he had covered the wall in hundreds upon hundreds of drawings. As one anecdote goes, Aragonés was once left alone in a room by his parents with a box of crayons. Aragonés had a passion for art since early childhood. Mad editor Al Feldstein said, "He could have drawn the whole magazine if we'd let him." īorn in Sant Mateu, Castellón, Spain, Aragonés emigrated with his family to France, due to the Spanish Civil War, before settling in Mexico at age 6. The Comics Journal has described Aragonés as "one of the most prolific and brilliant cartoonists of his generation". Sergio Aragonés Domenech ( / ˌ æ r ə ˈ ɡ oʊ n ɪ s/ ARR-ə- GOH-niss, Spanish: born September 6, 1937) is a Spanish/Mexican cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad magazine and creating the comic book Groo the Wanderer.Īmong his peers and fans, Aragonés is widely regarded as "the world's fastest cartoonist". National Cartoonist Society Comic Book Award for 1986, Humor Comic Book Award for 1973, 1974, and 1976, Magazine and Book Illustration Award for 1989, Special Features Award for 1977, Gag Cartoon Award for 1983, and Reuben Award in 1996 Īdamson Award for Best International Comic-Strip or Comic Book work in Sweden, 1985 Shazam Award, Best Inker (Humor Division), and Best Humor Story in 1972.
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