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Guillermo Mordillo

Guillermo Mordillo was born on August 4, 1932 in Villa Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Known simply as Mordillo, he is a creator of caricatures and animations and was one of the most published cartoonists of the 1970s. He is most famous for his humorous, colorful, and wordless depictions of love, sports (particularly soccer, and football). golf) and long-necked animals. From 1976 to 1981, Mordillo's cartoons were used by the Slovenian artist Miki Muster to create “Mordillo”, a series of 400 animated shorts (300 min) that were later presented at “Cannes” and later bought by television studios in 30 countries. The son of Spanish parents, Mordillo spent his childhood in Villa Pueyrredón in Buenos Aires, where he had an early interest in drawing. In 1948 he obtained the title of Illustrator from the School of Journalism. Two years later, while continuing his studies, as part of the animation team of "Burone Bruch", he illustrated children's stories ("Perrault's Tales", "Schmid's Tales", "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Three Little Pigs"). Edited by Codex. In 1952 he co-founded "Galas Studios", dedicated to the production of animations. Meanwhile, he continued to develop his career as an illustrator and published some comic strips in local magazines. On November 7, 1955, he moved to Lima, Peru, where he worked as an independent designer for the advertising company "McCann Erickson". In 1958 he illustrated "Aesop's Fables" and "Samaniego" for Editorial Iberia Lima. Having done greeting card illustrations for Kansas City-based Hallmark Cards, he left for the United States in 1960. While there, he was employed by Paramount Pictures Studios in New York, creating part of the performance of the film in two world significant characters: "Popeye" and "Little Lulu" and creates two characters for the short film "Trick for tree". Three years later, on August 20, his life changed course again. This time he traveled to Europe, arriving in Paris on September 19. There, he worked on his first humorous lyrics for “Mic Max Edition”. In July 1966 he began to collaborate with the magazine "Le Pelerin" and shortly after with "Paris Match". Two years later, his work began to be published in publications in other parts of the world, among which the German publishing house "Stern" stands out. In Paris he met his wife Amparo Camarasa, whom he married in 1969. They have two children: Sebastián Jerome (1970) and Cecile Isabelle (1972). In 1980 he moved to Majorca, Spain and was appointed President of the "Comic and Cartoon Authors International Association" (CFIA) based in Geneva, Switzerland. After 18 years in Spain, he returned to France in 1998. The following year he participated in the Creative Workshop in Zermatt, Switzerland. In 2007 he left ink drawings in color and experimented with new materials: acrylics, pastels and crayons. The following year he made with "Art Petrus", a series of reproductions of paintings in high definition. Also that year he sold through the Internet a numbered publication signed by the author: “Colección Mordillo”.