Arturo Moreno (cartoonist)
Arturo Moreno (10 May 1909 – 25 June 1993[1]) was a Spanish cartoonist, comics artist and animator.
| Arturo Moreno | |
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| Born | 10 May 1909 Valencia, Spain |
| Died | 25 June 1993 (aged 84) Barcelona, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Notable works | Garbancito de la Mancha |
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His family moved to Barcelona when he was eight. Moreno began working as a professional artist in the 1920s,[1] contributing to a satirical magazine, Pulgarcito.[2]
In 1942, Moreno founded Diarmo Films with José María Arola. "Diarmo" is a portmanteau of "Dibujos animados Arola y Moreno" (Spanish for "Arola and Moreno Animations").[3]
In 1948, he emigrated to Caracas, Venezuela and worked for the Venezuelan Ministry of Education on Tricolor, an educational children's magazine, as well as advertising spots.[2][4] Moreno returned to Spain in 1956.
He was known as one of the most prominent Spanish animators.[5]
Biography
After moving to Barcelona, Moreno began taking drawing classes. After working as a comic strip artist, he began drawing for Pulgarcito and another magazine, TBO, in 1924. In 1929, he had his first exhibition. At this point, he began to take an interested in animation, after seeing movies featuring Felix the cat. His debut was a one-minute black-and-white commercial for a chocolate company.
Works
| Year | Title | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Tommy, aventuras de un joven sportman | Pulgarcito | |
| 1930 | Formidables trapisondas del Grumete Mick, el viejo Mock y el Perro Muck | Pocholo | Dos entregas |
| 1934 | Aventuras de un faraón en el Siglo XX | Ki-Ki-Ri-Ki | |
| 1935 | Punto negro | Pocholo | |
| 1936 | Punto negro en el País del Juego | Pocholo | Álbum monográfico |
| 1936 | Faustino de la O | Mickey | |
| 1936 | Freddy, el pequeño botones | Pocholo | |
| 194- | Selección de historietas judías | Bauzá | Álbum monográfico |
| 1941 | Cupatintas y su pandilla | Chicos | Primera época de la revista. |
| 1941 | Capuchín | Mis Chicas | |
| 1942 | El Califa cigüeña | Mis Chicas | |
| 1943 | El Flautista de Homelín | Chicos | |
| 1945 | Cuentos de Mateo y Lepi | Flechas y Pelayos | |
| 1949 | Moreno | Buigas | número 6 |
| 1956 | León y Arpón, trotamuntos | Paseo Infantil | |
| 1957 | Aventuras de Cuqui | Maravillas | |
| 1957 | Pinky Trotamundos | Pinocho | |
| 1957 | Ciclonín | Pinocho | |
| 1957 | Fifilo | Paseo Infantil | |
| 1958 | Jacin Too | Bailarín | |
| 1970 | Humor Gráfico español del siglo XX | número 46 | |
| 1974 | Chito | Chito | |
| 1991 | La familia de Ulises | Los Archivos del TBO | número 6 |
| 1998 | Cien cómics sobre aspirina | Obra póstuma. | |
Cine
| Title | Year | Length | Budget | Box office | Profits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La risa va por barrios (y/o El capitán Tormentoso)[6] | 1942 | 14 minutes[7] | s.d. | s.d. | s.d. |
| Garbancito de la Mancha | 1945 | 85 minutes | 3 809 618 pesetas[8] | s.d. | between 2 000 000 and 3 000 000 pesetas[8] |
| Alegres vacaciones | 1948 | 73 minutes | 3 000 000 pesetas[9] | s.d. | s.d.[Note 1] |
Notes
- Aunque no se tienen datos de los beneficios que obtuvo la película, Arturo Moreno afirmó que sí se obtuvieron debido a que la productora realizó una tercera película, Los sueños de Tay-Pi.[9]
References
- Ma Candel, José (1993). Historia del dibujo animado español (in Spanish). pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-8475641478.
- "Comic creator: Arturo Moreno". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- Martínez Barnuevo, María Luisa (2008). El largometraje de animación español: análisis y evaluación (in Spanish). p. 83. ISBN 9788480487771.
- Manzanera Molina Niñirola, María (1992). Cine de animación en España: largometrajes 1945-1985 (in Spanish). pp. 189–194. ISBN 9788476843390.
- "Arturo Moreno". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- Cuadrado 2000, pp. 877–878.
- José María Candel Crespo 1993, pp. 28–29.
- José María Candel Crespo 1993, pp. 44–50.
- José María Candel Crespo 1993, pp. 52–55.
Bibliography
- José María Candel Crespo (1993). Ediciones Tres Fronteras (ed.). Historia del dibujo animado español (in Spanish). ISBN 978-0-7864-3365-0.
- Cuadrado, Jesús (2000). Madrid: Ediciones Sinsentido/Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. 2 v (ed.). Atlas español de la cultura popular: De la historieta y su uso 1873-2000 (in Spanish). ISBN 84-89384-23-1.