Gus Arriola

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Gustavo Gus Arriola (born July 17, 1917 in Florence , Arizona , † February 2, 2008 in Carmel-by-the-Sea , California ) was an American comic artist . He gained particular fame through his comic strip Gordo .

life and work

Arriola was born the youngest of nine children to a Mexican immigrant. His mother died early and his family moved him to Los Angeles when Arriola was eight years old. There he attended Manual Arts High School and after graduating in 1935 found a job in the studio of Charles Mintz . In 1937 Arriola moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , where he worked in the animation department. Based on cartoon characters he developed in 1940, Arriola created the daily strip Gordo , the first episode of which appeared on November 24, 1941. The comic about a Mexican farmer was interrupted in October 1942 when Arriola was called up, but could at least be continued as a Sunday page in May 1943. In 1943 he also married Mary Frances Sevier, whom he had met at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the army, worked in a unit that produced training films. After Arriola's discharge from the army in 1946, he continued Gordo as a daily strip. The strip, which was reprinted by 270 newspapers at its best, was continued by Arriola through March 1985 and then discontinued.

After residing in La Jolla , California and Phoenix , Arizona , Arriola settled in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1956. He died after suffering from Parkinson's and cancer. He and his wife had a son who was killed in a car accident at the age of 35.

literature

  • Andreas C. Knigge: Comic-Lexikon , Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , pp. 74-75.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gus Arriola on annexgalleries.com (English) , accessed on September 22, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Mary Rourke: Cartoonist created popular Latino comic strip 'Gordo' on latimes.com (English) , accessed September 22, 2012
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Gus Arriola on anb.org (English) , accessed on September 22, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Arriola, Gus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arriola, Gustavo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence , Arizona
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 2008
Place of death Carmel-by-the-Sea , California