Sergio Aragonés
Sergio Aragonés Domenech (born September 6, 1937 in Sant Mateu , Castellón de la Plana , Spain ) is a cartoonist who was best known for his cartoons in MAD magazine .
After his family emigrated to Mexico from Spain, Aragonés studied architecture at the University of Mexico . Even during this time he was always drawing cartoons and published them in the school newspaper, among other things.
In 1962 he went to the USA , where he soon became a permanent employee of MAD magazine in New York .
Sergio Aragonés' cartoons are known to say a lot without text and explanations. Most of them are comic situations. In addition, Aragonés has a great talent at being able to represent celebrities and film stars recognizable with just a few lines, for example in the Star Trek parodies.
He also produces a number of "marginal drawings"; small cartoons, which are printed horizontally or vertically in the MAD magazine on the edge of the pages next to the articles.
Aragonés' best-known works apart from MAD include the comic series Groo the Wanderer , which has also appeared in German-speaking countries at times. In 1980 Aragonés developed the figure of the simple-minded barbarian Groo. In 1982 the first issue was published by Pacific Comics , after several changes of publisher the series is currently published by Dark Horse Comics .
In the meantime, Aragonés also worked for Bongo Comics . There the Sergion Aragonés Funnies and the category "Maggie's World" appeared in the Bart Simpson comics .
Publications in Germany
Aragonés' own comic series Groo the Wanderer only had nine German editions in the 1980s and three anthologies in the late 1990s. His other work was published in Germany mainly in the context of the various publications of the German MAD . Currently only the anthology MADs great masters: Sergio Aragonés is available, all other publications are only antiquarian.
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Groo:
- Groo der Wanderer No. 1–5, Interpart Verlag (1984–1985)
- Groo der Blahbar No. 1–4, Condor-Interpart Verlag (1990)
- Groo - The Smartest Man in the World (Groo Volume 1), Dino Verlag (1999)
- Groo & Rufferto (Groo Volume 2), Dino Entertainment (1999)
- Groo: Mightier Than the Sword (Groo Volume 3), Dino Entertainment (2000)
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MAD paperbacks:
- Viva MAD! , Warner Books (1975), MAD-TB # 2, orig .: Viva MAD! (Signet 1968)
- Wirre Welt , Williams Verlag (1975), MAD-TB # 7, orig .: MAD about MAD! (Signet 1970)
- Totally crazy! , Williams Verlag (1977), MAD-TB # 15, orig .: In MAD We Trust! (Warner 1974)
- Zum Schießen , Williams Verlag (1979), MAD-TB # 22, orig .: Shootin 'MAD (Warner 1979)
- MAD addicted! , Williams Verlag (1980), MAD-TB # 28, orig .: Incurably MAD (Warner 1977)
- To the devil with MAD , Williams Verlag (1982), MAD-TB # 36, orig .: MAD as the Devil! (Warner 1975)
- MAD Menagerie , Williams Verlag (1985), MAD-TB # 45, orig .: MAD Menagerie (Warner 1983)
- MAD -schmuckbuch, MiniPress (1986), MAD-TB # 53, orig .: MADly Yours! (Warner 1972)
- MAD Pantomimes , MiniPress (1989), MAD-TB # 63, orig .: MAD Pantomimes (Warner 1987)
- MAD-St (r) icheleien , Delta Verlag (1990), MAD-TB # 69, orig .: MAD as Usual! (Warner 1990)
- Am Rande des Wahnsinns , Delta Verlag (1991), MAD-TB # 73, orig .: More MAD Marginals (Warner 1985)
- Drawn by Life , Dino Verlag (1999), MAD-TB # 2 (new series), orig .: Sergio Aragonés' Next MAD Book (Warner 1992)
- Sergio Aragonés destroys DC , Dino Verlag (1999), orig .: Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC (DC Comics 1996)
- Sergio Aragonés destroys Marvel , Marvel Comics (1999), orig .: Sergio Aragonés Massacres Marvel (Marvel Comics 1996)
- Silent Roar , Dino Entertainment (2000)
- MAD 's Greatest Artists : Sergio Aragonés , Panini Verlag (2011), ISBN 9783862010394 , orig .: MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés: Five Decades of His Finest Works (Running Press 2010)
Web links
- Literature by and about Sergio Aragonés in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official Site of Aragonés (Engl.)
- Sergio Aragones. International Museum of Cartoon Art, archived from the original on April 4, 2005 ; accessed on April 28, 2009 .
- List of various publications Sergio Aragonés (Engl.)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aragonés, Sergio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aragonés Domenech, Sergio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sant Mateu , Castellón de la Plana , Spain |