Guillermo Mordillo

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Mordillo

Guillermo Mordillo (left) and the Mayor of General San Martín Partido, Ricardo Ivoskus.
Birth name Guillermo Mordillo
Born August 4, 1932 (1932-08-04) (age 75)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentinian
Notable works Crazy Cowboy
Crazy Crazy
Les Girafes
Awards full list

Guillermo Mordillo (born August 4, 1932, in Villa Pueyrredon, Buenos Aires, Argentina), known simply as Mordillo, is a creator of cartoons and animations, and was one of the most widely published cartoonists of the 1970s.[1] He is most famous for his humorous, colorful, and wordless depictions of love, sports (in particular soccer and golf), and long-necked animals.

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[edit] Bibliography

  • The Damp and Daffy Doings of a Daring Pirate Ship, 1971, Harlin Quist Inc., New York, USA
  • The Collected Cartoons of Mordillo, 1971, Crown Publishers, New York, USA
  • Crazy Cowboy, 1972, Harlin Quist Inc., New York, USA
  • Crazy Crazy, 1974, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt/M., Germany
  • Opus I, 1976, Friedrich W.Heye Verlag, Unterhaching, Germany
  • Opus II, 1978, (with foreword by Marcel Marceau). Friedrich W.Heye Verlag, Unterhaching, Germany
  • Opus III, 1980, Friedrich W.Heye Verlag, Unterhaching, Germany
  • Mordillo Football, 1981, (with foreword by Pelé). Century Hutchinson, London, Great Britain
  • Mordillo Lovestory, 1985, (with foreword by Jane Birkin). Editions Glénat, Grenoble, France
  • Mordillo Golf, 1987, (with foreword by Roberto De Vicenzo). Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milano, Italy
  • Mordillo Safari, 1990, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München, Germany
  • Mordillo Amore Amore, 1994, (with foreword by Giovanni Mariotti). Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milano, Italy

[edit] Awards

  • 1969 Silver Medal at the V International Biennale of humorous designs at Tolentino
  • 1971 Loisirs Jeunes Award, Paris
  • 1971 Critici En Herba Award, Bologna, for the children's book Pirate ship
  • 1972 Silver Medal of the first International Festival of Humorous Designs in Sarajevo
  • 1973 Phénix de l'Humour, Paris
  • 1974 Association of Argentine Designers Award
  • 1976 El Gaucho Award, Köln
  • 1976 Nakamori Award, Tokyo, for the children's book Crazy Cowboy
  • 1977 Best Cartoonist of the year at the Salon International de l'Humour in Montréal
  • 1977 Palme d'Or at the 31st International Fair of Bordighera
  • 1983 Palme d'Or at the 36th International Fair of Bordighera
  • 1985 Andersen Award at Sestri Levante
  • 1995 Gold Medal at the 18th International Tolentino Fair of Humour

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. Guilermo Mordillo.

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