Gabriel Vargas (cartoonist)

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Gabriel Vargas
1983 "Premio Nacional de Periodismo" (National Journalism Prize) award ceremony
BornGabriel Bernal Vargas
(1915-02-05)February 5, 1915
Tulancingo, Hidalgo
DiedMay 25, 2010(2010-05-25) (aged 95)
Mexico City
NationalityMexican
Area(s)Cartoonist, painter[1][2][3][4][5]
Notable works
La Familia Burrón (comic strip)
The Burrón Family
Awards1983 "Premio Nacional de Periodismo" (National Journalism Prize)
2003 "Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes en el área de Tradiciones Populares" (National Sciences and Arts Prize)[6][7]

Gabriel Bernal Vargas (5 February 1915 – 25 May 2010)

National Sciences and Arts Prize) in 2003.[1][2][6][7][8][9]

Early life and education

Gabriel Vargas was born in

comic, Los Superlocos, whose main protagonists became the basis for La Familia Burrón.[1][2][6][7]

La Familia Burrón

In 1937, Vargas began drawing La Familia Burrón as a separate

circulation sales to reach 500,000 copies a week.[9][12][13] The comic was temporarily suspended but resumed in 1978.[12][13]

Later life and death

In 2007,

paralyzed because of an affiction he had suffered for the past twenty years.[4][5]

The

Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes stated Vargas died on 25 May 2010 at his Mexico City home.[6][7][8] His health had declined in recent years but no cause of death was given.[6][7][8] According to a statement released by this council, Vargas was "one of the greatest representatives of the golden age of Mexican comics" and an "undeniable reference point for the nation’s popular culture".[9]

Bibliography

The following is a list of Vargas' various comic strips:[1][2][6][7]

  • Los Superlocos
  • La Familia Burrón (1937–2009)
  • La vida de Cristo
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Pancho López
  • El gran Caperuzo
  • Los Chiflados
  • Los del Doce
  • Sopa de perico

Awards

Cartoon characters created by Vargas depicted at the Museo del Estanquillo, Mexico City

In 1983, Vargas received the "Premio Nacional de Periodismo" (National Journalism Prize) in the field of Popular Traditions.

Federal District government recognized Vargas as a Distinguished Citizen.[1][2][6][7] In addition, the Estanquillo Museum collections exhibited many of his painted works as a homage.[6][7] At the time of his death, a complete exhibition of La Familia Burrón was on display at a museum in Florence, Italy.[1][2]

On 5 February 2015, Google Doodle celebrated Gabriel Vargas’ 100th Birthday.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Muere el caricaturista Gabriel Vargas". El Universal (in Spanish). 25 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Muere el caricaturista Gabriel Vargas". El Universal. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Mexican Cartoonist Gabriel Vargas Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d Amador, Judith (25 May 2010). "Fallece Gabriel Vargas, creador de La Familia Burrón". Proceso (in Spanish). proceso.com.mx. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d Amador, Judith (25 May 2010). "Fallece Gabriel Vargas, creador de La Familia Burrón". Proceso. Google Translate. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  6. ^
    Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
    (in Spanish). conaculta.gob.mx. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  7. ^
    Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Google Translate
    . 26 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  8. ^
    Fox News Channel
    . 25 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  9. ^ a b c Gardner, Alan (26 May 2010). "Mexico's Gabriel Vargas dies at age 95". The Daily Cartoonist. dailycartoonist.com. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Caricaturas mexicanas: la familia Burrón". Globedia (in Spanish). mx.globedia.com. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  11. ^ a b "Caricaturas mexicanas: la familia Burrón". Globedia. Google Translate. September 28, 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  12. ^ a b c d López-Portillo, Esther. "La Familia Burrón". Sepiensa.org.mx (in Spanish). sepiensa.org.mx. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  13. ^ a b c d López-Portillo, Esther. "La Familia Burrón". Sepiensa.org.mx. Google Translate. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  14. ^ Desk, OV Digital (2023-02-05). "5 February: Remembering Gabriel Vargas on Birthday". Observer Voice. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  15. ^ "Gabriel Vargas' 100th Birthday". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.