Liniers (cartoonist)
Ricardo Siri | |
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Argentine | |
Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Pseudonym(s) | Liniers |
Notable works | Macanudo The Big Wet Balloon |
Awards | Eisner Award Winner.[1] Parents Magazine Ten Best Children's Book (for The Big Wet Balloon) |
Ricardo Siri (
Early life
Liniers is related to viceroy
Career
In regards to the name he uses for his
He studied advertising, but ultimately decided to pursue a career in comics. His work is influenced by
Along with Santiago Rial Ungaro, Liniers published Warhol para principiantes (Warhol for beginners), for Ediciones Era Naciente in 2001.
Liniers appeared as a presenter at the second
In September 1999 he started publishing a weekly strip called Bonjour in NO!, a supplement of
In June 2002, fellow cartoonist
Four volumes of Macanudo have been translated into English by Mara Faye Lethem and published in the United States by Enchanted Lion Books; after being syndicated, the collected strips have been published by Fantagraphics.[5]
Conejo de viaje (Travelling Rabbit or Rabbit on the Road) (2008) is a collection of illustrated travel journals that describe his journeys through France, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Argentina, and Antarctica (which includes sojourns on Antarctic islands such as Cuverville Island).[6]
The Big Wet Balloon, a TOON Book (El Globo Grande y Mojado) (Pub date: Sept 10, 2013) is the first book by Liniers published in the U.S.[7] In 2014 the artist illustrated some covers for The New Yorker[8]
Bibliography
- Macanudo Nº1 (April 2004)
- Macanudo Nº2 (April 2005)
- Bonjour (December 2005)
- Macanudo Nº3 (April 2006)
- Macanudo Nº4 (December 2006)
- Cuadernos 1985-2005 (December 2006)
- Lo que hay antes de que haya algo (June 2007) – children's book (English: What there is before there is anything there)
- Macanudo Nº5 (October 2007)
- Macanudo Nº6 (2008)
- Conejo de viaje (2008) – (English: Travelling Rabbit or Rabbit on the Road)
- Oops! (2008), joint work with Kevin Johansen
- El Macanudo Universal - Vols. 1-5 (2009)
- Macanudo Nº7 (2009)
- Macanudismo (2010)
- Macanudo Nº8 (2010)
- Macanudo Nº9 (2012)
- Macanudo Nº10 (2013)
- El Globo Grande y Mojado and The Big Wet Balloon, a TOON Book (TOON Books/Candlewick Press, September 2013) – picture book in simultaneous Spanish and English-language editions
- Escrito y Dibujado por Enriqueta (TOON, 2015), Batchelder Award
- Macanudo Nº11 (2015)
- Macanudo Nº12 (2016)
- Macanudo Nº13 (2017)
- Buenas Noches, Planeta (2017); Good Night, Planet – Winner of the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8).[9]
- Wildflowers : a Toon book. New York: TOON Books. 2021.
- Macanudo:Welcome to Elsewhere, Fantagraphics, 2022
Albums
- Logo by Kevin Johansen
- La Lengua Popular by Andrés Calamaro – for which Liniers won the Gardel Prize for best cover art
References
- ^ "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. July 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Cosas Que te Pasan Cuando Conocés a Liniers". April 11, 2008.
- ^ "A huge Latin American cartoon hit aims to crack the U.S. market". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ Garrity |, Shaenon. "Confusing for a Living: PW Talks with Liniers". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Diarios de una pirueta: Conejo de viaje". Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
- ^ "The Big Wet Balloon | Level 2 TOON Book".
- ^ "Cover Story: "Straphangers," by Liniers - The New Yorker". www.newyorker.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015.
- ^ Whitbrook, James. "Here Are Your 2018 Eisner Award Winners". io9. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
External links
- Cosas que te pasan si estás vivo – Liniers' comic blog (in Spanish)
- Liniers at Lambiek Comiclopedia
- The Big Wet Balloon, a TOON Book in English and Spanish.
- Liniers at Library of Congress, with 10 library catalogue records