Arturo Moreno (cartoonist)

Arturo Moreno
Born10 May 1909
Valencia, Spain
Died25 June 1993(1993-06-25) (aged 84)
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Notable works
Garbancito de la Mancha
Signature

Arturo Moreno (10 May 1909 – 25 June 1993[1]) was a Spanish cartoonist, comics artist and animator.

His family moved to Barcelona when he was eight. Moreno began working as a professional artist in the 1920s,[1] contributing to a satirical magazine, Pulgarcito.[2]

In 1942, Moreno founded Diarmo Films with José María Arola. "Diarmo" is a portmanteau of "Dibujos animados Arola y Moreno" (Spanish for "Arola and Moreno Animations").[3]

In 1948, he emigrated to Caracas, Venezuela and worked for the Venezuelan Ministry of Education on Tricolor, an educational children's magazine, as well as advertising spots.[2][4] Moreno returned to Spain in 1956.

He was known as one of the most prominent Spanish animators.[5]

  1. ^ a b Ma Candel, José (1993). Historia del dibujo animado español (in Spanish). Editora Regional de Murcia. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-84-7564-147-8.
  2. ^ a b "Comic creator: Arturo Moreno". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ Martínez Barnuevo, María Luisa (2008). El largometraje de animación español: análisis y evaluación (in Spanish). Fundación Autor. p. 83. ISBN 978-84-8048-777-1.
  4. ^ Manzanera Molina Niñirola, María (1992). Cine de animación en España: largometrajes 1945-1985 (in Spanish). EDITUM. pp. 189–194. ISBN 978-84-7684-339-0.
  5. ^ "Arturo Moreno". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2019-12-11.