Pepo (cartoonist)

Pepo
Self-caricature by Pepo
BornRené Rodolfo Ríos Boettiger
(1911-12-15)15 December 1911
Concepción, Chile
Died14 July 2000(2000-07-14) (aged 88)
Santiago, Chile
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
  • Condorito
  • Viborita
  • CanCan
  • Pobre Diablo
  • Pingüino
Children2

René Ríos Boettiger (Concepción, 15 December 1911 — 14 July 2000), also known as Pepo, was a Chilean cartoonist, creator of the famous character Condorito.[1] He has been credited as the most prominent Chilean graphic humorist of the 20th century.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Pepo". San Francisco: Goodreads, Inc. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ Lent, John A. (2005). Cartooning in Latin America. Hampton Press. p. 174. ISBN 9781572735606. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ ""Pepo, mi hermano de oro"" (in Spanish). Revista Nos (Chile). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. ^ Rivas, Francisca (15 December 2012). "Pepo más allá de Condorito: conoce las otras revistas fundadas por el popular dibujante" (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 1 February 2022.