Roberto Fontanarrosa | |
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 Statue of Fontanarrosa in Rosario | |
| Born | Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa November 26, 1944 |
| Died | July 19, 2007 (aged 62) Rosario, , Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Other names | El Negro ("The Black One"/"Black man") |
| Years active | 1968 — 2007 |
Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, known popularly as El Negro Fontanarrosa (November 26, 1944 in Rosario – July 19, 2007), was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career, Fontanarrosa became one of the most acclaimed historieta artists of his country, as well as a respected fiction and short story writer.[citation needed] He created two hugely popular comic strips, as well as their parodic protagonists: Inodoro Pereyra, a gaucho, and Boogie, el aceitoso, a gun-for-hire. He also created the comic book Los Clásicos según Fontanarrosa ("The Classics According to Fontanarrosa"), which contained a selection of humorous parodies of universal literature mainstays originally published in the magazine Chaupinela, in the 1970s.
In 2013 an Argentine animated film directed by Juan José Campanella and loosely based on Fontanarrosa's short story Memorias de un wing derecho was released to box office success.