From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Liniers (cartoonist)
Liniers (cartoonist)
Ricardo Siri Liniers Early work
His work was influenced by Hergé, Goscinny and Uderzo,
Quino, Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano
López, Charles Schulz and George Herriman. He studied
advertising, but ultimately decided to pursue a career in
comics. He started working in fanzines, then moved on to
magazines and newspapers. His work has been featured
in Lugares, ¡Suélteme!, Hecho en Buenos Aires, Calles, Zona
de Obras, Consecuencias y ¡Qué suerte! (España), Olho Mágico
(Brazil), 9-11 Artists respond (USA), and Comix 2000 (France).
Along with Santiago Rial Ungaro, Liniers published
Warhol para principiantes (Warhol for beginners), for Edi-
ciones Era Naciente in 2001.
Liniers, as he frequently draws himself: a rabbit with glasses. Liniers appeared as a presenter at the second Pecha
Kucha night in Buenos Aires, October 3, 2006.
Born November 15, 1973
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Bonjour
In September 1999 he started publishing a weekly strip
Area(s) Cartoonist
called Bonjour in NO!, a supplement of Página/12. Bonjour is
Pseudonym(s) Liniers very experimental and features some adult language, and
Notable works Macanudo showcases many characters that would reappear in lat-
er works. Bonjour appeared for the last time on June 27,
Ricardo Siri Liniers (Buenos Aires, November 15, 1973), 2002.
Liniers,
better known by the name Liniers is an Argentine car-
toonist. Macanudo
In June 2002, fellow cartoonist Maitena got him into the
Personal Argentine newspaper La Nación, where he began a new
Liniers began drawing from a very early age; he has re- daily strip called Macanudo, which appears on the last
marked that he began to draw in order to enjoy movies page of the paper. Just like Bonjour, Macanudo is very ex-
in his home. "I wanted to have Star Wars and the only way perimental and deals with meta humor.
to have it was to draw it. So we could look at it whenever
we wanted to."[1] His father was a lawyer and his moth- Conejo de viaje
er worked at various jobs, including making slippers and
Conejo de viaje (Travelling Rabbit or Rabbit on the Road)
little paintings.[1] He has two siblings, who are younger,
(2008) is a collection of illustrated travel journals that de-
and is married (to the writer Angie Erhardt del Campo [2])
scribe his journeys through France, Portugal, Germany,
and has a daughter.[1]
Spain, Argentina, and Antarctica (which includes so-
In regards to the name he uses for his comic strips,
journs on Antarctic islands such as Cuverville Island).[3]
Liniers has remarked: "Liniers is my second name. In
Buenos Aires there was a viceroy named Liniers, who
ended up being executed by firing squad. He was my an- Work
cestor, something like a greatgreatgreatgrandfather. So
• Macanudo Nº1 (April 2004) (Canadian, French editions
when I began to sign my comic strips, I used the name,
will be released June 2008)
because I like names that do not entirely and exactly are
• Macanudo Nº2 (April 2005)
appropriate to the subject –for example, the teddy bear
• Bonjour (December 2005)
in my comic strip is called Madariaga."[1]
• Macanudo Nº3 (April 2006)
• Macanudo Nº4 (December 2006)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Liniers (cartoonist)
• Cuadernos 1985-2005 (December 2006) [3] Diarios de una pirueta: Conejo de viaje
• Lo que hay antes de que haya algo (June 2007)
(children’s book)
• Macanudo Nº5 (October 2007)
External links
• Macanudo Nº6 (2008) • Cosas que te pasan si estás vivo - Liniers’ comic blog
• Conejo de viaje (2008) (Spanish)
• Oops! (2008)(a work together with Kevin Johansen) • Por Liniers- official website
• El Macanudo Universal - Vols. 1-5 (2009) • Liniers biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Macanudo Nº7 (2009) Persondata
• Macanudismo (2010) Name Liniers
Liniers has also drawn artwork for the covers of two mu-
sic albums: Alternative names
• Logo - Kevin Johansen Short description
• La Lengua Popular - Andrés Calamaro (for which Date of birth November 15, 1973
Liniers won the Gardel Prize for best cover art)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
References Place of death
[1] ^ http://www.porliniers.com/prensa/pdf_peru.pdf
[2] http://revistapm.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/
cosas-que-te-pasan-cuando-conoces-a-liniers/
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