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Pepo (cartoonist)
René Ríos Boettiger (Concepción, 15 December 1911 - 14 In 2000, an effort led by Omar Pérez Santiago (a scholar
Pepo,
July 2000), also known as Pepo was a Chilean cartoonist, of Chilean cartooning and a co-founder of the academic
creator of the famous character Condorito. Chilean Center for Comics) resulted in a sculpture of Con-
Although he studied medicine at the Universidad de dorito memorializing Rios being installed in the Chilean
Concepción, Rios abandoned his studies in the early House of Culture in San Miguel.
1930s to devote all his time to creating his cartoons. In
1932 he moved to Santiago to work as a cartoonist at
the satirical magazine Topaze. Adopting the pseudonym
External links
"Pepo" (from pepón, "little barrel", his childhood nick- • Pepo biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
name), he created the comic strip Don Gabito for the mag- • Condorito official site (Spanish)
azine, a strip featuring a caricatured Chilean president • Condorito Video
Gabriel González Videla. He also caricatured president Persondata
Pedro Aguirre Cerda as Don Pedrito. Name Rios Boettiger, Rene
In 1943 he created Condorito, his most famous char-
acter, taking the idea from the condor of the Chilean coat Alternative names
of arms. Short description
Over the next sixty years Rios contributed cartoons Date of birth 15 December 1911
to a great number of publications, including El Pingüino,
Place of birth
Ganso, Pobre Diablo, Can Can, Pichanga, El Saquero, El Peneca,
and branched out into other forms of illustration as well. Date of death 14 July 2000
Rios died of cancer in 2000 at the age of 88. Place of death
A great lover of the seaside, Rios often drew while
looking at the sea at El Quisco on the Chilean Central
Coast. A statue of Condorito now stands at the location.
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• Chilean cartoonists
• Chilean comics writers
• Chilean people
• People from Concepción
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