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Gus Arriola Gordo Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-24-55 (United Feature Syndicate, 1955)....
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Auction: 11/05/2026
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1917 Florence, Arizona - 2008 Carmel, California. Known for: Illustration-cartoons.
Gus Arriola established himself as a pioneer in "ethnic" comics when he created Gordo in 1941. For over four decades he amused Mexicans and gringos alike with the gracefully drawn and affectionately... Read full biography
Gus Arriola established himself as a pioneer in "ethnic" comics when he created Gordo in 1941. For over four decades he amused Mexicans and gringos alike with the gracefully drawn and affectionately scripted series. Arriola's Mexican-born family moved from his birthplace, Florence, Arizona, to Los... Read full biography
Gus Arriola established himself as a pioneer in "ethnic" comics when he created Gordo in 1941. For over four decades he amused Mexicans and gringos alike with the gracefully drawn and affectionately scripted series. Arriola's Mexican-born family moved from his birthplace, Florence, Arizona, to Los Angeles when he was a boy, and the young artist went straight from high school to a job as an animator with MGM. After six or seven years of working on such features as "Tom and Jerry", Arriola felt... Read full biography
Gus Arriola established himself as a pioneer in "ethnic" comics when he created Gordo in 1941. For over four decades he amused Mexicans and gringos alike with the gracefully drawn and affectionately scripted series. Arriola's Mexican-born family moved from his birthplace, Florence, Arizona, to Los Angeles when he was a boy, and the young artist went straight from high school to a job as an animator with MGM. After six or seven years of working on such features as "Tom and Jerry", Arriola felt ready to develop something from his own experience, and he hit on the natural idea of drawing on the warmth, color, and easy-going humor of his Mexican heritage. In November 1941, United Features Syndicate bought Gordo, a gag strip about a corpulent,... Read full biography
Gus Arriola established himself as a pioneer in "ethnic" comics when he created Gordo in 1941. For over four decades he amused Mexicans and gringos alike with the gracefully drawn and affectionately scripted series. Arriola's Mexican-born family moved from his birthplace, Florence, Arizona, to Los Angeles when he was a boy, and the young artist went straight from high school to a job as an animator with MGM. After six or seven years of working on such features as "Tom and Jerry", Arriola felt ready to develop something from his own experience, and he hit on the natural idea of drawing on the warmth, color, and easy-going humor of his Mexican heritage. In November 1941, United Features Syndicate bought Gordo, a gag strip about a corpulent, life-loving Mexican tourist guide. In 1942, Arriola enlisted in the Air Force where he served as a film animator, and discontinued his yo... Read full biography
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