Arturo Moreno (10 May 1909 – 25 June 1993) was a Spanish cartoonist, comics artist and animator.
His family moved to Barcelona when he was eight. Moreno began working as a professional artist in the 1920s, contributing to a satirical magazine, Pulgarcito.
In 1942, Moreno founded Diarmo Films with José María Arola. "Diarmo" is a portmanteau of "Dibujos animados Arola y Moreno" (Spanish for "Arola and Moreno Animations").
In 1948, he emigrated to Caracas, Venezuela and worked for the Venezuelan Ministry of Education on Tricolor, an educational children's magazine, as well as advertising spots. Moreno returned to Spain in 1956.
He was known as one of the most prominent Spanish animators.
Biography After moving to Barcelona, Moreno began taking drawing classes. After working as a comic strip artist, he began drawing for Pulgarcito and another magazine, TBO, in 1924. In 1929, he had his first exhibition. At this point, he began to take an interested in animation, after seeing movies featuring Felix the Cat. His debut was a one-minute black-and-white commercial for a chocolate company.
Works + YearTitlePublisherNotes1926Tommy, aventuras de un joven sportmanPulgarcito1930Formidables trapisondas del Grumete Mick, el viejo Mock y el Perro MuckPocholoDos entregas1934Aventuras de un faraón en el Siglo XXKi-Ki-Ri-Ki1935Punto negroPocholo1936Punto negro en el País del JuegoPocholoÁlbum monográfico1936Faustino de la OMickey1936Freddy, el pequeño botonesPocholo194-Selección de historietas judíasBauzáÁlbum monográfico1941Cupatintas y su pandillaChicosPrimera época de la revista.1941CapuchínMis Chicas1942El Califa cigüeñaMis Chicas1943El Flautista de HomelínChicos1945Cuentos de Mateo y LepiFlechas y Pelayos1949MorenoBuigasnúmero 61956León y Arpón, trotamuntosPaseo Infantil1957Aventuras de CuquiMaravillas1957Pinky TrotamundosPinocho1957CiclonínPinocho1957FifiloPaseo Infantil1958Jacin TooBailarín1970Humor Gráfico español del siglo XXnúmero 461974ChitoChito1991La familia de UlisesLos Archivos del TBOnúmero 61998Cien cómics sobre aspirinaObra póstuma.
Cine Title Year Length Budget Box office ProfitsLa risa va por barrios (y/o El capitán Tormentoso)194214 minutess.d.s.d.s.d.Garbancito de la Mancha194585 minutes3 809 618 pesetass.d.between 2 000 000 and 3 000 000 pesetasAlegres vacaciones194873 minutes3 000 000 pesetass.d.s.d.
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