Artist · Mexico

1915 to 2010

Known for

“La Familia Burrón”

Portrait of Gabriel Vargas
1948La Familia BurrónComicLos Superlocos
Born1915
First credit1948
CountryMexico
Workcomics artist
Alsocartoonist
Died2010
Died inMexico City
Comics on record2

Gabriel Vargas.

comics artist · cartoonist

Mexico, 1915 to 2010

In short

Gabriel Vargas Bernal (5 February 1915 to 25 May 2010) was a Mexican cartoonist, whose comic strip La Familia Burrón was created in 1937. This cartoon has been described as one of the most important in Mexican popular culture. Vargas won the National Journalism Prize of Mexico in 1983 and the "Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes en el área de Tradiciones Populares" (National Sciences and Arts Prize) in 2003.

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Biodata

Born
1915, Tulancingo de Bravo Municipality
Died
2010, Mexico City
Citizenship
Mexico
Active
1948
Work
comics artist, cartoonist, illustrator, painter
Career

Gabriel Vargas, in numbers

Lifetime

Sketchbook

Portrait of Gabriel Vargas

Known for

The essential Gabriel Vargas

Bibliography

2 works, decade by decade