Liniers (cartoonist)

Infobox Comics creator
name = Ricardo Siri Liniers

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birthdate = November 15, 1973
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nationality = Argentine
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alias = Liniers
notable works = "Macanudo"
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Ricardo Siri Liniers (Buenos Aires, November 15, 1973), better known by the name Liniers, is an Argentine cartoonist.

Personal

Liniers began drawing from a very early age; he has remarked that he began to draw in order to enjoy movies in his home. "I wanted to have "Star Wars" and the only way to have it was to draw it. So we could look at it whenever we wanted to."http://www.porliniers.com/prensa/pdf_peru.pdf] His father was a lawyer and his mother worked at various jobs, including making slippers and little paintings. He has two siblings, who are younger, and is married and has a daughter.

In regards to the name he uses for his comic strips, 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 ancestor, something like a greatgreatgreatgrandfather. So when I began to sign my comic strips, I used the name, because I like names that do not entirely and exactly are appropriate to the subject –for example, the teddy bear in my comic strip is called Madariaga."

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 Ediciones Era Naciente in 2001.

Liniers appeared as a presenter at the second Pecha Kucha night in Buenos Aires, October 3, 2006.

"Bonjour"

In September 1999 he started publishing a weekly strip called "Bonjour" in "NO!", a supplement of "Página/12". "Bonjour" is very experimental and features some adult language, and showcases many characters that would reappear in later works. "Bonjour" appeared for the last time on June 27, 2002.

"Macanudo"

In June 2002, fellow cartoonist Maitena got him into the Argentine newspaper "La Nación", where he began a new daily strip called "Macanudo", which appears on the last page of the paper. Just like "Bonjour", "Macanudo" is very experimental and deals with meta humor.

"Conejo de viaje"

"Conejo de viaje" (2008) is a collection of illustrated travel journals that describe his journeys through France, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Argentina, and Antarctica (which includes sojourns on Antarctic islands such as Cuverville Island). [ [http://diariosdeunapirueta.blogspot.com/2008/05/conejo-de-viaje.html Diarios de una pirueta: Conejo de viaje ] ]

Work

*"Macanudo Nº1" (April 2004) (Canadian, French editions will be released June 2008)
*"Macanudo Nº2" (April 2005)
*"Macanudo Nº3" (April 2006)
*"Bonjour" (December 2005)
*"Macanudo Nº4" (December 2006)
*"Cuadernos 1985-2005" (December 2006)
*"Lo que hay antes que haya algo por pequeño editor" (children's book) –June 2007
*"Macanudo Nº5" (October 2007)

Liniers has also drawn artwork for the covers of two music albums:

*"Logo" - Kevin Johansen
*"La Lengua Popular" - Andrés Calamaro (for which Liniers won the Gardel Prize for best cover art)

References

External links

* [http://macanudoliniers.blogspot.com/ "Cosas que te pasan si estás vivo"] - Liniers' comic blog es icon
* [http://www.porliniers.com/ Por Liniers] - official website