Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragonés Domenech is a Spanish/Mexican cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth6 September 1937
CountrySpain
Sergio Aragones quotes about
character creativity expression
Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.
home towns small-town
I live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home.
jobs writing house
I have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it.
ideas hours knows
I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea.
sharks scare catching
I don't enjoy the boo scare when you're watching a movie and then suddenly there's a big shark on the screen. The only thing they're doing is catching you off guard.
source collections national-geographic
My best sources are my travels and my collection of National Geographic.
losing-friends being-sad family-and-friends
The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to everybody, with losing friends and family, but that is a natural occurrence, as natural as being born.
stories
With Groo, I try to do one story every book. Sometimes the stories are better if they go a little longer, and I choose to do it in four issues.
variations
Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.
pages select send
For every issue, I send four pages of finished marginals and they select the ones they need.
I have 40 years of unpublished material, the ones they don't pick, and the reason I don't redraw them or use them again is that I like to use my brain every day and come up with new jokes.
against gets innocent movies scary wrong
I have always been very much against the scary movies where the innocent person just gets slashed because he's in the wrong place.
thinking scary brain
I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
thinking drawing way
If the gag is complicated, you spend more time thinking about the way you're drawing it.