Miguel Gallardo
(b. 27/12/1955, Spain)
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Miguel Gallardo is an innovative artist of Spanish comics. He began his career in the late 1970s and had his first success in May 1977 when he co-created 'Makoki' in Disco-Exprés magazine. Makoki was a psychopath who escaped from a mental hospital. In 1979, this character was transferred to the magazines Star and Bésame mucho. The same year, Gallardo became an artist for the El Víbora periodical.
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Teaming up with Juan Mediavilla, he continued making renewing comics, featuring such characters as 'Tío Emo', 'El Niñato' and 'El buitre Buitaker'. With their series they developed a style that soon got the humorous name "línea chunga", a purely Spanish comic style. In 1982, when the publisher of El Víbora launched 'Makoki' magazine, Gallardo not only participated as an artist but also as editor of this magazine.
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Around the mid-1980s Gallardo's comics showed a new tendency, more related to his other career as an illustrator. His colorful 'Perro Nick' is a good example of this style. He also drew two series written by Ignacio Vidal-Folch: 'Perico Carambola' (which became a daily page in the summer supplement of 'La Vanguardia' in the early 1990s) and 'Roberto España y Manolín' (a parody of 'Roberto Alcázar' classic series in 1994). Miguel Gallardo told the story of Makoki's death in Viñetas magazine in April/ May 1994.
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