" In 2002, writer Mark Evanier estimated that Aragonés had written and drawn more than 12, 000 gag cartoons for Mad alone.

Aragonés had created the humorous barbarian comic book Groo the Wanderer with Mark Evanier in the late 1970s, but the character did not appear in print until 1982.

* Sergio Aragonés Massacres Marvel ( 1996, Marvel Comics ), Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC ( 1996, DC Comics ), and Sergio Aragonés Stomps Star Wars ( 2000, Dark Horse Comics ), the artist's comical interpretation of the superheroes of both Marvel and DC and the mythology of the Star Wars franchise ( all with Mark Evanier ).

* Solo ( 2006, DC Comics ), the eleventh issue of this DC Comics artist anthology series features various stories written and illustrated by Aragonés, some biographical, and a Batman story written by Mark Evanier.

He began his career by lettering comic books ( notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier ) and wrote and illustrated The Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy ; a comic series with a medieval setting, influenced by Sergio Aragones's Groo the Wanderer.

Groo the Wanderer is a fantasy / comedy comic book series written and drawn by Sergio Aragonés, rewritten, coplotted and edited by Mark Evanier, lettered by Stan Sakai, and colored by Tom Luth.

Aragonés and Evanier announced the start of pre-production on an animated movie version of the comic.

Groo is initially plotted, roughly written ( it has been said that Aragonés does to English, his third language, what Picasso did to faces ), and roughly drawn by Aragonés, after consulting with Evanier.

Evanier then writes the dialog, poetry, moral, acts on " insert joke " or " insert Mark-ism " instructions, and changes things around if needed, and then returns the work to Aragonés, who may or may not change things back.

Caricatures of Aragonés, Evanier, Sakai, and Luth often appear as background characters within the stories, sometimes with family members.

* November 29 – 30: Mid-Ohio Con ( Adam's Mark Hotel, Columbus, Ohio ) — guests include John Byrne, Roger Stern, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier, Mart Nodell, Tony Isabella, Joseph Michael Linsner, Sheldon Moldoff, Terry Moore, and Paul Smith

* # 11 Sergio Aragonés ( with Mark Evanier )

Under Orlando's stewardship, the series won a good deal of recognition in the comics industry, including the Shazam Award for Best Individual Short Story ( Dramatic ) in 1972 for " The Demon Within " in # 201 by John Albano and Jim Aparo, and the Shazam Award for Best Humor Story in 1972 for " The Poster Plague " by Steve Skeates and Sergio Aragonés.

Born in Spain, Aragonés emigrated with his family to France, due to the Spanish Civil War, before settling in Mexico at age 6.

As one anecdote goes, Aragonés was once left alone in a room by his parents with a box of crayons.

Prohías did receive Aragonés very enthusiastically and, with difficulty, introduced the young artist to the Mad editors as his " Sergio, my brother from Mexico ," temporarily leading to even further confusion, as the Mad editors thought he was " Sergio Prohías.

Prior to Aragonés ' arrival at Mad, the magazine had sometimes filled its margins with text jokes under the catch-all heading " Marginal Thinking.

However, Aragonés broke with DC when the company began insisting on work-for-hire contracts ; when Aragonés balked, an editor tore up Aragonés ' paycheck in front of his face.

Aragonés has recounted the story with the punchline " I killed Marty Feldman ".

In the early 80's, Aragonés collaborated with the Belgian cartoonist François Walthéry on Natacha, l ' hotesse de l ' air, a well known series from the magazine Spirou.

* Interview with Aragonés on the Comic Geek Speak podcast ( January 2008 )

Aragonés has recounted the story with the punchline, " I killed Marty Feldman ".

He has produced a number of comic books, including Blackhawk, Crossfire and Hollywood Superstars ( with Dan Spiegle ), Groo the Wanderer ( with Sergio Aragonés ), and The DNAgents ( with Will Meugniot ).

* Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC ( with Sergio Aragonés, one-shot, DC Comics, June 1996 )

* Sergio Aragonés Massacres Marvel ( with Sergio Aragonés, one-shot, Marvel Comics, June 1996 )

First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly sole artist ( Tom Luth serves as the main colorist on the series, and Sergio Aragonés has made two small contributions to the series: the story " Broken Ritual " is based on an idea by Aragonés, and he served as a guest inker for the black-and-white version of the story " Return to Adachi Plain " that is featured in the Volume 11 trade paperback edition of Usagi Yojimbo ).

* Sergio Aragonés ' Groo the Wanderer: Artist's Edition ( IDW, July 2012 ; 12 " x 17 " Hardcover B & W, collecting the four-issue mini-series " Wager of the Gods " Epic / Marvel issues # 96-99 ) also published in a limited edition ( 250 copies ) with variant cover

" The Comics Journal has described Aragonés as " one of the most prolific and brilliant cartoonists of his generation.

( 1973 – 1976, DC Comics ), Aragonés provided intros, stories, gags, and / or prologues for 23 issues of the 24 issue run.

* DC Super-Stars Presents ... ( 1977, DC Comics ), the thirteenth issue of this DC Comics artist anthology series is subtitled " The Wild and Wacky World of Sergio Aragonés " and features all new stories and gags.

In 1981, a comic book, Destroyer Duck # 1, was published by Eclipse Comics as a benefit to raise money for a legal battle over creator rights ; a four-page story contributed by Aragonés featured Groo's first published appearance.

Other small-press publishers came in to take advantage of this growing market: Pacific Comics introduced in 1981 a line of books by comic-book veterans such as Jack Kirby, Mike Grell and Sergio Aragonés, for which the artists retained copyright and shared in royalties.

A one shot reprint ( in color ), Welcome Back to the House of Mystery, featured ten of the most highly-regarded stories as selected by Alisa Kwitney in a Cain wraparound by Neil Gaiman and Sergio Aragonés, under the Vertigo imprint.

He'd been trying obliquely to sell a comic book premise to DC or Marvel, but neither company would allow Aragonés to retain the copyright.

* 1997: Won " Best Humor Publication " Eisner Award for Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC and Sergio Aragonés Massacres Marvel

Sergio Aragonés Domenech ( born 6 September 1937, Sant Mateu, Castellón, Spain ) is a cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer.

Aragonés had a passion for art since early childhood.

Aragonés also became famous for his wordless " drawn-out dramas " or " marginals " which were inserted into the margins and between panels of the magazine.

However, Aragonés has provided marginals for every issue of Mad since 1963 except one ( his contributions to that issue were lost by the Post Office ).

Aragonés, who was filming nearby and was dressed for his role as an armed policeman, had introduced himself to Feldman that night.

The thirty-third issue of this Mike Grell comic book features 23 pages of Aragonés ' art for a story called " Cave of the Half-Pints.

While dressed for his role as an armed policeman, Aragonés abruptly encountered Feldman and, in introducing himself, frightened Feldman.

* 1999: Won " Best Humor Publication " Eisner Award for Sergio Aragonés Groo

The series is also influenced somewhat by Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés ( Sakai is the letterer for that series ), but the overall tone of Usagi Yojimbo is more serious and reflective.

In the following seasons Luis Aragonés became manager and the team, in one of them, qualified for the UEFA Cup ( 1994 – 95 ).

An early synonym for the vine was Tinto Aragonés ( red of Aragon ).

Morientes also played for the nation during the 2006 World Cup qualifiers ; however, due to his poor club form for Liverpool, he was not chosen by national team coach Luis Aragonés in the final squad for the tournament, although he was part of a 31-man initial squad.

Incidentally Barça was the club Serra Ferrer would leave Betis for that summer, to be replaced by former player Luis Aragonés.