Aragonés had a passion for art since early childhood.

Aragonés recalled his early difficulties in Mexico, saying, " I didn't have too many friends because I had just arrived.

" I didn't think I had anything that belonged in Mad, said Aragonés.

With the publication of the 500th issue in 2009, Aragonés ' work had appeared in 424 issues of Mad, second only to Al Jaffee ( 451 issues ).

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

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

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

In a behind-the-scenes episode, it is suggested that Aragonés had hired actor Robert Goulet to pose as the Sage.

Fellow Mad contributor Sergio Aragonés had the same impish habit.

The club had previously approached Javier Irureta, Mané and Luis Aragonés and had been turned down by all three.

Aragonés, apparently a superstitious person, made known his dislike for Spain's away kit which they had to wear during the crucial semifinal match against Russia.

In response to this, Aragonés has said in public that he is not a racist, and claimed that he had black friends.

Joe Orlando and Carmine Infantino came up with the name and basic premise of the loner whose family had been wiped out by murderous thugs, and then brought in Sheldon Mayer ( former DC editor and creator of Sugar and Spike ) and Sergio Aragonés to further flesh out the concept.

His club president Josep Lluís Núñez and some trainers like Helenio Herrera, Udo Lattek, Terry Venables and Luis Aragonés had difficult relations with him .< ref name =" a-guide-schuster ">

Aragonés created DC's Western series Bat Lash, and the humor title Plop !.

Aragonés created the character of Groo in the late 1970s.

In Sergio Aragonés ' Groo comic series, two witches who are sometimes allies or enemies of Groo are named Arba and Dakarba.

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.

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.

Aragonés has written and drawn many other comic books, including:

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.

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 ).

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.

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 ).

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.

However at that time no comic book company would allow creators to retain the rights to their characters and Aragonés did not wish to surrender those rights.

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.

* Groo: The Most Intelligent Man in the World ( 1998 ; collecting the 1998 four-issue comic book series Sergio Aragonés Groo )

( Groo was so named because Aragonés sought a name which meant nothing in any language.

* 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.

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.

* 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

It also welcomed Bruce Jones to the company, and Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier's Groo the Wanderer.

He cites artists Sergio Aragonés ( author of the wordless Groo the Wanderer strip ) and Mort Drucker as favorites.

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.

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.

* 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 ).

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

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

* 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 )