Manuel García Ferré

Manuel García Ferré
García Ferré and Petete
Born	October 8, 1929 (1929-10-08) (age 82) Almería, Spain
Nationality	Spanish and Argentine

Manuel García Ferré (born October 8, 1929) is a Spanish Argentine animation director and cartoonist.

Biography

García Ferré was born in Almería, Spain, in 1929. He arrived in Argentina in 1947, and worked for advertising agencies while studying Architecture. In 1952 his character Pi Pío was accepted and published by the important magazine Billiken. In 1964 he created Anteojito, a children's magazine which at its height in the 1970s, had a circulation of 300,000 copies. As director of his own animation studio, García Ferré created numerous animated TV series and films. He managed Anteojito magazine until its last issue in 2002, and from 1985 to 2007 he was editor of another publication, Muy Interesante.^[1]

Characters

• Anteojito
• Antifaz
• Calculín
• El Boxitracio
• El Comisario
• El Patriarca de los Pájaros
• El Profesor Neurus
• Hijitus
• La Bruja Cachavacha
• La Marañaza
• Larguirucho
• Manuelita
• Oaky
• Petete
• Pi Pío
• Pucho
• Serrucho
• SuperHijitus
• Trapito

Films

• Corazón, las alegrías de Pantriste' (2000)
• Manuelita (1999)
• Ico, el caballito valiente (1987)
• Petete y Trapito (1975)
• Las aventuras de Hijitus (1973)
• Mil intentos y un invento (1972)

Related links

• Once Upon a Time...Man (this appeared in his books about Petete)

References

• Manuel García Ferré at the Internet Movie Database
• García Ferré's Comics (Spanish)

1. ^ "Imágenes de los personajes de Manuel García Ferré, y un breve resumen de su vida". Todo Historietas. http://www.todohistorietas.com.ar/ferre3.htm. 

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Name	Garcia Ferre, Manuel
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Date of birth	October 8, 1929
Place of birth	Almería, Spain
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