Vicar, a

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for Víctor José Arriagada Ríos (April 16, 1934 – January 3, 2012), was a Chilean cartoonist, known for his prolific career drawing Disney comics.

Biography

While studying

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and

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, Vicar started his illustrating career with political caricature drawings. Vicar moved to

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in 1960, doing various illustrating works, and entered the comics field in 1966. Five years later, he started to draw Disney comics for the

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publisher Gutenberghus (now the Egmont Group). He moved back to Chile in 1975. Vicar's position in the Disney comic field grew with the years, and soon he had a studio, with several artists and inkers working for him. He wrote only two of his stories himself, ''The Winter Contest'' from 1986 and ''A Lucky Duck'' from 1997. Vicar and his crew produced up to 200 pages a year. After a long battle with

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, Vicar died on January 3, 2012.

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at the Lambiek Comiclopedia 1934 births 2012 deaths Chilean cartoonists Chilean comics artists Disney comics writers Disney comics artists Pseudonymous artists {{LatAm-comics-creator-stub