Tabaré Gómez Laborde (21 August 1948 – 4 July 2023), also known just as Tabaré, was a Uruguayan cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator.
Life and career
Born in
La Paz, Canelones
La Paz is a small city in the Canelones Department, southern Uruguay. It gives the name to the municipality to which it belongs.
Geography
The city is located east of Route 5 (Uruguay), Route 5 on the border with Montevideo Department. It belongs ...
, before starting his artistic career Gómez Laborde worked several years in a pizzeria and later in an advertising agency.
He made his professional debut in the 1960s, as a caricaturist for the
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
newspaper ''Hechos''.
After collaborating with several publications, in 1974 he moved to Argentina, first collaborating with the newspaper ''Noticias'' and with the magazine ''Satiricón''.
Gómez Laborde was best known for the comic strip ', which starting from 1977 ran for over 45 years and over 9,000 strips in the back cover of the newspaper ''
Clarín''.
Other successful Tabaré's comics include ''Bicherío'', ''Vida Interior'' and ''El Cacique Paja Brava''.
He also illustrated children books, created a series of over 50 animated short cartoons (''Tabaré se mueve'') and collaborated with French, Italian and Spanish publications.
During his career Gómez Laborde received several awards and honours, notably a for his career in 2003.
He was Honorary Professor of Graphic Humor at the
University of Alcalá
The University of Alcalá () is a public university located in Alcalá de Henares, a city 35 km (22 miles) northeast of Madrid in Spain and also the third-largest city of the region. It was founded in 1293 as a ''Studium Generale'' for t ...
.
He died of pancreatic cancer on 4 July 2023, at the age of 74.
References
External links
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Tabaré Gómez Labordeat
Lambiek Encyclopedia
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1949 births
2023 deaths
People from Canelones Department
Uruguayan comics artists
Uruguayan comics writers
20th-century Uruguayan illustrators
21st-century Uruguayan illustrators
Uruguayan magazine illustrators
Uruguayan children's book illustrators
Uruguayan comic strip cartoonists
Uruguayan caricaturists
Deaths from cancer in Argentina
Academic staff of the University of Alcalá