JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN
TRIBUTES
Everyone who has had the pleasure of meeting Gus Arriola has only good things to say about him. I happily include myself in that category, as it was my distinct honor to spend an hour with him in his favorite watering hole, The Carmel Coffee House.
David Domeniconi writes, “Many thanks for the Gordo website. What a great treasure. Being from San Francisco, I grew up with Gordo. Through my wife, who was the director of the Carmel Art Association, I got to know Gus when we lived in Carmel in the 80s and 90s. He was a great supporter of my own illustrated column which ran in the Carmel Pine Cone. We were lucky enough to get a tour of his studio. A more kind and gracious man you will not meet His work with brush and ink were unsurpassed. Although I envy his skills I don’t envy the load of producing a strip every day plus the Sunday edition. I’m pouring over the website and just in awe of the work. Thanks again.”
Gus Arriola July 23, 1917 – February 2, 2008
Gus Arriola was born in Florence, Arizona and moved with his family to Los Angeles, California when he was nine years old. He went to work for MGM Studios animation department in 1937 where he met his future wife, Mary Frances Sevier. They were married on January 16, 1943. GORDO is first published on Monday, November 24. 1941. Son Carlin is born January 23, 1946. The family moves from Culver City to La Jolla to Phoenix and, in 1956, to Carmel, California where Gus Arriola continues to produce GORDO until his retirement on March 1, 1985.
Internet protocol says it is proper to list the web link instead of reprinting the information. To that end, we have two sections – one for the work of Gus Arriola while he was still alive and a second for notices after his passing.
These links are culled from the various search engines. Please let me know if there are any links that should be included or updated at Jim@MustBeGuida.com Thank you.
GORDO and GUS ARRIOLA
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=5567772923&topic=13217#!/topic.php?uid=5567772923&topic=13217
Carmel Art Association – http://www.carmelart.org/artists_pages/arriola/arriola.html
Gus Arriola draws cartoons for children – http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9m3nb6bk/
Hogan’s Alley interview – http://www.cagle.com/hogan/interviews/arriola/home.asp
A video interview from Sam Klemke with Gus Arriola – at http://soundofnepal.com/videos/video/8_eFNpbeZz8/Gordo-Cartoonist-Gus-Arriola-in-Carmel-CA-in-2000.html and at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_eFNpbeZz8
Star Words Interview by Susan Cantrell – http://www.starwordsonline.com/interviews4.htm
A video of Allen Richmond reading Gus Arriola’s acceptance of his Lifetime Achievement Award on January 19, 2008 from the Arts Council of Monterey Tributes to Champions – http://www.blip.tv/file/763147
The History of the Comic by Thomas Staedeli – http://www.cyranos.ch/comic-e.htm
Comic Strip Fan with a Color Guide for a Gordo strip – http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/g/gordo.htm
FWAK Blog – http://fwak.xanga.com/283931792/item/
?Que Pasa, OSU? (4th paragraph) – http://quepasa.osu.edu/issues/fall09/article11.html
Carmel Pine Cone article about the Bancroft Library donation – http://www.pineconearchive.com/070810PCA.pdf
REMEMBRANCES
A nice summary and remembrance by Tom Matson at Comics 411, it is the article that this website hopes to be – http://comics.gearlive.com/comix411/article/q308-gus-arriola-and-gordo/
SFGate.com – http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-02-03/bay-area/20872771_1_mexican-culture-strip-chronicle
Mark Evanier’s excellent News From ME – http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_02_02.html
Comics Buyers Guide – http://cbgxtra.com/comics-news-and-notes/gordo-creator-gus-arriola-dies
Life in Legacy – http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/display.php?weekof=2008-02-02
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada – http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=887621
Lambiek.net – http://lambiek.net/artists/a/arriola_gus.htm
A nice note about Gus Arriola’s work going to the Bancroft Library – http://www.redroom.com/blog/steve-hauk/on-gus-arriola-and-what-happens-your-art-and-manuscripts-when-you-die
Legacy.com – http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=gus-arriola&pid=102476961&ua=u8dtpjxdfbesgvuvqoduqq%3D%3D
The Guest Book from Legacy.com – http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/guestbook.aspx?n=gus-arriola&pid=102476961
Annex Galleries – includes links to original art for sale – http://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/83/Arriola/Gus
From Mellart – http://www.mellart.com/2008/02/gus-arriola-is-dead.html
Bits and Pieces – http://mitchkief.blogspot.com/2008/02/gus-arriola-passes-away.html
Comics Beat – http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/
Baldo Comics (Scroll down) – http://www.baldocomics.com/
Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub – http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/goodbye-gus-cartoonist-arriola/
Comics Journal Message Board – http://archives.tcj.com/messboard/viewtopic.php?p=53367&sid=241545ad5774079cb19e90599e26c117
Bergen County, New Jersey The Record – http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-148894556.html
ADDITIONAL LINKS
RC Harvey – http://www.rcharvey.com/gordo.html
Bancroft Library, to whom Gus Arriola donated his collection – http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/03/05_gordo.shtml
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/02/29_gordo.shtml
Mentions Arriola’s grand-daughter, Ramona Skye Arriola – http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jabberwock-berkeley/message/370
Depicting music in comics – http://madinkbeard.com/archives/arriola-draws-music
Mentions Arriola’s winning of The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco’s Sparky Award –http://www.sharkforum.org/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=arriola&IncludeBlogs=1&limit=20
In the COMIC STRIP AS ART collection belonging to Mr. and Mrs. George Sturman from the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago – http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Comic-Strip-As-Art.206.html
Kit Parker owns the performing arts and merchandizing rights to the Gordo comic strip and related characters.- http://www.kitparker.com/
All this is from the first 15 pages of Google. You’re welcome! 🙂