Vicar (cartoonist)

This article is about the Chilean cartoonist. For other uses, see Vicar (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arriagada and the second or maternal family name is Rios.

Vicar, a pseudonym for Víctor José Arriagada Ríos (April 16, 1934 – January 3, 2012),^[1][2] was a Chilean cartoonist, known for his prolific career drawing Disney comics.

Victor Arriagada Ríos
Drawing of Vicar by cartoonist Diego Jourdan.
Born	Victor José Arriagada Ríos (1934-04-16)April 16, 1934 Santiago, Chile
Died	January 3, 2012(2012-01-03) (aged 77) Santiago, Chile
Area(s)	Cartoonist
Pseudonym(s)	Vicar
Notable works	Locutín Hipólito y Camilo Quevedo Paquita Huaso Ramón

Biography

While studying art and theatre, Vicar started his illustrating career with political caricature drawings. Vicar moved to Spain in 1960, doing various illustrating works, and entered the comics field in 1966. Five years later, he started to draw Disney comics for the Danish 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.^[3] Vicar and his crew produced up to 200 pages a year.^[4]

After a long battle with leukemia, Vicar died on January 3, 2012.^[5]