Together they formed one of the most rogue and legendary tandems in the world. ‘Underground’ comics of the late 70s and 80s. Together they were the parents of one of the most famous characters of the time. makoki, Dressed in a robe and helmet with ‘electroshock’ wires on his head, that quinqui bastard from frenopathy, whose serie they turned into a fresco the most lumpen and brutal Barcelona of transitiona world crime, drugs, sex and rock and roll. And both bid farewell to this already disastrous 2022. Miguel Gallardo He died last February at the age of 66, and this Friday, at the age of 72, at his home in his hometown of Burgos, his friend and colleague died. Juanito Mediavilla, brilliant creator of crazy dialogues and ‘Makoki’ cartoons “Ne pacha chonis!”, “Caguendios!” or “Oyesstio, fuck you.”
Juan Lopez Mediavilla’s photo. (Burgos, 1950), affectionately known to everyone in the comic book world. Juanito Mediavillahe was also the creator of the magazine in its golden age ‘Viper’from characters like El Ninoto and Juan Jaravaca, In fact, all of his comics (produced between 1986 and 1991) were captured in one volume by La Cúpula publishing house a year earlier, revised by him despite serious vision problems, and reflected pre-Olympic Barcelona.
“A friend is leaving, good people who lived in a very dangerous situation a long time ago. His work in the 80s was very important. The scripts he wrote for ‘Makoki’ are unforgettable” Dome, Emili Bernardez. “Juan Jaravaca asked me for a favor to republish his series, but it was at his request!” “He personally reviewed the evidence, adding pages that were not in our editorial, even some unpublished pages. His work is a portrait of that lumpen Barcelona. And Juan Jaravaca is completely self-referential, he talked about something. It’s that character who always bends in impossible shapes. And when he quoted Miguelito, of course it was Miguel Gallardo”.
Mediavilla was still dealing with a complicated bargain with the bank. threat of eviction For more than a year it had dominated the house in Burgos where he lived with his wife Isabel and grew up as a child. Azrael surprised him while he slept there. And they had returned there after spending almost a lifetime in Barcelona. “They want to get us out of here, yes or yes. We’re up to date on payments but they took advantage of a failure, I had to get us out of this house we came from in 1954 with my family,” said the cartoonist. Desperately and in agony then to this newspaper.
Makoki’s first comic It was published in the ‘Disco Exprés’ magazine on June 24, 1977. Its title was ‘Revuelta en el Frenopático’ and Gallardo was inspired by Felipe Borrayo’s story of the same name in the ‘Claraboya’ fanzine. Franco had died only two years ago, and as the author of ‘MarÃa y yo’ recalls, “the doors that had been closed until then were opened.” He paraded in the series Inseparable Basca: Emo, Morgan, Cuco and El Niñato, a reflection of the lives of many young people who dedicate themselves to “smoking together, listening to music, dating and enjoying this new freedom.”
Makoki also featured characters such as Commissioner Loperena, Inspector Pectol, and Doctor Otto. For many, Gallardo and Mediavilla were inspired by the setting of the time they shared with their colleagues at ‘El VÃbora’. Mediavilla, with a drawing by Gallardo, “Mecaguentú! Bad blood is getting on my armpits” or “Come here, Emanuel, I’ll choke you!” He caught the most common language with such expressions. His characters have also appeared in publications such as ‘Star’, ‘Hara Kiri’, ‘Rambla’, ‘CanÃbal’ or ‘Butifarra’.
Mediavilla itself drew attention to this in 2012: “We did what we loved, which was drawing.”
Source: Informacion
