Sergio Aragonés

“I've always loved comics, and I've always wanted to be a cartoonist.”

“A cartoonist is a writer and an artist. If you look at a comic strip, you see that it's a perfect marriage of art and writing.”

“Drawing is a form of storytelling. When you draw, you're telling a story without words.”

“Groo is a character that I created for myself. He is a barbarian who is very good at what he does, which is fighting, but he is very stupid.”

“Humor is everywhere, in every situation. You just have to have an eye for it.”

“I go to my studio every day, and I'm there for eight or ten hours, and I'm not creating all the time. But you're there, you're in the mood, you're thinking, you're doodling.”

“You can find humor in everything. The trick is to see it and then to translate it into a drawing.”

“I think spontaneity is a big part of my work. I don't plan too much. I let the pen go where it wants to go.”

“The marginals in Mad, they have to be done in a very specific way. You have to be able to tell the story without any words.”