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Temístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre, known as Themo Lobos (Santiago, December 3, 1928-Viña del Mar, July 24, 2012) was a cartoonist and Chilean cartoonist, creator of characters such as Ogú, Máximo Chambónez, Ferrilo, Nick Obre and Alaraco, among others, and was the main continuator and developer of Mampato.

Biography

He was born in the San Miguel commune of Santiago and studied at the School of Applied Arts. Lobos started out in comics from a young age: at the age of 16 he was already creating his own comic strips. Among his references were the cartoonists Hergé and Coré. At the age of 21, he began to publish in the newspaper La Nación the stories of two of his characters: Ferrilo, the automaton and Homero, the pilot.

Later he developed in the magazine El Peneca, where he created the characters Michote and Pericón, Sapolín, the frog boy , and Adita (her daughter is called Ada). i>Cicleto, Cucufato and Ñeclito. During his time at El Pingüino magazine, he created the characters Alaraco and Dolchevito . In 1965 he launched Rocket —the first science fiction comic book magazine in Latin America—, of which he was director and cartoonist. He also worked in the magazines Pobre Diablo , Flash , Humor de Hoy , Topaze and Humanoid .

In 1968, Eduardo Armstrong founded Mampato. In it, Óscar Vega began a series with the character of the same name, created by Armstrong. However, after the first edition he left the character in the hands of Lobos, who became the most memorable and popular in his entire history as a cartoonist. In Lobos magazine he published more than 25 complete adventures of Mampato.

After the 1973 military coup and the establishment of the dictatorship headed by General Augusto Pinochet, Chilean comics began to decline and the magazine Mampato stopped publishing in 1978. Many of his colleagues They went into exile, but Lobos decided to stay in Chile.

During the 1980s he began to publish in the daily press, starting with the newspaper La Tercera and continuing in the newspapers El Espectador and Última Hora. In the early eighties, she also worked illustrating albums such as Los Superamigos and Los Pitufos , as well as the short-lived magazine Dos Puntos .

At this time, the National Television of Chile made, in the humorous program Jappening con Ja, a faithful adaptation of his character Alaraco with real actors and with Fernando Alarcón as protagonist. In 1986, he began to publish Cucalón, a fortnightly magazine that came out until 1994. A compilation of all the comics made by Lobos to date was published there, but over time some others were added, as well as new characters and comics by other artists.

In 1989 he presented some sketches for a television special called Pablito learns to transit, which was shown on Channel 10 Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia in conjunction with the Chilean Association of Security and Video Chile (which distributed it in that format throughout the country).

After Cucalón, Lobos released Pimpín, which only had four numbers. During the 1990s, he worked making illustrations for different types of institutions, with themes such as ecology, atomic energy, pollution, and Father Hurtado.

In 1996, Editorial Dolmen published Mampato's adventures in comic-book format, which reached Chilean, Latin American and European audiences. In 2002 Ogú and Mampato on Rapa Nui was released, an animated film based on one of the adventures of the famous character.

Due to smoking he contracted complications in his bronchi, Lobos decided to move from a polluted Santiago to Concón. A few years before his death he suffered lung failure that forced him to use an oxygen tube. He died on July 24, 2012 due to respiratory failure at the Gustavo Fricke Hospital in Viña del Mar.

Work and characters

Mampato Characters

Despite having had much of the authorship of Mampato's personality, it was not his creator, but Eduardo Armstrong, who gave him his rights after the second chapter. Within the Mampato universe, there are very important characters that were created by Lobos.

• Ogú: Mampato faithful companion.
• Rena: Mampato adventure companion from the 40th century.
• Xse: Extraterrestrial, who gives Mampato the timetable belt, which allows him to travel in time and meet Ogú and Rena.

There are many others, since each adventure had its co-star:

• Agú: Son of Ogú, participate in several adventures.
• Tiny: Bride of Ogú, also has participation in stories.
• Marama: She is a girl from Easter Island, became well known for the film.
• Guiguá, Bromisar, Magic Eye, Wamba, Le Fromage, Crazy Denny, Corzo, Fitus Sapiens, Kukaetc.

Other characters

Themo Lobos gave life to a hundred comics. Only the protagonists of these are mentioned below.

• Alaraco: This character, who debuted in the spicy magazine The PenguinHe's a family man, married to his wife. TranquilWith whom you have two children. Its greatest flaw is that it has a rather exaggerated temperament, which was always scanned up to the least detail. Themo always assured that he reflected himself in Alaraco. Popularized by Fernando Alarcón in the Jappening with Ja of the '80s, was also the icon of a promotion of Sahne-Nuss chocolates as well as some ads of the missing game of chance TincaZoo.
• Pimpín, the adventurer: He is an airplane mechanic who became an adventurer around the world. After the millionaire Count Naditti crashed his plane, the magnate decided to give it away. Pimpín stays with the bustling flying vehicle and, after repairing it, he launches to the adventure alongside his partner O'Tuly. He had his own magazine in 1988, of which only 4 copies were published.
• O'Tuly: Exmarine and exboxer who worked for the malefic doctor Von Fidelkenstein; however, he ended up being the inseparable friend and adventure companion of Pimpín.
• Homer, the pilot: One of Themo's first creations was a race car driver who was always prevented from reaching the goal. It was published in the late 1940s in the newspaper La Nación and then in the sports magazines Stadium and Barrabases.
• Maximum Chambónez: A particular character that, as his last name indicates, is always characterized by shaves. It's a kicker for excellence; a project you embark on, it always goes wrong. Debuted as part of the magazine BarrabasesTo follow in Mampato and Cucalón
• Grandfather Chambónez: Grandfather of Maximum Chambónez, who always accompanied him in his adventures. He also had his own comic call. The Tales of Grandpa Chambónez, where stands out an adaptation of the tortoise fable and the hare.
• Nick Obre: A detective in the purest style of James Bond, who solves various cases in the company of his faithful dog, Watson. Debuted on Barrabases under the name of Nick Obre: Private Detectiveto participate in the journals Rocket and Cucalón.
• Ferrilo: An automaton robot created by a mad scientist. Despite having several stories of numerous pages, usually their adventures were comic strip style. It was one of Themo's first creations. Published in Mampato.
• Michote and Pericón: A cat and a mouse that lived anecdotes together, in the most classic style of the humorous couples of the cinema of the 50s and 60s.
• Sapollin: A boy who liked the sea a lot and had underwater adventures, hence his name.
• Lokán: A barbarian of a quite strange world, where barbaric weapons were mixed, with laser guns (Arma del Fuego Azul). One of his latest creations is the most unknown character of Lobos.
• Martin Conejín: An ecologist bunny, a child cut character.
• Cucufato: A mediocre footballer. He showed up. Barrabases and Mampato.
• Ñeclito: A boy too skinny and weak, whose grandfather dreams of becoming a sportsman, but he never gets anything, since he has no strength to move a football. Barrabases.
• Cyclete: A cyclist with anecdotes.
• Pirinches: A thief who always came out with his. Destined first to adult public The Penguin and Can-can, then edited for the children's audience Mampato.
• Juanito Etram: A child with telepathy powers, precognition, teleportation and telekinesis. In the end it says to be from Mars, as its name indicates if it is read from right to left.
• Don Lalin: Caricature of President Eduardo Frei Montalva and one of the few incursions of Themo political humor. Published in the journal Topaze.
• Chicho the soldier: A soldier of the army very distracted. The Penguin
• Juan Cucalón: An explorer who is recognizable by his great Cucalón type hat (from there his last name and the title of the magazine). Personage created exclusively to be a pet of his magazine Cucalón but then, he had his own serious comic, which would be published in several anthologies and books.
• Vasquito: Spanish guitarist who narrates in his comic strip various stories that pass him, as a Spanish song.
• Box: A failed boxer. He showed up. Barrabases.