Mauro Entrialgo

Mauro Entrialgo Ibarrondo (born in Vitoria in 1965) is a Spanish artist who has developed a multifaceted career as an illustrator, musician and mainly cartoonist. Among his most popular characters are Herminio Bolaextra, El Demonio Rojo and Ángel Sefija.

He has done screenwriting work for other authors such as Alvarortega or Calpurnio, as well as for animation (Cuttlas, advertising), cinema (Gente pez, 2001), television (Paramount Comedy) and theater (Herminio y Miguelito).

As a musician he has been part of the groups Fat Esteban and Esteban Light. His father worked at a factory and he bought him comics that he copied even before he could read.

He published his first series in the magazine Makoki in 1982: Pastiches Show presentan. He is a founding partner and member of the board of directors of TMEO magazine, with which he has collaborated for free since 1987. There he created the series Herminio Bolaextra about a party lover, foul mouther newspaper editor.

After the closure of Makoki in 1993, Mauro Entrialgo made a living writing for theater, film and television and doing illustrations for advertising. In 1994 he created for the magazine El Víbora the series El Demonio Rojo about a sexually obsessed wrestler. That same year he won the award for revelation author at the Barcelona International Comic Fair. In 1995 he created the series Alter Rollo.

In 2000 he created for the magazine El Jueves the observational comedy series Ángel Sefija. He has also done series and panels for satirical magazine Mongolia and digital newspaper Público.