Gaturro

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Gaturro
Author(s) Cristian Dzwonik
Website www.gaturro.com
Current status/scheduleCurrent daily & Sunday strip
Launch date1993
Syndicate(s) Andrews McMeel Syndication
Genre(s)Humor

Gaturro is an Argentine comic strip created by cartoonist Cristian Dzwonik ("Nik"). The comic has been published in more than 50 books, magazines and comic volumes. An animated film of the same name was released theatrically in Argentina on September 9, 2010. [1]

Contents

Synopsis

Gaturro is a brown cat with yellow cheeks. The series is about the life of a cat, named like the strip, who is in love with another cat called Ágatha. However, she is not interested in him. [2] Gaturro does not speak; he just thinks. In some cases, he can communicate with humans like this. However, when he communicates with his animal friends, he does speak. Among his most frequent activities, he usually walks on the roofs and goes to school.

Characters

Principal characters

Adoptive family

Biological family:

Cat friends

Animal friends

Controversy

For several years, there has been evidence of plagiarism in the strip, largely from Argentine artists. These cartoonists include Quino, Leo Arias, Paz y Rudy, Roberto Fontanarrosa, Caloi (Carlos Loiseau), Juan Carlos Argüelles, Lola, and in the international field, Bill Watterson and Jim Davis. [3] [4] Gaturro does share many similar features to Davis' Garfield, leading some to refer to the series as a bootleg.

A "black book" of NIK has been created which lists many examples of alleged plagiarism. The announcements have led the author's rejection from participating in some publications and shows. [5]

Between July and August 2022, a statue of the character located on the Paseo de la Historieta in Buenos Aires was vandalized and later retired. Some time later, Nik announced on his Twitter account that they were preparing a new statue with "anti-vandal technology". [6] On July 14, 2023, another statue was put in the Paseo de la Historieta; it only lasted for two days before being retired, again, due to vandalism. [7]

On July 20, 2023 in Córdoba, a statue of Gaturro located in the Plaza de la Intendencia was inaugurated, which in less than 24 hours was vandalized, was later removed and a statue of Sonic was placed in its place. [8] [9]

List of books

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References

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  2. "Gaturro-First Indo-Latin American animation film tops Argentina box-office". Calcutta Tube. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  3. "Más "turro" que "gato": Una página se encarga de mostrar todos los plagios de Nik". 14 August 2012.
  4. "La polémica que envuelve al dibujante de la Nación". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  5. "Crearon un "libro negro" de Nik en el que recopilan todos sus plagios". Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  6. "Nik anunció que reconstruirán la estatua de Gaturro con «tecnología antivandálica»". Diario Río Negro | Periodismo en la Patagonia (in Spanish). 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  7. "La nueva estatua de Gaturro fue removida tras ser destruida otra vez: los mejores memes" (in Spanish). C5N. July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  8. "Nueva vandalización a la estatua de Gaturro: duró menos de 24 horas en Córdoba". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  9. "Vandalizaron al Gaturro cordobés: duró un día". En Agenda (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-22.