The son of Spanish parents, Mordillo spent his childhood in Villa Pueyrredón in Buenos Aires, where he had an early interest in drawing. In 1948 he obtained the certificate of Illustrator from the School of Journalism. Two years later, while continuing to study, as part of the animation team Burone Bruch he illustrated children's stories (Tales of
Perrault Tales of Schmid,
The Musicians of Bremen and
The Three Little Pigs) edited by Codex. In 1952 he co-founded Galas Studios, dedicated to the production of animations. Meanwhile, he continued to develop his career as an illustrator and published some strips in local magazines. On 7 November 1955, he moved to Lima, Peru, where he worked as a freelance designer for the advertising company
McCann Erickson. In 1958 ''Aesop's Fables'' illustrated and Samaniego for Editorial Iberia Lima. After having done greeting-card illustrations for the Kansas City-based
Hallmark Cards, he left for the United States in 1960. When there he was employed by
Paramount Pictures Studios in New York. Part of the performance of the film in two globally significant characters:
Popeye and
Little Lulu and creates two characters for the short film Trick for tree. Three years later, on 20 August his life changed direction again. This time he travelled to Europe, arriving in Paris on 19 September. There, he worked at first humorous letters to Mic-Max Edition. In July 1966 he began to collaborate with the magazine
Le Pelerin and shortly after doing the same in
Paris Match. Two years later, his work started being printed in publications from other parts of the world, most notably Germany's
Stern. In Paris he met his wife Amparo Camarasa, marrying in 1969. They have two children: Sebastian Jerome (1970) and Cecile Isabelle (1972). In 1980 he moved to Mallorca, Spain, and was named President of the International Association of Authors of Comics and Cartoons (CFIA) based in Geneva, Switzerland. After 18 years in Spain, he returned to France in 1998. The following year he participated in the Creative Workshop Zermatt, Switzerland. In 2007 he experimented with new materials: acrylics, pastels and crayons. The following year he performed with Art Petrus a series of reproductions of pictures in high definition. Also that year he sold a numbered and autographed internet publication,
Mordillo Collection. He resided in Monaco. ==Bibliography==