Ricardo Martinez Ortega was born 1956 in Santiago, Chile of Spanish immigrant parents. He moved to Spain (Madrid) with his family in May 1969. Ricardo began his professional career towards the end of the seventies. Soon he was creating illustrations for publications, advertising agencies, and comic books. In 1981 he moved to Miami, where he worked at an ad agency, conceptualizing ads for Seven Up, Dr.Pepper, American Express and movie posters. While in Miami, Ricardo and his childhood friend Nacho created “Goomer”. This comic strip has been continuously published since 1987. In 1989, Ricardo returned to Madrid with his American wife to be a part of the founding group of the newspaper “El Mundo”. He became the Assistant Managing Editor and headed the Art Department, supervising both illustration and graphics…
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