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José Guadalupe Cruz
José Guadalupe Cruz
Born	January 31, 1917; Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico
Died	November 22, 1989
Area(s)	Comics writer, Screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Ana Maria Ayala Cornejo

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José Guadalupe Cruz (January 31, 1917 – November 22, 1989) was a Mexican comics writer^[1] and screenwriter.

Career

Born in Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico, Cruz published his first comic when he was 18 years old and his career became one of the most productive and successful in the Mexican comics-scene. In the beginning his works were printed in the magazines Paquin, Paquita and Pepin, and many of these stories captured his readers, like Adelita y las guerrillas.

In 1943 he started to use a system of photomontage to make his comics. He created novels of great power like Carta Brava, Percal, Tango, Ventarron, El Valiente, Tenebral, Dancing and Malevaje. In 1947 he started writing for films and acted in more than thirty movies with directors like Ismael Rodríguez, Agustín P. Delgado, Chano Urueta, Miguel Morayta, René Cardona and Juan Orol. In 1952, he founded his own publishing house, Ediciones José G. Cruz, which published comics like Muñequita, La Pandilla, Rosita Alvirez, El Vampiro Tenebroso and Canciones Inolvidables. Santo, el enmascarado de plata, based on the Mexican wrestler El Santo, was so successful that it was published for 30 years uninterruptedly ^[2] and is one of the icons of Mexican popular culture.

Personal life and death

On February 10, 1940, Cruz married Doña Ana Maria Ayala Cornejo at age 23, with whom he had his first son, José Gustavo.

Cruz died on November 22, 1989, in Los Angeles, California at the age of 72.

Selected filmography

Sources

^ "José G. Cruz".
^ "José G. Cruz".

External links

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+{{Infobox comics creator
-{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}}
+| name         = José Guadalupe Cruz
-{{Noreferences|date=June 2009}}
+| image        =
+| caption      =
-'''José Guadalupe Cruz Diaz''' (January 31, 1917 - November 22, 1989) was a Mexican [[comics]] and [[screenwriter]] and actor. The events and experience that he lived through in his childhood during the [[Mexican revolution]] in the 1920s, lay the foundation for his fascination by the personalities that represent that era. He gave life to those personalities in the comics which he wrote later in his life, like the ''Adelita'' series and ''La Tigresa del Bajío''.
+| birth_date   = January 31, 1917
+| birth_place  = Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico
+| death_date   = November 22, 1989
+| area         = Comics writer, Screenwriter
+| spouse       = Ana Maria Ayala Cornejo
+}}
+'''José Guadalupe Cruz''' (January 31, 1917 &ndash; November 22, 1989) was a Mexican comics writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cruz_jose-g.htm|title = José G. Cruz}}</ref> and screenwriter.
 ==Career==
-Born in born in [[Teocaltiche]], [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]], Cruz published his first comic when he was 18 years old and his [[career]] became one of the most productive and successful in the Mexican comics-scene. In the beginning his works were printed in the magazines ''Paquin'', ''Paquita'' and ''Pepin'', and many of these stories captured his readers, like ''Adelita y las guerrillas''.
+Born in [[Teocaltiche]], [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]], Cruz published his first comic when he was 18 years old and his [[career]] became one of the most productive and successful in the Mexican comics-scene. In the beginning his works were printed in the magazines ''Paquin'', ''Paquita'' and ''Pepin'', and many of these stories captured his readers, like ''Adelita y las guerrillas''.
-In 1943 he started to use a system of [[photomontage]] to make his comics. He created novels of great power like ''Carta Brava'', ''Percal'', ''Tango'', ''Ventarron'', ''Tenebral'', ''Dancing'' and ''Malevaje''. In 1947 he started writing for films and acted in more than thirty movies with directors like [[Ismael Rodríguez]], [[Agustín P. Delgado]], [[Chano Urueta]], [[Miguel Morayta]], [[René Cardona]] and [[Juan Orol]]. In 1952, he founded his own publishing house, ''Ediciones José G. Cruz'', which published comics like ''Muñequita'', ''La Pandilla'', ''Rosita Alvirez'', ''El Vampiro Tenebroso'' and ''Canciones Inolvidables''. ''Santo, el enmascarado de plata'' was so successful that it was published for 30 years uninterruptedly and is one of the icons of Mexican popular culture.
+In 1943 he started to use a system of [[photomontage]] to make his comics. He created novels of great power like ''Carta Brava'', ''Percal'', ''Tango'', ''Ventarron'', ''El Valiente'', ''Tenebral'', ''Dancing'' and ''Malevaje''. In 1947 he started writing for films and acted in more than thirty movies with directors like [[Ismael Rodríguez]], [[Agustín P. Delgado]], [[Chano Urueta]], [[Miguel Morayta]], [[René Cardona]] and [[Juan Orol]]. In 1952, he founded his own publishing house, ''Ediciones José G. Cruz'', which published comics like ''Muñequita'', ''La Pandilla'', ''Rosita Alvirez'', ''El Vampiro Tenebroso'' and ''Canciones Inolvidables''. ''Santo, el enmascarado de plata'', based on the Mexican wrestler [[El Santo]], was so successful that it was published for 30 years uninterruptedly <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cruz_jose-g.htm|title = José G. Cruz}}</ref> and is one of the icons of Mexican popular culture.
 ==Personal life and death==
-On February 10, 1940, Cruz married to Doña Ana Maria Ayala Cornejo at age 59, with whom he had his first son, José Gustavo.
+On February 10, 1940, Cruz married Doña Ana Maria Ayala Cornejo at age 23, with whom he had his first son, José Gustavo.
-Cruz died on November 22, 1989in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] at the age of 72.
+Cruz died on November 22, 1989, in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] at the age of 72.
+==Selected filmography==
+* ''[[Cabaret Shanghai]]'' (1950)
+* ''[[It's a Sin to Be Poor]]'' (1950)
+* ''[[The Lovers (1951 film)|The Lovers]]'' (1951)
+* ''[[What Idiots Men Are]]'' (1951)
+==Sources==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
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 *[http://magiccarpetburn.blogspot.com/2009/11/jose-g-cruz-presentar-santo-el.html Shows several pages and a cover from El Santo - on Magic Carpet Burn]
+{{authority control}}
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-|NAME= Cruz, José Guadalupe
-|ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Diaz, José Guadalupe Cruz
-|SHORT DESCRIPTION= Screenwriter, comics writer, actor
-|DATE OF BIRTH= January 31, 1917
-|PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Teocaltiche]], [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]]
-|DATE OF DEATH= November 22, 1989
-|PLACE OF DEATH= [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
-}}
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-[[Category:Mexican actors]]
-[[Category:Mexican screenwriters]]
 [[Category:Mexican comics writers]]
-[[Category:People from Jalisco]]
+[[Category:Writers from Jalisco]]
+[[Category:People from Teocaltiche]]
+[[Category:20th-century Mexican male actors]]
+[[Category:20th-century Mexican screenwriters]]
+[[Category:20th-century Mexican male writers]]
-{{Comics-creator-stub}}
+{{Comics-writer-stub}}
-[[es:José G. Cruz]]
-[[fr:José Guadalupe Cruz]]