Liniers (Buenos Aires, 1973) is the second name of Ricardo Siri. He began his career drawing for fanzines, and in 2001 published the first of his now-famous Macanudo strips in the newspaper La Nación, where he still contributes. His exhibitions of original artwork and paintings have traveled to many countries and cultural spaces. In 2013, his book The Big Wet Balloon was selected by Parents Magazine as the best children’s book of the year. That same year, Macanudo 4 was selected by the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In March 2014, Liniers illustrated a cover for the prestigious New Yorker magazine, where he has since contributed on multiple occasions. In 2018, he received the prestigious Eisner Award for Good Night, Planet.
Liniers has illustrated covers for The New Yorker, and his work has been compared to classics by Charles Schulz (Peanuts) and Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes). In 2020, he received the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Award in the “Best Early Reader Publication” category for Written and Drawn by Henrietta.
