Pato Donald, by Luis Destuet
'Donald Duck'. 

Luis Destuet was the first South American artist of Disney comics. He began his career in 1945, doing covers and other artwork for the Argentinian title El Pato Donald. He began his collaboration with Editorial Abril in Brazil in the early 1950s, for which he drew several comics with 'Donald Duck' and 'Jose Carioca' throughout this decade.

Big Bad Wolf, by Luis Destuet
'Big Bad Wolf' (El Pato Donald #573 (1955).

Destuet was the tutor for a new wave of South American Disney artists, including Jorge Kato and Álvaro de Moya. In the 1960s, he began his own comic, 'Trabucu y Trinquete' (1963-1964), published in the magazine Salgari. In addition, he drew some foreign market stories for the American Disney Studios. 

First Pato Donald cover, by Luis Destuet
Cover illustration for Pato Donald. 

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