Tag: Quino

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  Quino, Argentine creator of the iconic comic strip Mafalda dies at the age of 88

  

  Quino, the creator of the comic strip Mafalda (1964 to 1973) passed away from natural cause on Sept. 30 at the age of 88. He was born in Mendoza, Argentina in 1932 as Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, son of Spanish immigrants, and trained as an illustrator first by his uncle and then by a brief stint at the Fine Arts College of Mendoza.