Mafalda Writer Quino dies at 88 of a Stroke

[27monster27 11,516]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/world/americas/quino-dead.html

Joaquín Salvador Lavado, who has mainly gone by the Quino, has passed away recently due to a stroke. He is from Argentina, and is mainly known for being the writer of the Beloved "Mafalda" comics. He started writing in the 1960's, and his continued for decades after.

Here is an example of one of his comics:

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This is so sad.  I first discovered him around a year ago during my Spanish AP class. We used his comics as a way to help us learn Spanish better, and they were so fun to read. May he RIP.

[Sister 9,907]

R.I.P 

[ObezyankaNol 3,059]

So sad

[beli8 1,386]

I am from Argentina and this was such a sad loss. He and the characters he developed in the Mafalda strips are legends and huge part of our culture. It makes me happy to hear that his comics were being used in a Spanish AP class!

[27monster27 11,516]

1 hour ago, beli8 said:

I am from Argentina and this was such a sad loss. He and the characters he developed in the Mafalda strips are legends and huge part of our culture. It makes me happy to hear that his comics were being used in a Spanish AP class!

I am part Argentinian myself. I loved doing assignments centered around his comics. It really is a shame that he has passed, however his legacy will live on.

[Jose P 23,341]

Omg i remember asking my mom to buy me the complete collections of the Mafalda strips when I was little. I didn’t understand much of what was talked about in there lol but I grew up reading them and with time I appreciated them even more. These have been such a big part of my life and I’m really saddened to hear about this big loss to Latin American literature