Joaquín Salvador Lavado, known for his Pen NameQuino, is an Argentinian cartoonist born in 1932.Widely known as the creator of Mafalda, which is considered by many as his masterpiece, however Quino has also published several cartoons and humor books. Most of these works have an intelligent and dark sense of humor, similar to The Perry Bible Fellowship.A list of books published by him (not including Mafalda):
Mundo Quino (Quino World, 1963)
¡A mí no me grite! (Don't you yell at me!, 1972)
Yo que usted... (If I were you... , 1973)
Bien gracias, ¿y usted? (Well thank you, and you?, 1976)
Hombres de Bolsillo (Pocket men, 1977)
A la buena mesa (To the fine dinning, 1980)
Ni arte ni parte (Neither art nor part, 1981)
Déjenme Inventar (Let me Invent, 1983)
Quinoterapia (Quinotherapy, 1985)
Gente en su sitio (People in their place, 1986)
Sí, Cariño (Yes, Dear, 1987)
Potentes, prepotentes e impotentes (Powerful, arrogant and impotent", 1989)
Humano se nace (As a human one is born, 1991)
¡Yo no fui! (I didn't do it!, 1994)
¡Qué mala es la gente! (How bad are people!, 1996)
¡Cuánta bondad! (How much goodness!, 1999)
Esto no es todo (This is not all, 2002)
¡Qué presente impresentable! (What unpresentable present!, 2005)
La aventura de comer (The adventure of eating,2007)
General tropes present in Quino's works:
Adult Fear: Some of his strips deal with things like economic failure, parenting problems, shattered life aspirations, relationship problems, and hopelessness in the future.
Creator Breakdown: Quino started publishing during the period the Argentinian military junta was in power, his first works had an innocent yet intelligent sense of humor to cope with the situation; however during the 90's and early 2000's he got pushed too far with the worst economic crisis Argentina had faced in its history, so many of his works became cynical and with very little hope.
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