Quino's death in the world's media: "The most international cartoonist in the Spanish language"

09/30/2020 - 13:17

• Clarín.com

• Culture

The death of Quino, the brilliant graphic comedian who transcended borders with Mafalda and died this Wednesday, occupies an important place in the main media in South America and also in Spain, where they defined Joaquín Salvador Lavado as "

" .

This was the title of the newspaper

, which carried the news to its front page with an image of Quino with Mafalda.

For its part,

, also from Spain.

He highlighted it as one of his main notes and published that "the creator of Mafalda" died.

Quino on the cover of ABC, from Spain.

Along the same lines and also as its main notes,

and

highlighted it

.

In South America it was no exception.

They remembered him in Chile, Uruguay and also in Brazil.

The

media

 highlighted that the Argentine artist's work was published in more than 35 languages.

The Brazilian O'Globo also highlighted it on his website.

"He rose to fame for his comic strips and for his most widespread character worldwide: little Mafalda," said

from Uruguay, while La Tercera, from Chile, chose one of Mafalda's well-remembered phrases.

"Stop the world, I want to get off! Quino, the creator of Mafalda, died at the age of 88", the trans-Andean medium titled. 

This was recalled by La Tercera, from Chile.

Quino transcended borders with Mafalda, which was translated into more than 30 languages.

In 2014, he was honored with the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication, the first ever awarded to a cartoonist.

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