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{{short description|Argentine cartoonist (1932–2020)}}
{{other uses}}
{{family name hatnote|Lavado|Tejón|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| image         = Quino (13331254273) (cropped).jpg
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| caption       = Quino in 2014 with the French [[Legion of Honor]]
| birth_name    = Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1932|7|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]], Argentina
| death_date    = {{death date and age |2020|9|30 |1932|7|17 |df=yes}}
| death_place   = Mendoza, Argentina
| area          = Cartoonist 
| notable works = ''[[Mafalda]]''
| awards        = 
| signature     = FirmaQuino.svg
}}

'''Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón''' (17 July 1932{{spnd}}30 September 2020), better known by his [[pen name]] '''Quino''' ({{IPA|es|ˈkino|lang}}), was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] cartoonist. His [[comic strip]] ''[[Mafalda]]'' (which ran from 1964 to 1973) is popular in many parts of the Americas and Europe and has been praised for its use of social satire as a commentary on real-life issues.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knudde|first=Kjell|date=30 September 2020|title=Quino|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/q/quino.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806164011/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/q/quino.htm|archive-date=6 August 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|website=Lambiek|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón was born in [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]], Argentina, on 17 July 1932 to emigrant [[Andalusians|Andalusian]] parents from [[Fuengirola]], [[Province of Málaga|Málaga]]. Following [[Spanish name]] tradition, "Lavado" is his first or paternal [[surname]], and "Tejón" his maternal one. Because of his parents' limited social circle, he spoke with an Andalusian accent until the age of six. He retained an affection for his parents' Spanish culture and [[flamenco]] into his later years. He obtained Spanish citizenship in 1990 and remained a dual citizen of Spain and Argentina.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Grijelmo|first=Álex|date=30 September 2020|title=Muere Quino, creador de Mafalda y el dibujante más internacional del idioma español|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-09-30/fallece-quino-creador-de-mafalda-y-el-dibujante-mas-internacional-del-idioma-espanol.html|access-date=30 September 2020|website=EL PAÍS|language=es|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132110/https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-09-30/fallece-quino-creador-de-mafalda-y-el-dibujante-mas-internacional-del-idioma-espanol.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AM>{{Cite news|title='Mafalda' Creator Quino Dies Aged 88|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/mafalda-creator-quino-dies-aged-88/|last=Mercedes|first=Milligan|date=30 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|work=Animation Magazine|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132111/https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/mafalda-creator-quino-dies-aged-88/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was called "Quino" from his childhood on, to distinguish him from his uncle, the illustrator Joaquín, who helped to awaken his vocation of cartooning at an early age.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Damon|date=30 September 2020|title=Argentine cartoonist and creator of 'Mafalda' has sadly died.|url=https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/09/30/argentine-cartoonist-and-creator-of-mafalda-has-sadly-died/|access-date=1 October 2020|newspaper=Euro Weekly News|language=en-GB|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132112/https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/09/30/argentine-cartoonist-and-creator-of-mafalda-has-sadly-died/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1945, after the death of his mother, he enrolled and started his studies at Escuela de Bellas Artes de Mendoza.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/03/08/andalucia/1362774598.html |title=Quino: 'Leo chistes que dibujé hace 30 años que siguen de actualidad' &#124; Andalucía |website=Elmundo.es |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160947/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/03/08/andalucia/1362774598.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Shortly after, his father died in 1948 when Quino was 16 years old. A year later he abandoned his studies, with the intent to become a cartoonist. Soon he would sell his first illustration, an advertisement for a fabric store.<ref name="Milligan">{{Cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|date=30 September 2020|title='Mafalda' Creator Quino Dies Aged 88|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/mafalda-creator-quino-dies-aged-88/|access-date=1 October 2020|website=Animation Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132111/https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/mafalda-creator-quino-dies-aged-88/|url-status=live}}</ref>

His first humor page was published in the weekly magazine, ''Esto Es'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mur|first=Robert|date=30 September 2020|title=Muere Quino, el creador de Mafalda|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20200930/483769445073/quino-muere-dibujante-ilustrador-mafalda.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132112/https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20200930/483769445073/quino-muere-dibujante-ilustrador-mafalda.html|archive-date=1 October 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|website=La Vanguardia|language=es}}</ref> which led to the publication of other works in many other magazines: ''Leoplán'', ''TV Guía'', ''Vea y Lea'', ''Damas y Damitas'', ''Usted'', ''Panorama'', ''Adán'', ''Atlántida'', ''Che'', the daily ''Democracia'', etc.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_V8vAAAAYAAJ|title=Visión: la revista latinoamericana|publisher=Casa Visión|year=1964|volume=27|access-date=1 October 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132112/https://books.google.es/books?id=_V8vAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1954, his cartoons became regulars in ''[[Rico Tipo]]'', ''[[Tía Vicenta]]'', and ''Dr. Merengue''.<ref name="AM" /><ref name="Silent Satire">{{cite web|title=Quino|url=http://www.silentsatire.org/masters.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415004021/http://www.silentsatire.org/masters.html|archive-date=15 April 2010|access-date=10 April 2016|work=Silent Satire}}</ref>

==Career==
===Mafalda===
His first compilation book, ''Mundo Quino'', was published in 1963. At the same time he was developing pages for an advertising campaign for Mansfield, an electrical household appliance company, for which he created the character of [[Mafalda]], basing her name on the same sounds as in the Mansfield brand name.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=AM/> The advertising campaign never was executed, which led to the publication of Mafalda's first story in ''Leoplán''. Subsequently, it appeared regularly in the weekly magazine ''[[Primera Plana]]'',<ref>{{cite news|author=Luciana Palacios|title=Mafalda, a 50 years old little girl|url=http://www.themunicheye.com/news/Mafalda,-a-50-years-old-little-girl--2890|access-date=31 May 2015|work=The Munich Eye|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016205523/http://www.themunicheye.com/news/Mafalda,-a-50-years-old-little-girl--2890|url-status=live}}</ref> since the director of the magazine was a friend of Quino. Between 1965 and 1967 it was published in the newspaper ''El Mundo''; soon after the first compilation book was released, it began to be published in Italy, Spain (where, on account of [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]-era censorship, it was tagged as “for adults only”), Portugal, and many other countries.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 August 2007|title=Evita, Gardel, Maradona y...Mafalda &#124; Cultura|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Evita/Gardel/Maradona/Mafalda/elpepucul/20070813elpepucul_2/Tes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104953/http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Evita/Gardel/Maradona/Mafalda/elpepucul/20070813elpepucul_2/Tes|archive-date=29 September 2007|access-date=10 April 2016|website=El Pais}}</ref><ref name="unesco.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/courier/2000_07/uk/dires.htm |title=Quino, on the Funny Side of Freedom |access-date=8 June 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623061630/http://www.unesco.org/courier/2000_07/uk/dires.htm |archive-date=23 June 2009 }}, The UNESCO Courier, interview with Lucía Iglesias Kuntz, June/July 2000, Retrieved 8 June 2009<!--Archived version is the most recent possible copy--></ref> It was also translated to 12 languages.

Mafalda was created as an irreverent and non-conformist six-year-old who hated fascism, militarism and soup, and loved [[the Beatles]]. The character attempted to reflect the world of adults as seen through the eyes of a smart child.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Quino, creator of Mafalda comic character, dies aged 88|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54362413|date=30 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|work=BBC News|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930222426/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54362413|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1 October 2020|title=Argentine creator of Mafalda cartoon strip dies|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1994787/argentine-creator-of-mafalda-cartoon-strip-dies|access-date=1 October 2020|newspaper=Bangkok Post}}</ref> Her friends reflected different personalities like the insecure but studious Felipe, the gossip-girl Susanita, the sturdy but dim-witted Manolito, the naive Miguelito, the rebel and witty Libertad and Mafalda's baby brother Guille. The character and the series has been compared to [[Charles M. Schulz]]'s ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic series.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Argentina's Quino, creator of 'Mafalda' comic, dies|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/30/argentinas-quino-creator-of-mafalda-comic-dies|access-date=1 October 2020|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132137/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/30/argentinas-quino-creator-of-mafalda-comic-dies|url-status=live}}</ref>

Quino abandoned the story of Mafalda on 25 June 1973, claiming that he wanted to avoid repeating himself; in later years, however, he said that the changing political landscape in Latin America had also influenced his decision: "If I had continued drawing her, they would have shot me."<ref name=BBC /><ref>{{cite web |author1=Paula Arenas |title=Quino: "Si no dejaba de pintar a Mafalda me pegaban un tiro" |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2094169/0/entrevista-quino/mafalda/cincuenta-aniversario/ |access-date=1 October 2020 |date=14 April 2014}}</ref> Following the [[National Reorganization Process|1976 coup d'état in Argentina]], he moved to [[Milan]], Italy, where he continued to create humor pages.<ref name=BBC /><ref>{{cite web |title=Quino, Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades |url=https://www.fpa.es/es/comunicacion/joaquin-salvador-lavado-tejon-quino-premio-principe-de-asturias-de-comunicacion-y-humanidades.html?idCategoria=7&especifica=0 |website=Fundación Principesa de Asturias |date=21 May 2014}}</ref> Although he never returned to Mafalda and her friends in a comic strip format, he did use the character at certain specific moments: to explain the Organic Law on the Right to Education (LODE) on a commission from the Spanish government in 1986,<ref name=":0" /> for a [[COVID-19]] awareness campaign in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abdala|first=Verónica|date=4 May 2020|title=Cuarentena por coronavirus: diez ilustradores se suman a la campaña para cuidarnos|url=https://www.clarin.com/cultura/cuarentena-coronavirus-ilustradores-suman-campana-cuidarnos_0_nZ8LAph3H.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531094600/https://www.clarin.com/cultura/cuarentena-coronavirus-ilustradores-suman-campana-cuidarnos_0_nZ8LAph3H.html|archive-date=31 May 2020|access-date=1 October 2020|website=Clarin|language=es}}</ref> and, in 1977, to illustrate the [[Declaration of the Rights of the Child]] for [[UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Declaración de los derechos del niño |url=http://archivomuseodelamemoria.cl/index.php/102226;isad?sf_culture=en |website=Archivo Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos}}</ref><ref>[http://www.amnistiacatalunya.org/edu/humor/mafalda/ "Declaración de los Derechos del Niño"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208152536/http://www.amnistiacatalunya.org/edu/humor/mafalda/ |date=8 February 2011 }}, Amnesty International, Retrieved 7 June 2009</ref> Argentine producer Daniel Mallo converted 260 ''Mafalda'' strips into a TV show in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Europa Press|date=30 September 2020|title=Adiós a Quino, el legado del creador de Mafalda en cine y televisión|url=https://www.culturaocio.com/cine/noticia-adios-quino-legado-creador-mafalda-cine-television-20200930191512.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132137/https://www.culturaocio.com/cine/noticia-adios-quino-legado-creador-mafalda-cine-television-20200930191512.html|archive-date=1 October 2020|access-date=1 October 2020|website=Cultura Ocio}}</ref>

In 2008, at the initiative of the ''[[Museo del Dibujo y la Ilustración]]'', the company [[Buenos Aires Underground|Subterráneos de Buenos Aires]] created a mural of Mafalda in the [[Perú (Buenos Aires Underground)|Perú metro station]] at the [[Plaza de Mayo]] in Buenos Aires.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 November 2008|title=Mafalda y los personajes de Quino llegaron al subte|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/mafalda-y-los-personajes-de-quino-llegaron-al-subte-nid1071938/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132141/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/mafalda-y-los-personajes-de-quino-llegaron-al-subte-nid1071938/|archive-date=1 October 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|website=La Nacion|language=es}}</ref> In 2009, Quino participated with an original Mafalda work, created for ''El Mundo'', in the ''Bicentennial: 200 years of Graphic Humor'' that the ''Museo del Dibujo y la Ilustración'' held at the [[Eduardo Sívori Museum]] of Buenos Aires.<ref name=AM/>

===Later works===
[[File:Quino (cartoonist) autographs a book in Paris, 2004.jpg |Quino in 2004|200px|thumb|right]]
While ''Mafalda'' continued to be used for human rights campaigns in Argentina and abroad, Quino dedicated himself to writing other editorial-style comics. The comics were published in Argentina and abroad. Since 1982, the Argentine newspaper ''Clarín'' has published his cartoons weekly.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Mafalda as a site of refuge : Quino's comic, state repression, and audiences in Argentina since 1964|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0372094|publisher=University of British Columbia|date=2018|first=Deborah|last=Boyd|access-date=1 October 2020|archive-date=1 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301005515/https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0372094|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a visit with Cuban cartoon director [[Juan Padrón]], the two produced a series of cartoons. Between 1986 and 1988, they made six ''Quinoscopio'' cartoons through the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos, none of which were longer than six minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655870/|title=Juan Padrón|website=IMDb.com|access-date=8 June 2009|archive-date=3 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003150439/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655870/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the pair worked on 104 short Mafalda cartoons in 1994. Quino eventually retired in 2006.<ref name=AM/>
While ''Mafalda'' concentrated on children and their innocent, realistic view of the world, his later comics featured ordinary people with ordinary feelings.<ref name=AP>{{cite news|title=Argentine cartoonist Quino, creator of 'Mafalda' comic, dies|url=https://apnews.com/article/argentina-archive-5835ad59f29bf442c7dcb53c2719b830|first=Almundena|last=Calatrava|date=30 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|work=Associated Press|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930211357/https://apnews.com/article/argentina-archive-5835ad59f29bf442c7dcb53c2719b830|url-status=live}}</ref> The humor is characteristically cynical, often poking fun at real-life situations, such as marriage, technology, authority, and food. This cynical humor is attributed as one of the reasons for his success throughout Latin America and much of the world outside Latin America.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=AP/> His cartoons of aporteñado Argentine topic of the 1960s and 1970s have been edited and translated into 26 different languages apart from the original [[Rioplatense Spanish]].<ref name=BBC/><ref>{{cite news|title=Latinos mourn death of Quino, creator of "Mafalda" cartoon|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/quino-creator-famous-mafalda-cartoon-character-dies-88-n1241585|first=Cynthia|last=Silva|date=30 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|publisher=NBC News|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132140/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/quino-creator-famous-mafalda-cartoon-character-dies-88-n1241585|url-status=live}}</ref> Collected in numerous volumes by Argentine publisher Ediciones de la Flor, these comics are readily available.<ref>{{cite news|title=Muere el creador de Mafalda, el dibujante argentino Quino|url=https://www.dw.com/es/muere-el-creador-de-mafalda-el-dibujante-argentino-quino/a-55108059|date=30 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|publisher=Deutsche Welle|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132142/https://www.dw.com/es/muere-el-creador-de-mafalda-el-dibujante-argentino-quino/a-55108059|url-status=live}} {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Quino married Alicia Colombo in 1960. The couple never had children.<ref name="Silent Satire"/> He and his wife lived in exile in [[Milan]] starting in 1976, before returning to Argentina seven years later when the [[National Reorganization Process|military dictatorship]] came to an end. He subsequently divided his time between Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Milan.<ref name=BBC/> He was an agnostic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Braceli|first=Rodolfo|date=15 July 2016|title=Quino: A los argentinos les atrae el fútbol por la misma razón que no les atraen las cosas importantes|url=https://www.diariouno.com.ar/espectaculos/quino-a-los-argentinos-les-atrae-el-futbol-por-la-misma-razon-que-no-les-atraen-las-cosas-importantes-15072012_HyZhw1XzrX|access-date=10 April 2016|website=Diario Uno}}</ref> In 2017, degenerative glaucoma left him nearly blind.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-18|title=Quino, el papá de Mafalda cumple 88 más enérgico que nunca|url=https://efectococuyo.com/internacionales/quino-el-papa-de-mafalda-cumple-88-mas-energico-que-nunca/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=Efecto Cocuyo|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Forbes Staff|date=2020-09-30|title=Perfil: Quino, el hombre que recorrió el mundo de la mano de Mafalda • Forbes México|url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/noticias-perfil-quino-el-hombre-que-recorrio-el-mundo-de-la-mano-de-mafalda/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=Forbes México|language=es-MX}}</ref>

==Collections==
A portion of Quino's work resides at [[Vanderbilt University]]'s Special Collections [[Jean and Alexander Heard Library|Library]], as part of their [[Wikipedia:GLAM/VU/Projects|Eduardo Rosenzvaig collection]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/special-collections/subjectlist.php |title=Collections by Subject &#124; Special Collections &#124; Library &#124; Vanderbilt University |website=Library.vanderbilt.edu |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=25 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425113234/http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/special-collections/subjectlist.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
{{blockquote|The kind of ideas that he works with are of the most difficult, and I am amazed at their variety and depth. Also, he knows how to draw, and to draw in a funny way. I think that he is a giant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Comica Argentina: A Rich Culture Of Cartoons & Comics|url=http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/comica_argentina/|access-date=2020-10-01|date=2001-06-13|website=Paul Gravett|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212053200/http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/comica_argentina/|url-status=live}}</ref>|author=[[Charles M. Schulz]]|title=|source=}}

Quino won many international awards and honors throughout his career. In 1982, Quino was chosen Cartoonist of the Year by fellow cartoonists around the world, he won the [[Konex Award|Konex Platinum Award]] for Visual Arts in 1982 and 1992, the Konex Special Mention in 2012 and the Konex of Honour in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quino Konex Award |url=https://www.fundacionkonex.org/b516-joaquin-lavado-quino |website=Konex Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Baral|first=Susmita|date=22 May 2014|title=Quino, Argentine Cartoonist, Receives Spain's 'Prince Of Asturias Award For Communication And Humanities' For Comic 'Mafalda'|url=https://www.latintimes.com/quino-argentine-cartoonist-receives-spains-prince-asturias-award-communication-and-175088|access-date=1 October 2020|website=Latin Times|language=en|archive-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704013812/https://www.latintimes.com/quino-argentine-cartoonist-receives-spains-prince-asturias-award-communication-and-175088|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1988, he was named an Illustrious Citizen of Mendoza.<ref name="Milligan"/> In 1997, he was given [[U Giancu's Prize]] at the [[International Cartoonists Exhibition]] in [[Rapallo]], Italy. In 2000 he received the second Quevedos Ibero-American Prize for Graphic Humor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Premio Quevedos 2000: QUINO|url=http://www.premioquevedos.es/los-premiados/premio-quevedos-2000-quino/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132152/http://www.premioquevedos.es/los-premiados/premio-quevedos-2000-quino/|archive-date=1 October 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|website=Premio Quevedos}}</ref> In March 2014 he was awarded the French [[Legion of Honour]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/bande-dessinee-quino-le-pere-de-mafalda-recoit-la-legion-dhonneur-2030119 |title=Bande dessinée. Quino, le père de Mafalda, reçoit la Légion d'honneur |language=fr |website=Ouest-france.fr |date=22 March 2014 |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141648/http://www.ouest-france.fr/bande-dessinee-quino-le-pere-de-mafalda-recoit-la-legion-dhonneur-2030119 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, the Colegiales neighbourhood of Buenos Aires named their plaza ''Plaza Mafalda''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 August 2005|title=Con la presencia de Quino, se inauguró la plaza "Mafalda"|url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/presencia-quino-inauguro-plaza-mafalda_0_SywbL1OJAKx.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132149/https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/presencia-quino-inauguro-plaza-mafalda_0_SywbL1OJAKx.html|archive-date=1 October 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|website=Clarin|language=es}}</ref>

In May 2014 Quino was presented with the Senator Domingo Faustino Sarmiento cultural award by the [[Senate of Argentina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cultura.gob.ar/noticias/el-congreso-distingue-a-quino/ |title=El Congreso distingue a Quino &#124; Ministerio de Cultura - Presidencia de la Nación |language=es |website=Cultura.gob.ar |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073916/http://www.cultura.gob.ar/noticias/el-congreso-distingue-a-quino/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/SenadoArgentina/status/471700383702585344 |title=Senado Argentina on Twitter: "[FOTO&#93; Quino en el @SenadoArgentina al recibir la Mención de Honor "Senador Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" " |publisher=Twitter |date=28 May 2014 |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=28 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428211443/https://twitter.com/senadoargentina/status/471700383702585344 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, Quino was awarded the [[Princess of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias award]] in recognition of his work, 50 years after creating the character of [[Mafalda]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mafalda's creator 'Quino' wins Prince of Asturias Award|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/160008/mafaldas-creator-quino-wins-prince-of-asturias-award-|work=Buenos Aires Herald|access-date=31 May 2015|date=21 May 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051600/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/160008/mafaldas-creator-quino-wins-prince-of-asturias-award-|url-status=live}}</ref> He received the prize from King [[Felipe VI of Spain]] on 24 October 2014 at a ceremony in [[Oviedo]], Spain.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=24 October 2014|title=Ceremonia de entrega de los Premios 2014 (Photo gallery)|url=https://www.rtve.es/fotogalerias/ceremonia-entrega-premios-2014/145275/joaquin-salvador-lavado-quino-saluda-publico-tras-recibir-principe-asturias-comunicacion/3/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132145/https://www.rtve.es/fotogalerias/ceremonia-entrega-premios-2014/145275/joaquin-salvador-lavado-quino-saluda-publico-tras-recibir-principe-asturias-comunicacion/3/|archive-date=1 October 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|website=RTVE}}</ref>

An asteroid discovered in January 1999 was named [[27178 Quino]] after him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=27178|access-date=2020-10-01|website=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=IAU Minor Planet Center|url=https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=27178|access-date=2020-10-01|website=minorplanetcenter.net}}</ref>

==Death==
Quino died on 30 September 2020 from a [[stroke]], at the age of 88.<ref name=AM/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/295771-murio-quino-el-creador-de-mafalda|title=Murió Quino, el creador de Mafalda|website=Pagina 12|access-date=30 September 2020|language=es|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132149/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/295771-murio-quino-el-creador-de-mafalda|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-10-02/argentine-cartoonist-quino-mafalda-comic-strip-dies|title = Argentine cartoonist Quino, creator of 'Mafalda' comic strip, dies| website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date = 2 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/world/americas/quino-dead.html|title = Quino, Creator of Beloved 'Mafalda' Cartoon, Dies at 88|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 5 October 2020|last1 = Politi|first1 = Daniel}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
{{main|Quino bibliography}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.quino.com.ar/ Quino's official webpage] {{in lang|es}}, also its reduced [https://www.quino.com.ar/homequino English version]
* [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/q/quino.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia article]
* [https://www.fpa.es/en/communication/joaquin-salvador-lavado-tejon-quino-prince-of-asturias-award-for-communication-and-humanities.html Quino biography] at the "Princess of Asturias Foundation" website

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