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Guaymallén, 1932–2020

Quino

Quino, the pen name of Joaquín Salvador Lavado (Mendoza, Argentina, 1932-2020), was an Argentine cartoonist and comics artist, the son of Andalusian emigrants, who also took Spanish citizenship in 1990. His best-known work is Mafalda, the strip he drew from 1964 to 1973 about a six-year-old girl who looks critically at the adult world. After ending it he kept publishing humour pages about ordinary people, sharp in tone but also tender.

Where to start with Quino

Their books on Pecia, in the order we'd read them.

  1. Lo mejor de Mafaldaabout 6 hoursThe best way in: an anthology of the most representative strips, including Quino's own favourites.
  2. Mafalda. Todas las tirasabout 17 hoursIf the anthology wins you over, this is the whole strip in a single volume, from first to last.
  3. La vida según Mafaldaabout 4 hoursA themed selection of the strips in which Mafalda and her friends ask what living really means.
  4. ¡Amigos para siempre!Another themed selection, built around the group of friends and their games, quarrels and arguments about politics.
  5. Mafalda para niñas y niñosMade for young readers: it gathers the strips about soup, school, homework and games.

Quino's books, second-hand

5 books with used copies for sale. Prices from 6 October 2026.

Mafalda. Todas las tirasQuinofrom €22.99 Mafalda para niñas y niñosQuinofrom €23.90 ¡Amigos para siempre!Quinofrom €26.98 La vida según MafaldaQuinofrom €30.79 Lo mejor de MafaldaQuinofrom €36.56

What critics say

Mafalda is praised for using social satire to comment on real problems, has been compared to Peanuts and was translated into many languages; in Franco's Spain censorship forced it to be labelled as adult reading. In 2014 Quino received the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.

If you like Quino

What the reading guides of their books suggest.

Written with AI help from Wikipedia and Pecia's reading guides, and reviewed by a person. Biographical facts from Wikidata. Wikipedia (es) · Wikipedia (en)