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Joaquín Salvador Lavado, known for his [[Pen Name]] ''Quino'', is an Argentinian cartoonist born in 1932.
Joaquín Salvador Lavado (1932-2020), known by his [[Pen Name]] '''''Quino''''', was an Argentinian cartoonist and humorist.


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]]''.
Widely known as the creator of ''[[Mafalda]]'', which is considered by many as his masterpiece, however Quino had 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]]''):
A list of books published by him (not including ''[[Mafalda]]''):


* Mundo Quino (Quino World, 1963)
* ''Mundo Quino'' (''Quino World'', 1963)
* ¡A mí no me grite! (Don't you yell at me!, 1972)
* ''¡A mí no me grite!'' (''Don't you yell at me!'', 1972)
* Yo que usted... (If I were you... , 1973)
* ''Yo que usted...'' (''If I were you...'', 1973)
* Bien gracias, ¿y usted? (Well thank you, and you?, 1976)
* ''Bien gracias, ¿y usted?'' (''Well thank you, and you?'', 1976)
* Hombres de Bolsillo (Pocket men, 1977)
* ''Hombres de Bolsillo'' (''Italic text''Pocket men, 1977)
* A la buena mesa (To the fine dinning, 1980)
* ''A la buena mesa'' (''To the fine dinning'', 1980)
* Ni arte ni parte (Neither art nor part, 1981)
* ''Ni arte ni parte'' (''Neither art nor part'', 1981)
* Déjenme Inventar (Let me Invent, 1983)
* ''Déjenme Inventar'' (''Let me Invent'', 1983)
* Quinoterapia (Quinotherapy, 1985)
* ''Quinoterapia'' (''Quinotherapy'', 1985)
* Gente en su sitio (People in their place, 1986)
* ''Gente en su sitio'' (''People in their place'', 1986)
* Sí, Cariño (Yes, Dear, 1987)
* ''Sí, Cariño'' (''Yes, Dear'', 1987)
* Potentes, prepotentes e impotentes (Powerful, arrogant and impotent", 1989)
* ''Potentes, prepotentes e impotentes'' (''Powerful, arrogant and impotent'', 1989)
* Humano se nace (As a human one is born, 1991)
* ''Italic text''Humano se nace (''As a human one is born'', 1991)
* ¡Yo no fui! (I didn't do it!, 1994)
* ''¡Yo no fui!'' (''I didn't do it!'', 1994)
* ¡Qué mala es la gente! (How bad are people!, 1996)
* ''¡Qué mala es la gente''! (''How bad are people!'', 1996)
* ¡Cuánta bondad! (How much goodness!, 1999)
* ¡Cuánta bondad! (''How much goodness!'', 1999)
* Esto no es todo (This is not all, 2002)
* ''Esto no es todo'' (''This is not all'', 2002)
* ¡Qué presente impresentable! (What unpresentable present!, 2005)
* ''¡Qué presente impresentable!'' (What unpresentable present!, 2005)
* La aventura de comer (The adventure of eating,2007)
* L''a aventura de comer'' (''The adventure of eating'', 2007)




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=== 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.
* [[Adult Fear]]: Some of his strips deal with things like economic failure, parenting problems, shattered life aspirations, relationship problems, and hopelessness in the future.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Like ''[[Mafalda]]'', Quino's style evolved over time.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Like ''[[Mafalda]]'', Quino's style evolved over time.
* [[As the Good Book Says]]
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]
* [[A World Half Full]]: Most of the time.
* [[A World Half Full]]: Most of the time.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Frequent punch-line.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Frequent punch-line.
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* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Children Are Innocent]]
* [[Children Are Innocent]]
* [[Crapsack World]]: When its not [[A World Half Full]].
* [[Crapsack World]]: When it's not [[A World Half Full]].
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[The Cameo]]: ''[[Mafalda]]'' sometimes makes background appearances.
* [[The Cameo]]: ''[[Mafalda]]'' sometimes makes background appearances.
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* [[Not So Different]]: Played straight in some strips and deconstructed in others (usually the ones that deal with economic inequality).
* [[Not So Different]]: Played straight in some strips and deconstructed in others (usually the ones that deal with economic inequality).
* [[Satan]]: Recurring character.
* [[Satan]]: Recurring character.
** [[Satan Is Good]]: Or at least [[Go Karting With Bowser|in very good terms]] with God.
** [[Satan Is Good]]: Or at least [[Go-Karting with Bowser|in very good terms]] with God.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]
* [[You No Take Candle]]: Cavemen and aboriginal people are portrayed speaking in this manner.
* [[You No Take Candle]]: Cavemen and aboriginal people are portrayed speaking in this manner.


=== Individual cartoons provide examples of: ===
=== Individual cartoons provide examples of: ===
* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]: [http://www.bdselection.com/imagesbd/q/quiestlechef/quiestlechef_1.jpg Death to the big guy].
* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051125013038/http://www.bdselection.com/imagesbd/q/quiestlechef/quiestlechef_1.jpg Death to the big guy].
** [http://www.irancartoon.com/100/comicstrip/Qino.gif Another one].
** [http://www.irancartoon.com/100/comicstrip/Qino.gif Another one]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3330408877_99ec3e1fe3.jpg This one.]
* [[Animal Motifs]]: [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3330408877_99ec3e1fe3.jpg This one.]
* [[Apocalypse How]]: [http://grupos.emagister.com/imagen/genesis_por_quino/t142192-0.jpg Class 6].
* [[Apocalypse How]]: [http://grupos.emagister.com/imagen/genesis_por_quino/t142192-0.jpg Class 6].
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* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: [http://humorgraficoyhistorietas.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/quino-violencia.jpg Oh, Guardian Angel. If you exist, please free my son from all that horrible TV violence!!]
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: [http://humorgraficoyhistorietas.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/quino-violencia.jpg Oh, Guardian Angel. If you exist, please free my son from all that horrible TV violence!!]
** [http://florencio.tumblr.com/post/654878348/la-guernica-de-quino Another one]
** [http://florencio.tumblr.com/post/654878348/la-guernica-de-quino Another one]
* [[Bedroom Adultery Scene]]: [[http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wjGMAbsX61I/R11ITt6_i-[[I/AAAAAAAA Do 0|AAAAAAAA Do 0]]/az7SMkL0ovw/s912/Mundo<!-- 252520Quino252520112.jpg This]]. -->
* [[Bedroom Adultery Scene]]: [http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wjGMAbsX61I/R11ITt6_i-I/AAAAAAAADo0/az7SMkL0ovw/s912/Mundo%252520Quino%252520112.jpg This]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin']]: [http://i838.photobucket.com/albums/zz307/suka570/quino-dia.jpg Do not smoke!]
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]: [http://i838.photobucket.com/albums/zz307/suka570/quino-dia.jpg Do not smoke!]
* [[Career Killer]] / [[Mundane Utility]]: [http://www.irancartoon.com/quino/quino/001.gif This].
* [[Career Killer]] / [[Mundane Utility]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070731124257/http://irancartoon.com/quino/quino/001.gif This].
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rxf777C5Vbw/S_KguXXxBlI/AAAAAAAABa4/4t_-Wg-cUcc/s1600/quino+comic-quino1.jpg This]
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rxf777C5Vbw/S_KguXXxBlI/AAAAAAAABa4/4t_-Wg-cUcc/s1600/quino+comic-quino1.jpg This]
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: [http://sadburro.tumblr.com/post/757766420/otro-quino Here]
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: [http://sadburro.tumblr.com/post/757766420/otro-quino Here]
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: [http://humorgraficoyhistorietas.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/quino3.jpg This doctor has].
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: [http://humorgraficoyhistorietas.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/quino3.jpg This doctor has].
* [[Food Fight]]: Desconstructed [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-[[Vz Jv RXHSYKE/TZK 6 d Ry IXYI|TZK 6 d Ry IXYI]]/AAAAAAAAABY/-[[R 8 qhb 9 QU 7 Q]]/s640/El<!-- 252Btrabajo252B%2528Quino%2529.jpg here]]. -->
* [[Food Fight]]: Desconstructed [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VzJvRXHSYKE/TZK6dRyIXYI/AAAAAAAAABY/-R8qhb9QU7Q/s640/El%252Btrabajo%252B%2528Quino%2529.jpg here].
* [[Fortune Teller]]: [http://s1.subirimagenes.com/otros/464978qu-mala-es-la-gente.jpg Here].
* [[Fortune Teller]]: [http://s1.subirimagenes.com/otros/464978qu-mala-es-la-gente.jpg Here]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Remembered Too Late]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVzcSXHGkPQ With emphasis in TOO LATE]. Could also count as [[Fridge Horror]].
* [[Remembered Too Late]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVzcSXHGkPQ With emphasis in TOO LATE]. Could also count as [[Fridge Horror]].
* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]: [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SjBUFj3jDSY/SFAgzEHcQtI/AAAAAAAAHfc/_fEmNl-Y00U/s1600/11qua_seriemes_quino.jpg This example]
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SjBUFj3jDSY/SFAgzEHcQtI/AAAAAAAAHfc/_fEmNl-Y00U/s1600/11qua_seriemes_quino.jpg This example]
* [[Literal Minded]]: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-hQPuhS9AQ/Ree3UB5skKI/AAAAAAAAAPI/mgzMnOAKwZk/s1600/quino6.gif This waiter].
* [[Literal-Minded]]: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-hQPuhS9AQ/Ree3UB5skKI/AAAAAAAAAPI/mgzMnOAKwZk/s1600/quino6.gif This waiter].
* [[Lottery of Doom]]: [http://www.sectormatematica.cl/comics/Quino2.jpg This strip.]
* [[Lottery of Doom]]: [http://www.sectormatematica.cl/comics/Quino2.jpg This strip.]
* [[Male Gaze]]: [http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/2006-11-18/quino2.jpg Literally.]
* [[Male Gaze]]: [http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/2006-11-18/quino2.jpg Literally.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7Vv-mwb_mU/S9HhIIs0pOI/AAAAAAAAAhY/4Q_TCKjGUgE/s1600/Quino%2B(1).gif Politicians] are portrayed like this.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7Vv-mwb_mU/S9HhIIs0pOI/AAAAAAAAAhY/4Q_TCKjGUgE/s1600/Quino%2B(1).gif Politicians] are portrayed like this.
* [[Moral Guardians]]: [http://s1.subirimagenes.com/otros/464993humano-se-nace-090.jpg Mocked].
* [[Moral Guardians]]: [http://s1.subirimagenes.com/otros/464993humano-se-nace-090.jpg Mocked]{{Dead link}}.
** [http://blogs.20minutos.es/madrereciente/files/bg_8530360.jpg Another one]
** [http://blogs.20minutos.es/madrereciente/files/bg_8530360.jpg Another one]
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: [http://s1.subirimagenes.com/otros/464973qu-mala-es-la-gente.jpg One example].
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: [http://s1.subirimagenes.com/otros/464973qu-mala-es-la-gente.jpg One example]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: [http://www.jornaldosespiritos.com/cartoon/quino1.jpg "No. The man of the house is out."]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: [http://www.jornaldosespiritos.com/cartoon/quino1.jpg "No. The man of the house is out."]{{Dead link}}
* [[Pet the Dog]]: [http://sapiens.ya.com/av_fire/8%20justicia%20Quino%20copy.gif Here].
* [[Pet the Dog]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100624022719/http://sapiens.ya.com/av_fire/8%20justicia%20Quino%20copy.gif Here].
* [[Pitying Perversion]]: [http://www.detrasdelespejo.es/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/son-como-nosotros-quino.jpg "Son como nosotros"] (''"They are just like us" '') You can find an English translation of the comic strip at the trope link.
* [[Pitying Perversion]]: [http://www.detrasdelespejo.es/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/son-como-nosotros-quino.jpg "Son como nosotros"]{{Dead link}} (''"They are just like us" '') You can find an English translation of the comic strip at the trope link.
* [[Recursive Reality]]: [http://www.irancartoon.com/quino/water.gif What].
* [[Recursive Reality]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070704164349/http://www.irancartoon.com/quino/water.gif What].
* [[Red Scare]]: [http://blogabierto.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/quino-07.jpg But we're...].
* [[Red Scare]]: [http://blogabierto.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/quino-07.jpg But we're...].
* [[Science Is Wrong]]: [http://arassara.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/quino-fisica.jpg God and the laws of Physics]
* [[Science Is Wrong]]: [http://arassara.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/quino-fisica.jpg God and the laws of Physics]
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Joaquín Salvador Lavado (1932-2020), known by his Pen Name Quino, was an Argentinian cartoonist and humorist.

Widely known as the creator of Mafalda, which is considered by many as his masterpiece, however Quino had 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 (Italic textPocket 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)
  • Italic textHumano 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)


Quino provides examples of the following tropes:

Individual cartoons provide examples of:

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