Legendary Argentine creator of 'Mafalda' cartoon strip dies aged 88

Cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado, also known as Quino, touches a sculpture of his comic character Mafalda, during an opening ceremony of a park of San Francisco in Oviedo, northern Spain in 2014. Photo: Reuters

Argentine cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado, who created the beloved comic strip Mafalda, has died aged 88, his publisher announced Wednesday.

Under the pen name "Quino" he created Mafalda in 1964, and the strip became popular in newspapers across Latin America, Europe and much of Asia before being turned into books.