Armando Salas (30 January 1946, Ortigueira – 30 June 2019) was a Galician

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. Salas was one of the first cartoonists to bring

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to Spanish publications in the form of semi-nude girls, tempered with

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and

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during the dictatorship of General

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. During this era in 1967, he began drawing professionally for the news-magazine ''

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'', and for ''Comics Camp'' and ''Comics In'', a fanzine dedicated to the study of comics where he created "Saturday", an ironic take on "Sunday", a popular comics character created by Víctor de la Fuente. Around 1970, he contributed editorial cartoons to the daily ''Pueblo'', and he also joined the staff of the daily '' El Correo Gallego'' and the magazine '' Doblón''. That same year he started contributing on the TV journal ''Todo Television'', and he also created a syndicated panel series, "Don Teleneco", in which he satirized "couch potatoes". He began working for the daily ''

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'' in 1972, and a year later he contributed cartoons to ''Heraldo Español'', in the province of

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. He created his most well-known series, "El Eden", for the Spanish comics magazine ''El Globo''. It was renamed "Adan" for publication in book form. This Spanish cartoon series was a satirical view of Adam and Eve, in which Eve, a blonde in the Marilyn Monroe mold, appeared in a bikini. While working in several mediums, he also created another cartoon series, "Jauja y Colas." And another series came in 1981: "Merlina", about a female wizard who was beautiful, sexy and "ready for anything." Less than six months later Merlina was also published in book form. Armando Salas published over 40,000 artworks during his career. In 2005 he was awarded the international prize Curuxa De Honra,Curuxa De Honra
/ref> given by the Museum of Humor in Fene, in Galicia, Spain. Several of his cartoons can be found at this museum. He was also the author of the poster-tribute to Russian journalist

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. Nowadays this poster is distributed worldwide by Reporters without Borders. Salas is listed in the ''World Encyclopedia of Cartoons'' by

Maurice Horn Maurice Horn (June 28, 1931 – December 30, 2022) was a French-American comics historian, author, and editor, considered to be one of the first serious academics to study comics. He was the editor of ''The World Encyclopedia of Comics'', ''The ...

( Chelsea House Publishers (Philadelphia). May 1999).

References

External links

Revista ElMundo.esEl Humor de Salas at Canal Coruña, Independent Mag
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salas, Armando 1946 births 2019 deaths People from the Province of A Coruña Spanish editorial cartoonists Spanish comics artists Spanish humorists