Serafín Rojo Caamaño, ''el marqués de Serafín'' (

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, 1925 - 4 June 2003) was a Spanish

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humorist and

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. Due to the

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, he travelled to

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, where he became interested in drawing. In 1941, he published his first comic. In 1943, he joined the publishing house ''Editorial Valenciana,'' collaborating on magazines such as ''Jaimito'', ''S.O.S.'', ''Mariló'' and ''Pumby''. Later he worked regularly in the weekly magazine ''La Codorniz'' where he created about 1958 his popular marchionesses, depicted as voluptuous wine drinkers. Serafín signed his work as ''el marqués de Serafín''. After the disappearance of ''La Codorniz'' in 1978, Serafín spent his time in oil and watercolor painting. Serafín also illustrated several satirical books such as ''Las nobles brutas'', ''Carmen Underground'' and ''¡Luz y Pornógrafos!''. In 1983, his friends from the Brotherhood of Good Humor (there were Antonio Mingote, Martínmorales, the lamented Chumy, Forges...) honored him at the Velázquez Palace. In 1990, he collaborated in the revival of ''La Codorniz'', ''La Golondriz''. On June 4, 2003, he died in Madrid at the age of 77.

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