Argentine cartoonist Quino, creator of Mafalda comic, dies aged 88

Argentine cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino (Eduardo Di Baia/AP)

Joaquin Salvador Lavado, the Argentine cartoonist better known as “Quino″ – who created a satirical comic strip about a socially-conscious girl named Mafalda, has died at the age of 88.

Quino’s Mafalda comic strip was first published in 1964 and the humourist maintained a dedicated following throughout his career – even after he moved onto other projects, skewering social conventions through ordinary characters who endured absurdity, exploitation, authoritarianism and their own limitations.