Julieta Colombo, Quino’s niece and legal representative of his work, has passed away

Julieta Colombo Marrón, known as the niece of cartoonist Quin, just passed away. The news was confirmed by Mafalda’s official Twitter accountthe favorite and most popular character created by Quino in the 1960s.

The press release also reminds that Colombo was the legal representative of the works of the late artist. Joaquin Salvador Lavado Badger, as was his real name, since his death in 2020 at the age of 88. In this sense, the relative was “responsible for keeping his cultural heritage alive throughout the world.” The fact was confirmed by the Minister of Culture Nora Vicario. According to memo.com.ar, the Argentine executive worked with her to develop the Quino Cultural Space project in Mendoza, where the cartoonist was from.

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Although she was a psychologist by profession, since 2003 Julieta Colombo dedicated herself to the role of representative of the work of the Argentine cartoonist and cartoonist Quino in America and Spain, as shown by her professional profile on Linkedin.

In her expert review, the cousin recalled that she had known Quino since she was a child when she became her niece. “I started working with him and his wife Alicia Colombo, collaborating on some assignments, while I was studying psychology at the University of Buenos Aires.” In this way, he added, I had the opportunity to get to know him more deeply, see how he draws and “know what he wants and what he doesn’t want, in terms of the use of his work and his characters.”

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Colombo also edited books collecting Quine’s works in Latin America and Spain. In addition, he was responsible for the permission to use the graphic work, both Mafalda and humor on the page, in books, audiovisual productions, artistic interventions and official merchandising. Since 1993 he has also curated exhibitions on Quino’s work in Argentina and in various Latin American countries and Spain.

“I am working, with great responsibility, so that Quino’s work, recognized throughout the world, remains valuable over the years and is not lost,” reads his review. (AND)