Adolfo Mazzone

Adolfo Mazzone (6 June 1914 – 19 February 2001) was a prolific Argentine comics artist and humorist. His characters included the convict Piantadino, who became the subject of a 1950 film, and Mi Sobrino Capicúa (My Nephew Palindrome), whose adventures were published for almost forty years. He created the classic characters of Piantadino, Capicúa, Afanancio, Batilio, Perkins and Macoco, among others.

Work

Mazzone's best-known character, Piantadino, first appeared in El Mundo in 1941, and was also published in the magazine Rico Tipo.