Argentina mourns death of iconic cartoonist Quino

Fans of the Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, known as Quino, paid tribute Wednesday after his death at the age of 88.

Some visited models of his iconic comic strip 'Mafalda' in Buenos Aires to leave flowers in his honour.

Claudio Demichelis, a Quino fan, had a glass of wine in honour of the man he sees as part of Argentina's history.

"His humour is universal, but especially we (Argentines) can understand it in depth because he saw all the problems we have, all of them, and he expressed all of them with his soul," he said.

Quino, whose satirical comic strip about a socially conscious girl named Mafalda with a loathing for soup, found fans across Latin America, Europe and beyond.

His "Mafalda″ comic strip was first published in 1964 and the humorist 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.

Quino, who had suffered health problems in recent years, was remembered affectionately by Argentina's political class, which was frequently the target of his acerbic humor.

Mafalda, whose 6-year-old protagonist ponders the world's problems to her parents' bemusement, has sometimes been compared to the "Peanuts″ comic strip created by Charles Schulz.

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