Francisco Pascasio Blanco Avila was born in La Havane, Cuba. He is one of Cuba's most prominent cartoonists, able to capture a person's typical elements in a couple of lines. He published his first art in the magazine Fotos in 1948. He was the editorial cartoonist of El Mundo since 1960, and has worked through the agency Prensa Latina since 1959. He was founder of the humorous magazine Palante y Palante, which he directed from 1970 to 1985. He has created the comics 'Matilda y sus Amigos', 'Ay, Vecino', 'Pol Brix contra el Ladrón Invisible' (script by Juan Betancourt), 'Los Siete Samurais del 70' and 'Trucutuerca y Trescabitos'.
Blanco Avila has furthermore founded and edited the comic magazines Cómicos, Pablo and Mi Barrio, and among his more recent comics are 'El Caballero de París', 'Bolívar en Martí' and '5 años, 5 meses y 5 días', the latter in cooperation with his son Francisco Blanco Hernández. He is also founding member of several artist unions in Cuba.
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