this Cartoonist Francisco Martín Morales died this Saturday at the age of 76.According to the news of Ideal newspaper, he started working as a cartoonist.
“We lost a genius who made our city a homeland. Rest in peace, my master”Granada mayor Francisco Cuenca stated via his Twitter profile.
Known as Martinmorales, this cartoonist and humorist was born in Almería in 1946 and lived in Granada, where he developed all his creative work and lived after studying Journalism in Madrid.
In the 70s he began collaborating with various newspapers such as Nuevo Diario; Daily World; Barcelona World magazine; Thursday and on the OTR news agency.
He later joined the founding of the magazine Por Favor as a partner and later worked for Grupo Z and published his jokes in both magazines and newspapers.
since 1994 Collaborated with ABC newspaper and since 2010 on republic.es .
Francisco Martín Morales has exhibited his work at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and has been awarded various awards including the Valencia Humor Olympiad and the Mingote Prize.
He is the author of several books on graphic humor, among them. ‘The Spain of Martinmorales’ Y ‘Battle of the Gulf’‘.
He has been a member of the Granada Academy of Fine Arts since May 2007.