Domingo Roberto Mandrafina (born November 2, 1944, in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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), aka Cacho Mandrafina, is an Argentine

Argentina

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 comics artist

Comics artist

A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...

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Biography

He debuted in 1969 on the magazine Patoruzito. Two years later he illustrated the science fiction

Science fiction

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 series Samos, written by Jorge Morhain for the magazine Billiken

Billiken (magazine)

Billiken is a weekly children's magazine in Argentina, the oldest Spanish language magazine for young people. The magazine was founded in 1919 by Constancio C...

. In 1972 Mandrafina started his collaboration with Editorial Columba and the review Top. In 1978 he started illustrating the series Savarese

Savarese

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, written by Robin Wood

Robin Wood (comics)

-Biography:Of Paraguayan-Australian origins, Wood spent his childhood between Paraguay and Argentina with his mother, before leaving to do various jobs, such as dishwasher, truck driver, salesman, wood chopper, journalist and factory worker in those two countries as well as in Brazil...

, published in the magazine D'artagnan.

Later he worked for Ediciones Record (Lady Shadow and El condenado). His other works include Dragger (written by Carlos Trillo), Cosecha verde and Race of Scorpions, for the American publisher Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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External links

• Domingo Mandrafina biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Domingo Mandrafina interview