Dante Quinterno

Who was Dante Quinterno?

Dante Quinterno was an Argentine comics artist,agricultural producer, and prolific editorial businessman, famous for being the creator of the Patoruzú, Isidoro Cañones and Patoruzito characters.

He was born in Buenos Aires city, on October 26, 1909, son of Martín Quinterno and Laura Raffo. His paternal grandfather was originally from Piamonte, and emigrated to Argentina to be an Agricultural producer and a fruit seller.

In 1924 he began sending his drawings to several Buenos Aires newspapers and in 1925 he publish his first comic Panitruco, in El Suplemento. Later on he wrote Andanzas y desventuras de Manolo Quaranta; Don Fermín, and Un porteño optimista, for different newspapers. In the latter he introduced in 1928 a new character Curugua-Curuguagüigua, which was later renamed Patoruzú. Along with Patoruzú came other supporting characters as Isidoro Cañones and the young Patoruzú, which later on became their own main character in their own publications. Since 1936, Patoruzú became an independent publication, which at its zenith sold 300,000 copies. In that same year, he founded Dante Quinterno Publishing. Other books followed: "Libro de Oro de Patoruzú", Dinamica Rural","Pepín Cascarón, Patoruzito, Andanzas de Patoruzú, Correrías de Patoruzito and Locuras de Isidoro.