Pedro Quesada

Pedro Quesada Cerdán was a Spanish comics writer, associated with the Valencian School of comics, and the author of several adventure booklets that enjoyed great popularity in post-war Spain.

Biography and work

Many of his works were produced for Editorial Maga, founded by his brother-in-law Manuel Gago, and he frequently collaborated with his brother, the artist Miguel Quesada.
Among his most notable works are Pacho Dinamita and Tony y Anita, Pantera Negra and Pequeño Pantera Negra, Apache, and Jim Alegrías.

Awards and appraisal

Pedro Quesada was awarded the Grand Prize of the Barcelona Comics Convention in 1999, posthumously. Comics critic Jesús Cuadrado cited him as a prime example of the “screenwriter-as-river, overflowing with imagination and exquisite professionalism” characteristic of the 1940s.