The well-known Cuban cartoonist, graphic designer and cartoon director Jorge Oliver Medina He died today in Havana at the age of 75 from unknown causes.
A recognized representative of Cuban graphic art, in which his works dedicated to children played a major role, Oliver is primarily associated with Captain Plin and the other characters from Cocos Island, a comic adapted into the animated series.
“Today a great Cuban, my Uncle Oliver, Captain Plin’s father, went to another dimension. He must already be with my father talking about comics and dolls. Oli is someone who is indispensable and unforgettable for our family that we have.” that he counted on his great brotherhood. The man I saw best used ‘bad words’ in a nice way,” he wrote on Facebook Ian Padrón, son of Juan Padrón.
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Throughout his life he regularly wrote articles for children’s publications such as Zunzún, Pásalo or Pionero from Editora Abril. In recent years he has designed the popular books by Chamaquiliwith verses from the Decimist Alexis Diaz Pimienta.
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“Your departure hurts, Jorge Oliver. There is still a tremendous amount of work to learn, and you leave us with your Chamaquili, “I Don’t Care About My American Desire,” and your “Rata Inmunda,” to name just a few of your contributions. Elegant, modest, creative, with excellent drawing and English skills. You are one of those who will be missed. Quiet now, many children and young people thank you very much,” expressed the humorous weekly newspaper Dedeté on its Facebook page.
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Adult audiences will remember him as the host of the television show “Cuadro a Cuadro,” which has shown films based on comic book characters every summer since 2005, and in which he also acted as screenwriter and director.
He was born in the capital on December 15, 1947 and graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in art history.
He was also a journalist and writer, a member of the Presidium of the Cuban Association of Social Communicators and headed the Department of Humor and Comics of the José Martí International Institute of Journalism.
He has received several awards, including the National Children’s Literature Prize “La Rosa Blanca” in 2006 and 2007.