I am Queen Bee.
And this is the letter Q.
Click on me to hear the sound.
Quino left us in 2020, but as this 2002 compilation proves: he already saw us coming.
Have you read this compilation? Which Quino strip haunts you the most? Let me know in the comments.
And he was right.
We live in an era of information overload. We are told everything is urgent. Quino’s genius in this compilation is the opposite:
If you think you know Quino only through Mafalda , you are missing the dark, beautiful forest for one specific tree. “Esto No Es Todo” is the sound of a mature artist looking back at his work and laughing—not with joy, but with that specific Latin American humor that recognizes tragedy and shrugs.
It is not everything. But it is enough to remind you why we need cartoonists.