Antonio Lara de Gavilán (22 September 1896 – 4 January 1978), mostly known by his pen name Tono, was a Spanish graphic artist, editorial cartoonist and author of comic theatre. His work was strongly influenced by

Ramón Gómez de la Serna Ramón Gómez de la Serna y Puig (3 July 1888 in Madrid – 13 January 1963 in Buenos Aires) was a Spanish writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator. He strongly influenced surrealist film maker Luis Buñuel. Ramón Gómez de la Serna was esp ...

, Ultraism and Surrealism. Tono and

Miguel Mihura Miguel Mihura Santos (21 July 1905, in Madrid – 27 October 1977) was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy '' Tres sombreros de copa'' (1952), a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and t ...

worked for another satirical magazine entitled ''

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'' which existed between 1927 and 1934. They were also among the contributors of '' La Ametralladora'', a weekly satirical magazine published between 1937 and 1939 during the

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by the

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supporters. He also assisted Mihura in the establishment of another satirical magazine, '' La Codorniz'', in 1941.

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1896 births 1978 deaths Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Spanish editorial cartoonists 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish male writers {{cartoonist-stub