Fernando Javier Sendra (born 1949 in

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. He is mostly known as the creator of the newspaper comic series '' Yo, Matías'' ("Me, Matías"). He is the author of over 20 books, including 10 of the ''Yo, Matías'' series. He has two sons and two daughters. He began his career as a cartoonist in 1973 working for '' Siete Días''. Since then, he drew cartoons for several Argentine magazines, such as ''Para Ti'', ''Jocker'' and ''La Semana'', as well as the newspapers Tiempo Argentino and

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. In 1990, his strip ''Prudencio'' began to appear in the back of Clarín, the most popular daily newspaper in Argentina. In 1993, the name of this strip is changed to ''Yo, Matías''. He has also made a strip named ''Clodomiro and Capitan Chacho'' in the 1970s. He won the Konex Award in 1992 and 2002.

References

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Short biography of Sendra at todohistorietas.com.ar
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Argentine comic strip cartoonists Argentine comics artists 1949 births People from Mar del Plata Living people {{LatAm-comics-creator-stub