Juan Padrón

Juan Manuel Padrón Blanco (January 29, 1947 – March 24, 2020)[1] was a Cuban animation director and comics artist, best known as the creator of the comic strip Elpidio Valdés.[2]

For the American baseball pitcher, see Juan Padrón (baseball).

He was born in Matanzas. From 1963 he published sketches and cartoons for Cuban magazines and newspapers. He was the creator, in 1970, of Elpidio Valdés,[3] a cartoon character (and series) with more than sixty shorts and two feature-length movies. Padrón received international attention for Vampires in Havana, an adult-oriented comedy feature that gathered a cult following abroad.

Padrón directed six animated feature films in total, along with many shorts, especially those with Elpidio Valdés as the main character; and the one-minute comedy sketches for adults "Filminutos".

In 2008, Padrón was selected as the recipient of Cuba's National Film Award.[4]

Death

On March 24th, 2020 Juan Padron died in Havana, Cuba after having been in the hospital in Intensive Care for several days due to a lung disease.[1]

References
  1. "Fallece en Cuba el reconocido realizador audiovisual Juan Padrón". PrensaLatina (in Spanish). March 24, 2020.
  2. "Juan Padrón Blanco". Lambiek. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. "Honor Award for Graziella Pogolotti and Juan Padrón in Cubadisco 2009". Cuba Headlines. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. "Cuba's 2008 National Film Award was unanimously granted to filmmaker Juan Padron". Cuba Headlines. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2010.


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