España Libre printed and reprinted other cartoons of elegant strokes by Francisco Rivero Gil (1899-1972). In July of 1960, the cartoonist gave up a peseta and placed it in the ‘Valley of the Fallen’. River Gil published his artistic production in various Spanish periodicals and designed confrontational posters before going into exile in France where he was a “member of the underground” and “warrior against the nazis”. Rodolfo Llopis saved him from concentration camps (“Nuestros Artistas”, 1960: 1-2). He worked on periodicals of the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and finally established himself in Mexico. For most of his life, he illustrated numerous books and movie posters. He sent his cartoons by mail to the editor of España Libre, González Malo.
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