Comic art by Juan Arthenack.
Born in Mexico City, Juan Arthenack is one of Mexico's comic pioneers, along with Andres Audiffred and Carlos Neve. He became a draftsman, painter and caricaturist after studying at the Academy of San Carlos. His first professional work appeared in El Heraldo de México and El Imparcial. He then moved over to Excélsior and El Universal Gráfico, where his most famous characters were born: 'Don Prudencio' and 'Adelaido el Conquistador'.