'Ricardo Palma'.
Born in Cuzco, Alfonso La Torre illustrated Arturo Daniel Hernández' novels 'Sangama' and 'SelvaTrágica' in the 1940s and 1950s. He was among the first Peruvian artists to use recurring characters in his strips. In 1947, he made 'Las Andanzas de Anacleto Barringa', followed by 'Falsetti, Un Tipo Como Muchos' (1948-1962) in El Comercio. In the late 1950s, he commenced adapting Ricardo Palma's 'Tradiciones Peruanas' for El Comerio. Later on, La Torre became a literature, theater and cinema critic.