Nuevos Pendones del humor #16

Part of Ediciones El Jueves's celebrated Nuevos Pendones del Humor series, this 16th volume spotlights Baldomero — a grumpy, heavyset fellow rendered in loose, expressive linework, cigarette in hand and drink close by, looking thoroughly unimpressed with the world. The cover tagline says it all: "¿Qué más quieres, Baldomero? Madurito, feo y sin dinero" — older, ugly, and broke, yet somehow completely irresistible as a comic antihero. Spanish humor at its most affectionately sardonic, this slim collection from El Jueves is a fine showcase of the magazine's sharp, no-nonsense comedic sensibility.