How
an inspiration on Yin Yang became the symbol for the Cold War.
An extremely creative artist, his cartoons and
caricatures will always be valuable pieces for
an audience beyond any frontier. After being trained by his
mentor Rosañada, Prohías started with magazine Zig
Zag, then continued with Carteles, Revista Bohemia, and newspaper
El Mundo (The World) in Havana during the 1950's. His most
popular character in Cuba was The Sinister Man (El
Hombre Siniestro), a comic strip that he developed for Bohemia.
He was president of the Cuban Caricaturists Association for
many years.
(It reads
"By Prohías" in Morse International Code as part
of his signature).
Prohías moved to United States during the early sixties.
By that time he joined MAD Magazine where he created
his most famous comic strip: Spy vs. Spy.
Antonio
Prohías
was inspired by the shape and the meaning of the Yin Yang
symbol. He knew how to visualize it for he
transfered these concepts into his drawings. An
artist with editorial ink in his veins, he always argued:
"Do not say it with words, say it with drawings."
Without dialogues for his characters, he communicated his
silent style with tremendous creative genius.
{Antonio Prohías’
signature)
Prohías
died in 1998, however his creations have survived him in
order to give perennial laughs to this world. You will find
samples of his works all around the web.
