Pedro Quesada Cerdán (birthplace Albacete, 1926 â death place Valencia, 1988) was a Spanish comics writer, associated with the Valencian School of comics, and the author of several booklets that enjoyed great popularity in post-war Spain.
Many of his works were produced for Editorial Maga, founded by his brother-in-law Manuel Gago, and he frequently collaborated with his brother, the artist Miguel Quesada.
Among his most notable works are Pacho Dinamita and Tony y Anita (both illustrated by Miguel Quesada), Pantera Negra and Pequeño Pantera Negra (first drawn by José Ortiz, and later again by his brother Miguel), Apache (with artwork by Luis Bermejo), and Jim AlegrÃÂas (illustrated by Manuel Gago).
Pedro Quesada was awarded the Grand Prize of the Barcelona Comics Convention in 1999, posthumously. Jesús Cuadrado cited him as a prime example of the âÂÂscreenwriter-as-river, overflowing with imagination and exquisite professionalismâ characteristic of the 1940s.