MEASUREMENTS: 24"WX34"H FRAMED, VERY GOOD CONDITION, MAT IS DAMAGED /"in the style of" Mauro Malang Santos, commonly known by the mononym Malang, was a Filipino and award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and fine arts painter. As a comics artist he is best known for the series Kosme the Cop, Chain Gang Charlie and Beelzebub.At the Manila Chronicles, Malang created Kosme, the Cop, Retired (1947-1965), the country's first English-language daily comic strip, for the evening edition of the newspaper. In 1955, Malang established the Bughouse, a gallery specializing in cartoons. Malang established the gallery together with cartoonist colleagues such as Liborio Gatbonton, Larry Alcala, Hugo Yonzon, and Elmer Abustan. In 1966, Malang launched Art for the Masses, a project that brought printmaking to a larger number of artwork enthusiasts at affordable prices./Private collection, no documentation.