Cartoonist, Illustrator. He signed his work “Gin”.  Born in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, he began his career in 1954 as assistant of the illustrator Conti. Later he developed his own stories for the magazines “Florita” and “Yumbo,” with his characters “Fausto Durete,” “Mary Paz” and “Miguelín y su Perro Tizón.” In 1957 he began working for the publisher Bruguera, where he created the series “Petronio López,” “Don Francachelo” and “Cuchipando Manduca.” From the 1960s he worked as a freelance and received commissions from the magazines “Lui” in France, “Stern” in Germany and “Penthouse” and “Playboy” in the United States. In Spain, he is remembered for his work in the satirical journals “El Jueves” and “El Papus.”  In 1994 Gines served as President of the International Salon of Comics in Barcelona.  (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)