Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (March 15, 1936- ), Spanish

Spain

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 comic book

Spanish comics

See also List of Spanish comicsSpanish comics are the comics of Spain and they are among the most important comics traditions in Europe. Comics in Spain are usually called tebeos, historietas or cómics.-Origin and definition:...

 artist and writer. Born in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, he is the creator of several comic book series, the most famous of which is Mortadelo y Filemón

Mortadelo y Filemón

Mort & Phil is one of the most popular Spanish comics series, published in more than a dozen countries. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book Pulgarcito drawn by Francisco Ibáñez...

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He worked in a bank while publishing his first drawings before dedicating himself fully to his craft in 1957. A year later, Mortadelo y Filemón appeared for the first time in the publication Pulgarcito

Pulgarcito

Pulgarcito was a weekly illustrated magazine of Spain that was published by Editorial Bruguera from June 1921 to 1986....

. Subsequently, Ibáñez created several other characters. Since 1988, he has drawn six new Mortadelo y Filemón albums a year, many of which incorporate issues of the day.

In 1994, he received the Grand Prize of the Salón del Cómic de Barcelona and in 2001 he was awarded with the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes ("Gold Medal for Contributions to the Fine Arts"). He received the "Premios Notario del Humor" 2008 from the University of Alicante

University of Alicante

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Works

• Mortadelo y Filemón
  Mortadelo y Filemón
  Mort & Phil is one of the most popular Spanish comics series, published in more than a dozen countries. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book Pulgarcito drawn by Francisco Ibáñez...
  
  , agencia de información (1958).
• La familia Trapisonda, un grupito que es la monda (1958)
• 13, Rue del Percebe
  13, Rue del Percebe
  13, Rue del Percebe is a Spanish comic book created by Francisco Ibáñez that debuted in the pages of Tío Vivo magazine on March 6, 1961 and quickly became highly popular....
  
  (1961)
• Godofredo y Pascualino viven del deporte fino (1961)
• Ande, ríase usté con el arca de Noé (1961)
• El botones Sacarino (1963)
• Rompetechos (1964)
• Pepe Gotera y Otilio (1966)
• Chicha, Tato y Clodoveo (1985)
• 7, Rebolling Street (1987)
• Doña Pura y Doña Pera vecinas de la escalera
• Don Pedrito que está como nunca
• El doctor esparadrapo y su ayudante gazapo
• Tete Cohete