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Albert Monteys
Albert Monteys i Homar (Barcelona, 15 September 1971) is a Spanish comic writer and illustrator, mostly known for his work in the satirical weekly magazine ''El Jueves'' of which he was the director from 2006 until January 2011. Early life Albert Monteys started reading comics in Catalan bought by his parents such as '' Cavall Fort'' or ''Tretzevents'' until he discovered the ones of Bruguera, especially '' Mort and Phil'' and '' Superlópez''.Monteys, Albert in an interview with Pedro Toro (07/2006). Entrevista a Albert Monteys'', ''Un día de texas''/''Guía del Cómic''. He is also a fan of Asterix.Monteys, Albert in an interview with Santiago García (07/1997). Interview with Albert Monteys», ''U, el hijo de Urich #5'' (Camaleón Ediciones). For two or three years he read many superhero comics and when he was twelve and fifteen, Franco-Belgian, he even bought '' Spirou'' in French. He also published in the school magazine. He studied one year at the comics specialized sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roleplaying Games
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physical frame. Embodiment means that the physical actions of the player are regarded as those of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the ('King Emeritus'). Juan Carlos is the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Second Spanish Republic. Juan Carlos was born in Rome during his family's exile. Francisco Franco took over the government of Spain after his victory in the Spanish Civil War in 1939, yet in 1947 Spain's status as a monarchy was affirmed and a law was passed allowing Franco to choose his successor. Juan Carlos's father, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, was the third son of King Alfonso XIII and assumed his claims to the throne after Alfonso died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El País'' is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dailies considered to be a national newspaper of record for Spain (along with '' El Mundo'' and ''ABC)''. In 2018, its number of daily sales were 138,000. Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in Madrid, although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, and Santiago de Compostela) where regional editions were produced until 2015. ''El País'' also produces a world edition in Madrid that is available online in English and in Spanish (Latin America). History ''El País'' was founded in May 1976 by a team at PRISA which included Jesus de Polanco, José Ortega Spottorno and Carlos Mendo. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letizia, Princess Of Asturias
Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (; born 15 September 1972) is the Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe VI. She came from a middle-class family and worked as a journalist for ''ABC'' and EFE before becoming a news anchor at CNN+ and Televisión Española. In 2004, she married Felipe, then Prince of Asturias and heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, were born in 2005 and 2007 respectively. As Princess of Asturias, Letizia represented her father-in-law, King Juan Carlos, in Spain and abroad. On her father-in-law's abdication in June 2014, Felipe and Letizia became king and queen. Family Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was born on 15 September 1972 at Miñor Sanatorium in Oviedo, Asturias, the eldest daughter of Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez, a journalist, and his first wife, María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez, a registered nurse and hospital union representative. She has two younger sisters, Telma (b. 1973) and Érika (1975–2007), whose death was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe, Prince Of Asturias
Felipe VI (;, * eu, Felipe VI.a, * ca, Felip VI, * gl, Filipe VI, . Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. He is the son of former King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, and has two elder sisters, Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Infanta Cristina. In 2004, Felipe married TV news journalist Letizia Ortiz with whom he has two daughters, Leonor (his heir presumptive) and Sofía. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces with the military rank of Captain General,Título II. De la Corona Es.wikisource.org. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.Title II, Article 56, Subsection 1, Text: ''The King is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tebeosfera
''Tebeosfera'' is an electronic journal devoted to the study of the media related to the graphic popular culture in Spanish, including comic, cartoon, illustration, pulp novels, cinema or videogames. The founder and director is Manuel Barrero, the assistant director is Javier Alcázar and the coordinating editor is Félix López. The journal uses double-blind peer review, has a scientific committee and is indexed by Latindex, DOAJ, REDIB, DRJI and ERIH PLUS ERIH PLUS (originally called the European Reference Index for the Humanities or ERIH) is an index containing bibliographic information on academic journals in the humanities and social sciences (SSH). The index includes all journals that meet the .... Its ISSN is 1579-2811. References External links *{{Official website, https://revista.tebeosfera.com Magazines about comics Comics scholars Spanish-language journals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister K (magazine)
''Mister K'' is a Spanish comic magazine published from October 2004 to December 2006. It was directed by MaikelAlcázar, F. J. (2005). Caso clínico: Revista Mister K', tebeosfera. and its intended audience was children and teenagers. It lasted 55 issues. Each issue featured strips and jokes about an unified theme (from mobile phones to films such as ''Madagascar''). Among the series published were '' Carlitos Fax'', by Albert Monteys (about a selfish robot in a retrofuturistic world who wants to be a journalist) and '' Harry Pórrez'', by Bernardo Vergara/EnriqueCarlos/ Víctor Rivas (a ''Harry Potter'' parody) Trajectory The first issue was launched on October, 2004. It was free alongside ''Metro'' newspaper or a special number of ''El Jueves''. All the other issues had 56 pages and were sold for 1,20 €. In 2005 it won the prize for best comic newspaper at Barcelona International Comic Fair Barcelona International Comic Fair is an annual fair and convention of authors, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Vergara (comic Artist)
Bernardo Vergara (Pamplona, 1966) is a Spanish cartoonist. Biography He began his career in the world of comics in the 1980s, in the fanzine of Pamplona ''Hamelín'', and later, along with other artists of this fanzine, went to work with the comic magazine TMEO. In the early 1990s he also worked in magazines of publisher Ediciones B such as ''Mortadelo'' or ''Zipi y Zape''. Later he worked for agencies, as well as newspapers such as ''Diario del Altoaragón'', '' El Mundo'', ''El País'' or ''Heraldo de Aragón''. In 1999 he joined the team of collaborators of ''El Jueves'', for which he created the character of ''Urbano''. Alongside José Luis Agreda he created for that magazine the strip ''Jaula Magna'' with jokes about the university world. For the children's magazine Míster K he created, alongside EnriqueCarlos, the strip '' Harry Pórrez'', a Harry Potter parody.ALCÁZAR, F. J. (2005). Caso clínico: Revista Mister K', tebeosfera. Also for ''El Jueves'' he created the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manel Fontdevila
Manel Fontdevila i Subirana, who signs as Manel, is a Catalan comics, Catalan cartoonist (Manresa, 1965), who was a regular contributor to the satirical magazine ''El Jueves'', where he published the series ''Para ti, que eres joven'', alongside Albert Monteys and ''La Parejita S.A.'' (the comical daily misadventures of a romantic couple), and also he does less commercial albums for Glénat (publisher), Glénat. Biography Early works Manel began his career when he was 15, working with environmental organizations and neighborhood groups.RANDO, Juan Ignacio (05/07/2004)"''La sátira social es algo que siempre ha funcionado'', La Opinión de Málaga, page 54. and in 1982, at the local newspaper "Regió 7".Pepo Pérez, PÉREZ, Pepo (11/2007). Interview with Manel Fontdevila, Rockdelux-Guía del cómic. In 1990, while studying Fine Arts in Barcelona, he published in the magazines ''El Víbora'', Makoki (magazine), ''Makoki'', Cairo (magazine), ''Cairo'', Totem (magazine), ''Totem'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penthouse Comix
''Penthouse Comix'' was an American mass-market, magazine-sized comic book, published by Penthouse International/General Media Communications from spring 1994 through July 1998. Founded and initially edited by George Caragonne and Horatio Weisfeld, it ran 32 issues plus one special edition. Foreign versions of ''Penthouse Comix'' were still published as of 2011. Publication history ''Penthouse Comix'' began as a series of short segments in Penthouse Magazine. After 3 of these sections were printed (featuring artwork by Adam Hughes, Kevin Nowlan and Garry Leach), publisher Bob Guccione dictated that Penthouse Comix become its own stand-alone magazine, something which he envisioned competing in both US and European magazine markets. Guccione agreed to a budget that was designed to cherry pick art talent from both American comic book companies and non-US publishers and this resulted in ''Penthouse Comix'' offering a per-page rate among the highest ever paid to freelance comic book a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pizza Delivery
Pizza delivery is a service in which a pizzeria or pizza chain delivers a pizza to a customer. An order is typically made either by telephone, or over the internet, in which the customer can request pizza type and size, and other items to be delivered with it, commonly including soft drinks. Pizzas may be delivered in cardboard pizza boxes or delivery bags, and deliveries are made with either an automobile, motorized scooter, or bicycle. Customers can, depending on the provider, choose to pay online, or in person, with cash, credit card, debit card or other means. A delivery fee is sometimes charged, although free delivery is also common. Ordering Ordering pizza for delivery usually involves contacting a local pizza restaurant or chain by telephone or online. Online ordering is available in many countries, where some pizza chains offer online menus and ordering. The pizza delivery industry has kept pace with technological developments since the 1980s beginning with the ris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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