Jaume Perich Escala, better known as El Perich (
Barcelona
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, November 5, 1941-
Mataró
Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sa ...
, February 1, 1995), was a Catalan writer, cartoonist and humorist. He was also the translator of French series such as
Asterix
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,
Blueberry
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and
Achille Talon
''Achille Talon'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an eponymous main character, created by Greg (the pseudonym of Michel Regnier). Starting publication in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Pilote'' in 1963, the series presents the ...
, among others.
Biography
In 1964 he started as editor of the publisher
Bruguera. In 1966 he published his first comic in the press, in newspapers such as ''La Soli'', ''El Correo Catalán'', ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and i ...
'' and ''
El Periódico de Cataluña
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
''. He also helped with the magazine ''
Bang!''
In 1971 he wrote ''Autopista'', a compilation of aphorisms, short sentences and somewhat political puns that appeared in newspapers.
Then he published another 20 books with similar characteristics, among them the series ''Noticias del 5º Canal''.
He was one of the founders of the comics magazine ''
Hermano Lobo
Hermano (Spanish for ''brother'') or Hermana (''sister'') or Hermanos may refer to:
*Sibling, a brother or a sister
Places
*Los Hermanos Archipelago, Venezuela
Film and TV
*''Hermanas'', 2005 film
* ''Hermano'' (film), a 2010 Venezuelan drama ...
'' (1972). He was also co-director of political magazine ''
Por Favor'' alongside
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (14 June 1939–18 October 2003) was a prolific Spanish writer from Catalonia: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and a FC ...
and
Forges.
He died on February 1, 1995, in Mataró, at the age of 53, due to intestinal hemorrhage.
The
Gat Perich The Gat Perich International Humor Prize, (Premi Internacional d'Humor Gat Perich) is an international award to cartoonists or humorists given in memory of Spanish cartoonist Jaume Perich (1941–1995).
It has been awarded since 1995. The prize con ...
award is named after him.
References
External links
Perich in Tebeosfera(in Spanish)
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1941 births
1995 deaths
Spanish comics artists
Spanish comics writers