Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, signing as just Ibáñez, (born 15 March 1936) is a Spanish

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

artist and writer.

Biography

Born in

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 c ...

, Ibáñez is the creator of several comic book series, the most famous of which is

Mortadelo y Filemón ''Mort & Phil'' ( es, Mortadelo y Filemón) is a Spanish comic series, published in more than a dozen languages. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book magazine drawn by Francisco Ibáñez. The series features Mor ...

. 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''. 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

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Works

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, agencia de información'' (1958). *'' La familia Trapisonda, un grupito que es la monda'' (1958) *''

13, Rue del Percebe ''13, Rue del Percebe'' (13, Barnacle Street) 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. The last strip was published in 1984. ...

'' (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 ''Pepe Gotera y Otilio'', or more complete ''Pepe Gotera y Otilio, chapuzas a domicilio'' (roughly: Pepe Leak and Otilio, botched jobs home delivered) are Spanish comic characters of the series of the same name created by Francisco Ibáñez Talave ...

'' (1966) *'' Chicha, Tato y Clodoveo'' (1986) *''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''

References

External links

His profile
in

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