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Joan March i Zuriguel (Granollers, Barcelona, 11 October 1952) is a Spanish cartoonist, member of the ill-fated third generation the Bruguera School, alongside other authors such as Casanyes,
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, the Fresno brothers, Rovira and Rafael Vaquer. His most famous series are ''El Mini Rey'' and ''Tranqui y Tronco''.


Biography

In 1970 he was hired by Bruguera publisher where he worked illustrating jokes and as an inker for Escobar.
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in ''Comic Story-3'', third issue of '' Bruguelandia'', Editorial Bruguera, Barcelona, 28 September 1981, pages 28 and 29.
A year later he created his first characters for magazines Din Dan (''Ruperto'', ''Calixto y Damián'') and
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(''Ataúlfo y Gedeón'', ''La Familia Potosí'') and at the same time he began to collaborate with magazines of other publishers such as
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, (where he created '' Don Meñique ''), and in ''
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'' by Argos publisher. In 1974 he abandoned comics to concentrate on painting for four years,Joan March
in Tebeosfera (in Spanish) but he returned to Bruguera where he created in 1978 the series ''El Mini Rey'' (about a short and despotic king and his misunderstandings with his henchman) In the 1980s he created the series ''Tranqui y Tronco'' about two wannabe
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who work in odd jobs during the madrid scene. After Ediciones B bought Bruguera in 1986 he created series such as ''Maxtron'' (1987) in "Pulgarcito", ''Todos estamos locos'' (1989) in "Superlópez" and ''Los Peláez'' in Zipi y Zape Extra (1994).


Series

*"Don Meñique" (Gaceta Junior) (1971). *"Ruperto" (in Din Dan) (1971). *"Ataúlfo y Gedeón" (in Pulgarcito) (1971). *"Calixto y Damián" (in Din Dan) (1971). *"La Familia Potosí" (in Pulgarcito) (1971). *"
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" (in Mortadelo, Super Mortadelo) (197-) *"
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" (in Super Pulgarcito, 2ª época) (197-), *" Tranqui y Tronco" (in Mortadelo) (198-). *"Maxtron" (in Pulgarcito, Ediciones B) (1987). *"Todos estamos locos" (in Superlópez, sello B) (1987). *"Los Peláez" (en Zipi y Zape Extra) (1994). *"Todos estamos locos" (B: Olé!, núm.359) (1989).


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