José Sanchis Grau

José Sanchis Grau (19 June 1932 – 2 August 2011) was a Spanish comic book writer. He also worked for Editorial Bruguera and Spanish children comics in general. He was the creator of strips like '' Pumby'' (1954) and '' Robín Robot'' (1972).

Biography

Early years

Sanchis was born in Valencia. He started drawing for money when he was 16 years old, in 1948, and later for the magazine '' Jaimito'', with his first recurring character, '' El soldadito Pepe''. Despite being accidentally wounded by gunfire in 1950, he continued to draw for the editorial for the magazine "Cubilete" and the press of Valencia, giving life to series of minor significance, such as ''El Machote'', ''El Recluta Policarpo'', ''Pandolfito Cebollínez'', ''Gaspar'', etc.

Maturity

In 1954, on the number 260 of the magazine ''Jaimito'', appeared his most prominent character, the cat Pumby, in whose series the author gave free rein to his fantasy, quickly connecting with young audiences. Prove of this is that a few months later, on 23 April 1955, a new magazine with the name of the character, ''Pumby'' was launched and it exceeded one thousand numbers, and in December 1959 appeared ''Super Pumby''.

At the same time he developed new comedy series for the weekly magazine directed at women ''Mariló'' such as ''Marilín y la moda'' (1955) and for ''Jamito'' such as ''El Capitán Mostachete'' (1958), ''Sandokancio'' or ''Don Esperpento''. He worked at ''Editorial Valenciana'' until its demise in 1984, but this does not prevent him from publishing works in the press or humorous magazines from other publishers. Some remarkable characters are ''Benjamín y su pandilla'' (1955) for the weekly children's ''Trampolín'' or '' Robín Robot'', who developed his adventures in the magazine ''Zipi y Zape'' of Editorial Bruguera in 1972.

Later work

After several trials, two judgments were published and Sanchis finally got the rights to his character, who until that point was held by the heirs of Editorial Valenciana. He also achieved "''moral compensation for damages resulting from the misappropriation of his work by a third party to use it to non-consensual ends''".Benedict Borrego, Laura in''copyright''in the 2005 Yearbook of the Cartoon of the Asociación de Autores de Cómic de España, p. 12.

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1932 births
2011 deaths
Spanish comics artists
Spanish comics writers
People from Valencia
20th-century Spanish artists