''TBO'' was a long-running Spanish

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magazine, published in

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between 1917 and 1998. TBO is pronounced in

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almost the same as "te veo", "I see you". It was so popular that ''tebeo'' is now a generic word for "comic book" in Spain.''tebeo''
at the ''Diccionario de la Real Academia Española'' ''TBO'' was far from modern influences in seventies when

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started to influence Spanish comic magazines. It kept its own style with short stories and ingenuous humour. In 2016, the Biblioteca de Catalunya, acquired 105 original drawings by different authors and subject, related to the publication. This fund includes, among others, drawings by , Antoni Batllori Jofre, Rino (Marí Benejam Ferrer), , Antoni Ayné Esbert, Juan Martínez Buendía, Aristide Perré, Nit (Joan Macias), and the most important series like and .

Published series

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Altamiro de la Cueva ''Altamiro de la Cueva'' is a Spanish comic strip series, created in 1965 by Joan Bernet Toledano and Carles Bech and published in the comic book magazine '' TBO''. Concept The stories feature funny adventures about a bunch of prehistoric cavem ...

'' *''Top'', a dog comics series drawn by José Cabrero Arnal (a precursor to his later French success '' Pif le chien'') *''

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'', as ''Los tebeítos''. When Bruguera acquired the publishing rights, they were named ''Los pitufos''. *''Los grandes inventos del TBO, presentados por el profesor Franz de Copenhague'', intricate machines reminding of

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s. *'' Eustaquio Morcillón'' *'' La familia Ulises''

References

External links

Fund of TBO at Biblioteca de Catalunya
Spanish culture Comics magazines published in Spain Magazines established in 1917 Magazines disestablished in 1998 1917 comics debuts 1998 comics endings Defunct magazines published in Spain Magazines published in Barcelona Magazines about comics 1917 establishments in Spain 1998 disestablishments in Spain Spanish-language magazines {{Spain-media-stub