''TBO'' was a long-running Spanish comic book magazine, published in Barcelona between 1917 and 1998. TBO is pronounced in Spanish 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

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'' ''TBO'' was far from modern influences in seventies when European comics 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

*'' Altamiro de la Cueva'' *''Top'', a dog comics series drawn by

José Cabrero Arnal José Cabrero Arnal or C. Arnal (September 6, 1909 in Castilsabás (Huesca)—September 7, 1982 in Antibes, France) was a Spanish comics artist, who nevertheless worked in France for most of his career but was never naturalized as French ci ...

(a precursor to his later French success ''

Pif le chien Pif le chien is a character from comic strip created in 1948 for the daily L'Humanité by José Cabrero Arnal. He had as his predecessor the character of Top by the same author, who was later identified as Pif's father. It is an anthropomorph ...

'') *'' The Smurfs'', 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 Rube Goldberg machines. *'' Eustaquio Morcillón'' *''

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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