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¡A Las Armas!
¡A las armas! (English: ''Call to Arms!'') is a 1974 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez for the ''Mortadelo y Filemón'' (''Mort & Phil'') comic series. Publication history The comic strip was first published in the '' Mortadelo'' magazine, issues #189 (July 8, 1974) to #199 (September 16, 1974). Plot Mortadelo and Filemon's everyday duty of arresting criminals is rendered virtually impossible because the T.I.A.'s arsenal is (mildly speaking) archaic. Therefore, El Super decides to buy the latest weapon designs for his organisation and tasks Mortadelo and Filemon with field-testing them. These implements include: *A sleeping gas-spray pistol, with which Mortadelo and Filemon suffer a horrifying accident after inadvertently sending their cab driver to sleep; *Magnetic hand grenades, which automatically attract themselves to the nearest concentration of ferrous metals (much to the discomfort of any incidental bystanders); *A miniaturized self-propelling cannon (a var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editorial Bruguera
Ediciones B is a Spanish publisher, which currently operates as a division of Penguin Random House. Ediciones B is headquartered in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain; with branches throughout Latin America. It was established in 1986, but has its origins in El Gato Negro (1910) and Editorial Bruguera (1940). History El Gato Negro It was founded in 1910 by Juan Bruguera Teixidó under the name El Gato Negro and specialising in popular literature, joke books and especially in comic magazines.MartÃn (01/1968), pp. 11 a 12. They followed the example of the Spanish comic magazine TBO (comics), ''TBO'' (founded in 1917) and in 1921, they created ''Pulgarcito (Spain), Pulgarcito'' which proved very successful. They published another twenty magazines including Charlot (magazine), ''Charlot'' (1928) with content of ''Film Fun''. It came to possess, as indicated by Jesús Cuadrado: After Juan Bruguera's death in 1933 his sons, Pantaleón and Francisco Bruguera Grane, succeeded him. Edito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mort & Phil
''Mort & Phil'' () is a Spanish comic series, published in more than two dozen languages. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book magazine drawn by Francisco Ibáñez. The series features Mort (), the tall, bald master of disguise named after mortadella sausage, and his bossy partner, the shorter, pudgier Phil () Pi, named after fillet. Initially, they were private detectives operating as , but now both serve as secret agents in the T.I.A. (a spoof on CIA), the (Aeroterrestrial Investigation Technicians). is the Spanish word for "aunt". The series frequently uses slapstick humour whereby the characters constantly suffer mishaps - such as falls from heights, explosions, and being crushed by heavy objects. Thanks to cartoon physics, the effects rarely last more than one panel. Overview Mort and Phil are a pair of idiots, and no matter what kind of mission they are assigned they always manage to get it wrong. The results are almost invariably ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortadelo (magazine)
''Mortadelo'' is a Spanish comic magazine published from 1970 to 1991 first by Editorial Bruguera and subsequently by Ediciones B. The magazine is named after the popular ''Mort & Phil'' comic series created by Francisco Ibáñez.Cristóbal MartÃnez. (April 1971). ''Una nueva publicación Bruguera: Mortadelo'' ''Bang!'' 5, p. 60. History ''Mortadelo'' endured three major historical stages under the direction of Vicente Palomares, Jordi Bayona, and Armando MatÃas Guiu. 1970–1983 The first issue of ''Mortadelo'' was released on 23 November 1970 and was given out free of charge by the magazine ''TÃo Vivo''. Subsequent issues cost 6 pesetas. The earliest issues feature the work series of Ibánez, Vázquez, and Escobar in addition to others such as ''El Corsario de Hierro''. The magazine, along with ''Super Pulgarcito'' replaced ''Gran Pulgarcito'', which was originally published by Vicente Palomares Melo. The publication spanned 32 pages (16 of the pages were full color wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Ibáñez Talavera
Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (15 March 1936 – 15 July 2023) was a Spanish comic book artist and writer. Ibáñez was one of the most prolific and well-known authors in Spain, with popular comics such as '' Mort & Phil'', '' Rompetechos'', '' 13, Rue del Percebe'', '' El botones Sacarino'', '' Pepe Gotera y Otilio,'' and '' Chicha, Tato y Clodoveo''. Early life Ibáñez was born on 15 March 1936 in Barcelona, four months before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in a working class neighborhood.De la Cruz Pérez (2008), p. 25. His family was lower middle class, and he was the son of a father from Alicante and an Andalusian mother, and had three brothers. As a child, Ibáñez showed a fondness for comic books and comic cinema from the United States as well as an ability for drawing and imagination.Fernández Soto (2005), p. 17. In October 1947, at the age of eleven, he published his first drawing in the magazine ''Chicos''.De la Cruz Pérez (2008), p. 9. After finishing his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Cacharros Majaretas
LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance * Line-of-sight (other) * LineageOS, a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers * Loss of signal ** Fading **End of pass (spaceflight) * Loss of significance, undesirable effect in calculations using floating-point arithmetic Medicine and biology * Lipooligosaccharide, a bacterial lipopolysaccharide with a low-molecular-weight * Lower oesophageal sphincter Arts and entertainment * ''The Land of Stories'', a series of children's novels by Chris Colfer * Los, or the Crimson King, a character in Stephen King's novels * Los (band), a British indie rock band from 2008 to 2011 * Los (Blake), a character in William Blake's poetry * Los (rapper) (born 1982), stage name of American rapper Carlos Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Plano De AlÃ-Gusa-No
El plano de AlÃ-Gusa-No (English: ''AlÃ-Gusa-No's Flatland'') is a 1974 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez in the ''Mortadelo y Filemón'' (''Mort & Phil'') comic series. Publication history The comic strip was first published in the '' Mortadelo'' magazine, issues #203 (October 14, 1974) to #213 (December 23, 1974). It was later compiled in the collection series ''Ases del Humor'' #32 (1975) and ''Colección Olé'' #101 (1995).Fernández Soto, Miguel (2008) ''El mundo de Mortadelo y Filemón''. Medialive Content. , page 128. Plot El Super summons Mortadelo and Filemón for yet another delicate mission. An Arabic racketeer by the name of Ali-Gusa-No has sold a worthless piece of desert land to a group of ten gullible men for a hefty sum of money. Recently, however, a rich depot of uranium was discovered on this very land, making its owners potential multi-millionaires. However, too lazy to sign ten separate contracts, Ali-Gusa-No simply issued one single contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortadelo Y Filemón
''Mort & Phil'' () is a Spanish comics, Spanish comic series, published in more than two dozen languages. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book magazine drawn by Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Francisco Ibáñez. The series features Mort (), the tall, bald master of disguise named after mortadella sausage, and his bossy partner, the shorter, pudgier Phil () Pi, named after Fillet (cut), fillet. Initially, they were private detectives operating as , but now both serve as secret agents in the T.I.A. (a spoof on CIA), the (Aeroterrestrial Investigation Technicians). is the Spanish word for "aunt". The series frequently uses slapstick humour whereby the characters constantly suffer mishaps - such as falls from heights, explosions, and being crushed by heavy objects. Thanks to cartoon physics, the effects rarely last more than one panel. Overview Mort and Phil are a pair of idiots, and no matter what kind of mission they are assigned they always manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self-propelled Artillery
Self-propelled artillery (also called locomotive artillery) is artillery equipped with its own propulsion system to move toward its firing position. Within the terminology are the self-propelled gun, self-propelled howitzer, self-propelled mortar, and self-propelled rocket artillery. They are high-mobility vehicles, usually based on continuous tracks carrying either a large field gun, howitzer, mortar (weapon), mortar, or some form of rocket (weapon), rocket/missile launcher. They are usually used for long-range indirect-fire, indirect bombardment support on the battlefield. In the past, self-propelled artillery has included direct-fire vehicles, such as assault guns and tank destroyers, which were typically well-armoured vehicles often based upon the chassis of a tank. In lieu of the standard tank's general-purpose tank gun, main gun that fired both high-explosive and anti-tank ammunition, direct-fire vehicles had specialized roles, with assault guns providing close fire-supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Castilla–La Mancha
The University of Castilla–La Mancha () is a public Spanish university. It offers courses in the cities of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Toledo, Almadén and Talavera de la Reina. This university was recognised by law on 30 June 1982, and began to operate three years later. Research is a fundamental pillar of the university, which has 35 research and development centres and institutes, including the Institute for Regional Development, as well as the Science and Technology Park of Castilla-La Mancha. The Library of the University of Castilla-La Mancha has more than 1.3 million volumes. Overview The current University of Castilla–La Mancha is not the key educational institution in the region. Centuries ago, the University of Sigüenza, until the late 15th century, and the Pontifical and Royal University College of Santa Catalina of Toledo, originating precisely at the end of that same century, were already offering educational activities in the region. The University is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ediciones B
Ediciones B is a Spanish publisher, which currently operates as a division of Penguin Random House. Ediciones B is headquartered in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain; with branches throughout Latin America. It was established in 1986, but has its origins in El Gato Negro (1910) and Editorial Bruguera (1940). History El Gato Negro It was founded in 1910 by Juan Bruguera Teixidó under the name El Gato Negro and specialising in popular literature, joke books and especially in comic magazines.MartÃn (01/1968), pp. 11 a 12. They followed the example of the Spanish comic magazine ''TBO'' (founded in 1917) and in 1921, they created '' Pulgarcito'' which proved very successful. They published another twenty magazines including ''Charlot'' (1928) with content of ''Film Fun''. It came to possess, as indicated by Jesús Cuadrado: After Juan Bruguera's death in 1933 his sons, Pantaleón and Francisco Bruguera Grane, succeeded him. Editorial Bruguera Pantaleón and Francisco Bruguera ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mort & Phil Comic Books
''Mort'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth ''Discworld'' novel and the first to focus on the character Death, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels. The title is the name of its main character, and is also a play on words: in French and Catalan, ''mort'' means "death", while in Romanian it means "dead". The French language edition is titled ''Mortimer'', and the Catalan language edition is titled ''Morth''. In 2004, Pratchett stated that ''Mort'' was the first Discworld novel with which he was "pleased", stating that in previous books, the plot had existed to support the jokes, but that in ''Mort'', the plot was integral. Plot summary As a teenager, Mort has a personality and temperament that makes him unsuited to the family farming business. Mort's father Lezek takes him to a local hiring fair in the hope that Mort will land an apprenticeship. Just before the last stroke of midnight, Death arrives an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In Comics
Notable events of 1974 in comics. Events and publications January * January 1: In ''Le journal de Tintin'', the first chapter of the ''Michel Vaillant'' story ''Des Filles et des Moteurs'', by Jean Graton is published, in which Michel Vaillant and Françoise Latour marry. *January 20: In the Disney comics magazine ''Topolino'', the first episode of the ''Donald Duck'' story ''Paperino e la visita distruttiva'' is published, the first story realized by the team of Giorgio Pezzin (writer) and Giorgio Cavazzano (cartoonist). * January 24: In ''Pilote'', René Pétillon's comic series '' Jack Palmer'' makes its debut. It will run in various magazines until 2013. * January 25–27: Francis Groux, Jean Mardikian, Claude Moliterni organize the first edition of the Angoulême International Comics Festival in Angoulême, France. * '' The Demon'', with issue #16, is cancelled by DC. * '' Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze'', with issue #8, is cancelled by Marvel. * In Italy, the first issue of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
