Spain.
Spain
1917
Spanish comics are called tebeos, a word taken from the magazine TBO (1917 to 1983).
El Guerrero del Antifaz and Roberto Alcázar y Pedrín were the most popular series of the 1940s, El Capitán Trueno followed in 1956, and the 1980s brought an adult-comics boom with magazines such as El Víbora. Spain has a state Premio Nacional del Cómic.
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271
1917
1970s
Artists from Spain in the archive.
Comics from Spain in the archive.
TBO, the earliest comic from Spain in the archive.
The decade when the most new comics from Spain began.
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Spain in 3 chapters
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Spain.
3 chapters
1917
to 1939
Chapter 01
TBO
The magazine TBO, launched in 1917 and published until 1983, gave Spanish comics their common name, tebeo.
1940
to 1978
Chapter 02
Adventure and humour tebeos
Manuel Gago's El Guerrero del Antifaz (1944) and Roberto Alcázar y Pedrín were the most popular series of the 1940s, and Víctor Mora and Ambrós's El Capitán Trueno followed in 1956. Pulgarcito serialised the first long Mortadelo y Filemón story, and Jan's Superlópez appeared in the 1970s.
1979
to 2005
Chapter 03
The adult boom
The 1980s brought an adult-comics boom with magazines such as Totem, El Jueves, 1984 and El Víbora, which ran from 1979 to 2005 and peaked at 80,000 copies a month.
The comics to know
- TBOJoaquín Buigas GarrigaSpain, 1917 to 1998Magazine, 1917 to 1983; gave tebeos their name.
- El Guerrero del AntifazManuel Gago GarcíaSpain, 1944 to 1966Manuel Gago
- Roberto Alcázar y PedrínEduardo Vañó PastorSpain, 1940 to 1976One of the most popular series of the 1940s.
- Capitán TruenoEl Capitán TruenoVíctor MoraSpain, 1956Víctor Mora and Ambrós
- Mort & PhilMortadelo y FilemónFrancisco Ibáñez TalaveraSpain, 1958The first long story was serialised in Pulgarcito.
- Zipi y ZapeJosé Escobar SalienteSpain, 1948 to 2002
- SuperlópezJanSpain, 1985 to 1990Jan
- ParacuellosCarlos GiménezSpain, 1975Carlos Giménez
- El ViboraJosep Maria BerenguerSpain, 1979 to 2005Ran until 2005; peak of 80,000 copies a month.
- El JuevesJosep IlarioSpain, 1977
The people to know
- Manuel Gago GarcíaComics artist, 1925 to 1980El Guerrero del Antifaz.
- Víctor MoraComics writer, 1931 to 2016El Capitán Trueno.
- AmbrósCartoonist, 1913 to 1992El Capitán Trueno.
- JanComics artist, Born 1939Superlópez.
- Carlos GiménezComics artist, Born 1941Paracuellos.
- Miguelanxo PradoComics artist, Born 1958
- Apel·les Mestres i OñósEditorial cartoonist, 1854 to 1936
More artists from Spain
All 412 artists- Francisco Ibáñez TalaveraComics artist, 1936 to 2023
- José Luis MunueraComics artist, Born 1972
- Manuel Vázquez GallegoComics artist, 1930 to 1995
- RafComics artist, 1928 to 1997
- José Escobar SalienteComics artist, 1908 to 1994
- Martz SchmidtComics artist, 1922 to 1998
- QuinoComics artist, 1932 to 2020
- Paco RocaComics artist, Born 1969
- Robert Segura MongéComics artist, 1927 to 2008
- Juanjo GuarnidoComics artist, Born 1967
- Rubén PellejeroCartoonist, Born 1952
- Jesús BlascoComics artist, 1919 to 1995
More comics from Spain
All 271 comics- TorpedoTorpedo 1936Enrique Sánchez AbulíSpain, 1981
- SuperlópezJanSpain, 1973 to 2022
- RarutoJesús García FerrerSpain, 2005
- El MercenarioVicente SegrellesSpain, 1981
- Dani FuturoVíctor MoraSpain, 1970
- Clara de nocheCarlos TrilloSpain, 1992 to 2015
- CutoJesús BlascoSpain, 1935
- 13, Rue del PercebeFrancisco Ibáñez TalaveraSpain, 1961 to 1970
- BogeyAntonio SeguraSpain, 1981
- El botones SacarinoFrancisco Ibáñez TalaveraSpain, 1963
- Rocco VargasRoco VargasDaniel TorresSpain, 1983
- Anita DiminutaJesús BlascoSpain, 1941
