The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns, constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 at the last census (2005).
Ariel Olivetti is an Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as Daredevil, X-Man, Space Ghost and Punisher War Journal.
Francisco Ibáñez Talavera was a Spanish comic book artist and writer.
Superlópez is a Spanish comic book character created by Jan. Created in 1973, Superlópez is a parody of Superman. Born Jo-Con-Él on the planet Chitón much like Superman's home planet of Krypton, he leaves his planet when he enters a spaceship and presses a button, an accident that sends him to Earth. He was raised by adoptive parents in Barcelona and concealed himself under the identity of office-worker Juan López. He works with his girlfriend, the bad-tempered Luisa Lanas, the not-so-pally Jaime González Lidenbrock; and his demanding, unnamed boss.
Spanish comics are the comics of Spain. Comics in Spain are usually called historietas or cómics, with tebeos primarily denoting the magazines containing the medium. Tebeo is a phonetic adaptation of TBO, a long-running (1917–1983) Spanish comic magazine, and sounds like "te veo".
Francesc CapdevilaGisbert, better known by his pen-name Max, is a Spanish artist who has worked in illustration, design, and comics. He is an important figure in Spanish comics, creating such popular characters as Gustavo and Peter Pank early in his career, and more recently Bardín. His clear line style tells humorous, angry, and sad, surrealistic stories.
Juan José Carbó Gatignol was a Spanish cartoonist and one of the great masters of Spanish comics, who won the 2005 Universidad de Alicante "premio Notario del Humor", and signed all his Illustrations with his pseudonym, Carbó. Carbó drew in the mediums of newspapers, journals, children's magazines and even an adult magazine called Reseo.
José Sanchis Grau 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).
Joaquín Cera is a Spanish comic book writer more famous for his Pafman strip.
Fierro, originally Fierro a Fierro, was an Argentinian comics magazine, with two very different runs.
Edmundo Fernández Ripoll, better known as Edmond, is a Catalan comic book artist and illustrator, born in 1938 march in Barcelona. His most famous creation was Jan Europa.
La familia Trapisonda is a Spanish comic series created by Francisco Ibáñez in 1958 for the magazine Pulgarcito about the comic misadventures of a low-middle-class family. Most strips of the series are one page long.
Carlos Nine was an Argentinian cartoonist, painter, and sculptor.
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).
María Dolores Alibés i Riera was a Catalan author of children's books. She was the sister of sports journalist Arcadi Alibés, and was emotionally involved with cartoonist Juan López Fernández, "Jan".
Jorge or Jordi Goset i Rubio, better known as Gosset, was a Spanish cartoonist.
Marino Benejam Ferrer was a Spanish cartoonist.
Josep Lluís Martínez i Picañol, known by the pen name Picanyol, was a Spanish self-taught comic artist. His best known creation is the warlock Ot el bruixot.
Apel·les Mestres i Oñós was a Catalan writer, graphic artist, and illustrator.
Editorial Molino was a publishing house created in Barcelona in 1933 at the initiative of Pablo del Molino Mateus (1900-1968), with the vision of creating a collection of novels accessible to the general public.
