Mort & Phil is a Spanish comic series, published in more than a dozen languages. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book magazine Pulgarcito 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. Initially, they were private detectives operating as Mortadelo y Filemón, Agencia de Información, but now both serve as secret agents in the T.I.A., the Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea. Tía is the Spanish word for "aunt".
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".
Mortadelo & Filemon : The Big Adventure is a 2003 Spanish-language film based on the popular Spanish comic book series Mortadelo y Filemón by Francisco Ibáñez Talavera. It also included characters from 13, Rue del Percebe, another comic by the same creator. The film was directed by Javier Fesser and stars Benito Pocino and Pepe Viyuela. It became the second highest-grossing Spanish film of all time.
Hollywood Monsters is a 1997 graphic adventure game developed by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios and published by Dinamic Multimedia. It takes place in an alternate-history 1950s, where the creatures from Golden Age monster movies are played by real monsters who lead otherwise normal lives. Controlling reporters Sue Bergman and Ron Ashman, the player seeks to unravel a mystery surrounding the murder of Frankenstein's monster. In the process, the player undertakes a globetrotting journey to locations like Transylvania and Egypt, while solving puzzles and interacting with characters such as Count Dracula, the Invisible Man and the Mummy.
The golden age of Spanish software was a time, between 1983 and 1992, when Spain became the second largest 8 bit computer entertainment software producer in Europe, only behind the United Kingdom. The disappearance of the 8 bit technology and its replacement by the 16 bit machines marked the end of this era, during which many software companies based in Spain launched their career: Dinamic Software, Topo Soft, Opera Soft, Made in Spain and Zigurat among others. The name Edad de oro del soft español was coined by specialized magazines of the time and has been used to refer to these years until nowadays.
Rompetechos is a Spanish comic character created by cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez in 1964, protagonist of the series of the same name. Rompetechos is a short and myopic man whose poor vision generates comical situations. Ibánez has stated repeatedly that, among his creations, this is his favorite character and due to this he appears frequently in other series of the same author, notably Mortadelo y Filemón.
Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible is a 2014 Spanish 3D computer-animated comedy co-written, directed and edited by Javier Fesser based on the characters from the Mort & Phil comic book series. It achieved six nominations for the 29th Goya Awards, winning in the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Animated Film categories, and two for the second edition of Premios Feroz.
Chicha, Tato y Clodoveo are Spanish comics characters created in 1986 by Francisco Ibañez that shows the misadventures of three unemployed young people.
Los Diamantes de la Gran Duquesa is a 1972 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez for the Mortadelo y Filemón comic series.
El Balón Catastrófico is a 1982 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez in the Mortadelo y Filemón comic series.
El plano de Alí-Gusa-No is a 1974 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez in the Mortadelo y Filemón comic series.
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.
La Estatua de la Libertad is a 1983-1984 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez for the Mortadelo y Filemón comic series.
¡Hay un traidor en la T.I.A.! is a 1983 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez for the Mortadelo y Filemón comic series.
Mortadelo y Filemón: Una Aventura de Cine is a 2000 adventure video game for Windows. It was re-released in Spain in November 2003, and in Germany in 2004 by Crimson Cow, and was developed by Spanish studio Alcachofa Soft. The game is in German, but was never localized to English. It is the third game in the Mort & Phil adventure game series, following El Sulfato Atómico (1998) by Alcachofa and La Máquina Meteoroloca (1999) by Vega Creaciones Multimedia.
Benito Pocino, is a Spanish actor.
Dráscula: The Vampire Strikes Back is a 1996 graphic adventure game developed by Alcachofa Soft. It was created in Spain, and was the first adventure game released by Alcachofa. In 1999, Midas Interactive Entertainment released an English version of the game in the United Kingdom. Dráscula tells the story of John Hacker, a realtor who attempts to help "Count Drascula" sell real estate in Transylvania.
El Tesoro de Isla Alcachofa is a 2000 Spanish video game by Alcachofa Soft. It is the first video game the developers made under their newly incorporated company 'Alcachofa Soft'.
Mortadelo y Filemón: El Sulfato Atómico is a 1998 graphic adventure game developed by the Spanish company Alcachofa Soft and published by Zeta Multimedia.
El sulfato atómico is a 1969 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez for the Mortadelo y Filemón comic series. It is the first long story of the series and the first appearance of the T.I.A. secret agency.
