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Francisco Ibáñez Talavera
Spanish artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (15 March 1936 – 15 July 2023), Spanish comic book artist and writer. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. He is the creator of several comic book series. The most famous series he created is Mortadelo y Filemón.[1]
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Born | Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (1936-03-15)15 March 1936 Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 15 July 2023(2023-07-15) (aged 87) Barcelona, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Area(s) | Writer, artist |
Pseudonym(s) | Ibáñez |
Notable works | Mort & Phil |
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Ibáñez worked in a bank while publishing his first drawings before dedicating himself fully to his craft in 1957. A year later, Mortadelo y Filemón appeared for the first time in the publication Pulgarcito. After that Ibáñez created several other characters. Since 1988, he has drawn six new Mortadelo y Filemón albums a year. Many of them concern common issues of the day.
In 1994, he received the Grand Prize of the Salón del Cómic de Barcelona. In 2001 he received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes ("Gold Medal for Contributions to the Fine Arts"). He received the "Premios Notario del Humor" 2008 from the University of Alicante.[2] Ibáñez married Remedios Solera Sánchez in 1966, with whom he had two daughters.[3]
Ibáñez died in Barcelona on 15 July 2023, at the age of 87.[4]