Joan March i Zuriguel (Granollers, Barcelona, 11 October 1952) is a Spanish cartoonist, member of the ill-fated third generation the
Bruguera School, alongside other authors such as
Casanyes,
Esegé, the
Fresno brothers,
Rovira and
Rafael Vaquer. His most famous series are ''El Mini Rey'' and ''Tranqui y Tronco''.
Biography
In 1970 he was hired by Bruguera publisher where he worked illustrating jokes and as an inker for
Escobar.
[ Armando Matías Guiu in ''Comic Story-3'', third issue of '' Bruguelandia'', ]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 orig ...
, Barcelona, 28 September 1981, pages 28 and 29. A year later he created his first characters for magazines
Din Dan (''Ruperto'', ''Calixto y Damián'') and
Pulgarcito (''Ataúlfo y Gedeón'', ''La Familia Potosí'') and at the same time he began to collaborate with magazines of other publishers such as
Gaceta Junior, (where he created '' Don Meñique ''), and in ''
Strong
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'' by Argos publisher.
In 1974 he abandoned comics to concentrate on painting for four years,
Joan March
in Tebeosfera (in Spanish) but he returned to Bruguera where he created in 1978 the series ''El Mini Rey'' (about a short and despotic king and his misunderstandings with his henchman) In the 1980s he created the series ''Tranqui y Tronco'' about two wannabe rock musicians
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who work in odd jobs during the madrid scene.
After 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 orig ...
bought Bruguera in 1986 he created series such as ''Maxtron'' (1987) in "Pulgarcito", ''Todos estamos locos'' (1989) in "Superlópez" and ''Los Peláez'' in Zipi y Zape Extra (1994).
Series
*"Don Meñique" (Gaceta Junior) (1971).
*"Ruperto" (in Din Dan) (1971).
*"Ataúlfo y Gedeón" (in Pulgarcito) (1971).
*"Calixto y Damián" (in Din Dan) (1971).
*"La Familia Potosí" (in Pulgarcito) (1971).
*" El Mini Rey" (in Mortadelo, Super Mortadelo) (197-)
*" Ambrosio Carabino" (in Super Pulgarcito, 2ª época) (197-),
*" Tranqui y Tronco" (in Mortadelo) (198-).
*"Maxtron" (in Pulgarcito, Ediciones B) (1987).
*"Todos estamos locos" (in Superlópez, sello B) (1987).
*"Los Peláez" (en Zipi y Zape Extra) (1994).
*"Todos estamos locos" (B: Olé!, núm.359) (1989).
References
External links
creator: Joan March
in Lambiek Comiclopedia
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1952 births
Living people
Spanish comics artists
Spanish comics writers
Artists from Barcelona