Joan March

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 , Esegé, the , and . His most famous series are El Mini Rey and Tranqui y Tronco.^[1]

Biography[]

In 1970 he was hired by Bruguera publisher where he worked illustrating jokes and as an inker for Escobar.^[2] A year later he created his first characters for magazines (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 , (where he created Don Meñique ), and in by Argos publisher.

In 1974 he abandoned comics to concentrate on painting for four years,^[3] 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 who work in odd jobs during the madrid scene.

After Ediciones B 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).
• "" (in Mortadelo, Super Mortadelo) (197-)
• "" (in Super Pulgarcito, 2ª época) (197-),
• "" (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