

35th Anniversary Further information: September 11 attacks For example, falling from a fifth floor window and staying alive. It is not unusual to see the characters being injuried or hurt. The comics books are known for its slapstick comedy. Later, others sources pointed to Novísimas aventuras de Sherlock Holmes by Enrique Jardiel Poncela or Laurel and Hardy. Īt first the characters were portrayed as a parody version of Arthur Conan Doyle's characters: Sherlock Holmes (Filemón) and Dr. These editions were more satirical in regard to Spanish and international themes such as politics and political corruption ( El atasco de influencias), ETA's terrorism ( Barcelona '92) where the terrorist group were named as "TETA" ("]"), and "PEPA" in España '82, and the islamic one ( Terroristas or El balón catastrófico) or economics ( ¡Llegó el Euro!) among others. With those changes, the comics books were much longer (44-48 pages by comic book).


The Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea: "Aeroterrestrial Investigation Technicians") is an organisation that is a spoof on the CIA. In 1969, Ibáñez designed more characters. Their names are wordplay, for example: Mortadelo comes from Mortadela (" Mortadella di Bologna") and Filemón from Filete (" Steak"). The other one, Filemón, called by Mortadelo as " Jefe" ( Chief or Boss in English) had a beaked nose and use to smoke pipe as Sherlock Holmes used to do. However Ibáñez went to leave the hat on therefore Mortadelo get disguise inmmediately. He was known for his shapeshifter abilities. At first, Mortadelo used to wear a bowler hat. Throughout the years, the characters have evolved. Every comics strip had from one to four pages. Its first title was Mortadelo y Filemón: Agencia de Información. It's one of the most popular comics in Spain.
#HISTORIA DE MORTADELO Y FILEMON SERIES#
This artwork comes from Jordi David Redo’s private collection and has been specially selected by himself to present to Corner4art.Mort & Phil ( Mortadelo y Filemón in Spanish) is a Spanish comics series designed in 1958 by Francisco Ibáñez. Some of these pieces (like the “Little Hiawatha” adventures) were also published in the German “Micky Maus” magazine. Jordi David collaborated in the Danish “Donald Duck”magazine for thirty years, illustrating numerous stories and well known Disney characters, from Mickey Mouse to Little Hiawatha. In the early 1980s, Sanchís also set up another studio where he worked for the German comic series “Fix and Foxy” and for “Disney” publishing in Denmark (Gutenberghus/Egmont Group). At that time, Redo created numerous adventures, including “La historia del dinero” (Bruguera 1980). He was chosen by Sanchís to take part of the Mortadelos drawing producers team. Later, he created the series “Pillo y Bollo” (published in “Sacarino” and “Super Sacarino” magazines) and “Rufo” (“Mortadelo” magazine). Vázquez chose him as an inker and his two first published pages were Mortadelo and Pulgarcito in 2075 magazine (1971). With him, he learned to ink and eventually started working for the same book publisher. This original artwork was created by Jordi David Redo, a Spanish cartoonist who began working as an apprentice in an advertising agency, where he met Mingo (Domingo Correa Expósito), a regular collaborator of Editorial Bruguera. Original page of Mortadelo y Filemon’s “Star Wars” story created by Spanish comics artist Jordi David Redo
