The Most Famous
COMIC ARTISTS from Spain
This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Comic Artists. The pantheon dataset contains 226 Comic Artists, 3 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 9th most number of Comic Artists behind Argentina, and Canada.
Top 5
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Spanish Comic Artists of all time. This list of famous Spanish Comic Artists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (1936 - 2023)
With an HPI of 51.74, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera is the most famous Spanish Comic Artist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (15 March 1936 – 15 July 2023) was a Spanish comic book artist and writer. Ibáñez was one of the most prolific and well-known authors in Spain, with popular comics such as Mort & Phil, Rompetechos, 13, Rue del Percebe, El botones Sacarino, Pepe Gotera y Otilio, and Chicha, Tato y Clodoveo.
2. Sergio Aragonés (b. 1937)
With an HPI of 44.37, Sergio Aragonés is the 2nd most famous Spanish Comic Artist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Sergio Aragonés Domenech ( ARR-ə-GOH-niss, Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo aɾaɣoˈnes ðoˈmenek]; born 6 September 1937) is a Spanish-Mexican cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad magazine and creating the comic book Groo the Wanderer. Among his peers and fans, Aragonés is widely regarded as "the world's fastest cartoonist". The Comics Journal has described Aragonés as "one of the most prolific and brilliant cartoonists of his generation". Mad editor Al Feldstein said, "He could have drawn the whole magazine if we'd let him." Aragonés has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including Shazam Awards, a Harvey Award, an Inkpot Award, a Reuben Award, an Eisner Award, and a National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Award. In October 2024, he was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.
3. Carlos Ezquerra (1947 - 2018)
With an HPI of 38.72, Carlos Ezquerra is the 3rd most famous Spanish Comic Artist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (; 12 November 1947 – 1 October 2018) was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in British comics. He is best known as the co-creator of Judge Dredd.
4. Paco Roca (b. 1969)
With an HPI of 37.67, Paco Roca is the 4th most famous Spanish Comic Artist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Francisco Martínez Roca aka Paco Roca (born in 1969 on Valencia, Spain) is a Spanish strip cartoonist with experience in graphic novels and advertisement illustrations. He's best known for his comic-books like Wrinkles. Perro Verde Films produced a cinema adaptation titled Arrugas (Spanish for Wrinkles) directed by Ignacio Ferreras and released on September 19, 2011.
5. Joan Cornellà (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 34.97, Joan Cornellà is the 5th most famous Spanish Comic Artist. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Joan Cornellà Vázquez ( zhoo-AHN koor-nə-YAH, Catalan: [ʒuˈaŋ kuɾnəˈʎa]; born 11 January 1981) is a Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his unsettling, surreal humor and black humor comic strips as well as artwork.
People
Pantheon has 5 people classified as Spanish comic artists born between 1936 and 1981. Of these 5, 3 (60.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Spanish comic artists include Sergio Aragonés, Paco Roca, and Joan Cornellà. The most famous deceased Spanish comic artists include Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, and Carlos Ezquerra. As of April 2024, 2 new Spanish comic artists have been added to Pantheon including Sergio Aragonés, and Paco Roca.
Living Spanish Comic Artists
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Sergio Aragonés
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Paco Roca
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Joan Cornellà
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.97
