The Most Famous
COMIC ARTISTS from Spain
This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Comic Artists. The pantheon dataset contains 174 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 3
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 48.62, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera is the most famous Spanish Comic Artist. His biography has been translated into 15 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. Carlos Ezquerra (1947 - 2018)
With an HPI of 37.12, Carlos Ezquerra is the 2nd 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.
3. Joan Cornellà (1981 - )
With an HPI of 35.20, Joan Cornellà is the 3rd most famous Spanish Comic Artist. His biography has been translated into 18 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.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as comic artists born between 1936 and 1981. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living comic artists include Joan Cornellà. The most famous deceased comic artists include Francisco Ibáñez Talavera and Carlos Ezquerra.
