Raf (comics) explained

Raf
Birth Name:Juan Rafart Roldán
Birth Date:22 November 1928
Birth Place:Barcelona
Death Place:Barcelona
Nationality:Spanish
Area:comics artist and writer
Notable Works:Sir Tim O'Theo

Raf, pseudonym of Joan (or Juan) Rafart i Roldán (Barcelona 22 November 1928 – 13 October 1997) was a Spanish comic author. He was part of the second generation the Bruguera school alongside Figueras, Gin, Ibáñez, Nadal, Segura, Martz Schmidt, and Vázquez.[1]

Biography

He started making comics in the 1950s, when he was already married, with the series El Zorro.[2] He soon abandoned the realistic art style in his works and concentrated on his more humorous style. He started collaborating in the magazine La Risa with series such as La vida aborregada de Gumersindo Borrego (1953), Levy Berzotas (1953) or Cantinflas (1958)[3]

His best-known works are those that he made since 1957 for the publisher Editorial Bruguera where he created many popular series such as Doña Lío Portapartes, señora con malas artes (1958) about a gossiping and envious woman, Don Pelmazo Bla, bla, bla... y las mil latas que da (1959) about a know-it-all who likes to give advice to people that always end in disaster and El Capitán Aparejo, zoquete como un cangrejo about an incompetent boat captain.

In 1959 Raf leaves Bruguera and works through the British agency Fleetway in magazines such as Film Funn (Tony Hancok) and Buster (Milkiway) for two years. Since 1965 he starts working for the Spanish magazine TBO with the pseudonym "Roldán".

In the late 1960s, he returns to Bruguera where he created Doña Tecla Bisturín, enfermera de postín (1968) about a bossy nurse in a crazy clinic or Manolón, conductor de camión (1969) about a truck driver. There he created his most famous character, Sir Tim O'Theo (1970) about an old British detective wannabe who is helped by his much more competent butler Patson.

In 1986 he created the series Mirlowe y Violeta, a hardboiled parody, about a short Bogart-wannabe detective and his tall, fat and highly competent female assistant. For the magazine "Creepy" he created the series Zomby y el gato (1990) a horror parody and for the satirical magazine "Puta Mili" the adult series La fragata capadora (1992)

He died on 13 October 1997 of a cardiac complication.[4]

Series

YearsTitleMagazine
1953La vida aborregada de Gumersindo Borrego"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
1953Loquito Tontuelo"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
1953Levy Berzotas"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
1953Sherlock Gómez'"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
195? Antenio Magnetofón
1956Desventuras de la Bruja Traganiños"Florita" (Ediciones Cliper)
1956 El Vejete Cascarrabias"Paseo Infantil" (Gestión)
1957Chapete"Pinocho" (Ediciones Cliper)
1957Campeonio"El DDT" (Editorial Bruguera)
1957Don Agapito, su perro y el chico, que es un gamberro"Pulgarcito" (Editorial Bruguera)
1958Diente Duro y Roe-Roe"Yumbo" (Ediciones Cliper)
1958 Hogar, dulce hogar"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
1958Laurín y sus papás"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
1958Mr. Cha-cha-cha, director de Cine"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
1958 Cantinflas"La Risa" (Editorial Marco)
1958 Conchito Barbarroja, pirata de mala pata"Pinocho" (Ediciones Cliper)
1958 Doña Lío Portapartes, señora con malas artes
1959Doña Paca CotillezTío Vivo
1959DespistioTío Vivo
1959Casimiro FutboleteTío Vivo
1959Don Pelmazo Bla, bla, bla... y las mil latas que da
1959RigoletoSelecciones de HUMOR de El DDT
1965Don Jerónimo, jefe de cocinaTBO
1968Doña Tecla Bisturín, enfermera de postín
1969Flash, el fotógrafo
1969Manolón, conductor de camión
1970Sir Tim O'TheoMortadelo, Super Mortadelo
1976Agapito Silbátez
1986 Mirlowe y Violeta"Guai!"
1990Zomby y el gatoCreepy
1992La fragata capadoraPuta Mili

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Armando Matías Guiu]
  2. Matías Guiu, Armando, interviewing Raf, for Comic Story-4, fourth issue of Bruguelandia, Editorial Bruguera, Barcelona, 10/26/1981, pages 30 and 31.
  3. http://www.tebeosfera.com/autores/raf.html Biography of Raf in Tebeosfera
  4. http://elpais.com/diario/1997/10/15/cultura/876866412_850215.html Piece of news of Raf's death in El País