Francisco Ibáñez Talavera
Ibáñez worked in a bank while publishing his first drawings before dedicating himself fully to his craft in 1957.  A year later, Mortadelo y Filemón appeared for the first time in the publication Pulgarcito.  After that Ibáñez created several other characters.  Since 1988, he has drawn six new Mortadelo y Filemón albums a year. Many of them concern common issues of the day.