Raf (comics)
Raf, pseudonym of Joan Rafart i Roldán 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.
Biography
He started making comics in the 1950s, when he was already married, with the series El Zorro. He soon abandoned the realistic artstyle 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, Levy Berzotas or CantinflasHis 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 about a gossiping and envious woman, Don Pelmazo Bla, bla, bla... y las mil latas que da 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 and Buster for two years. Since 1965 he starts working for the Spanish magazine TBO with the pseudoym "Roldán".
In the late 1960s he returns to Bruguera whre he created Doña Tecla Bisturín, enfermera de postín about a bossy nurse in a crazy clinic or Manolón, conductor de camión about a truck driver. There he created his most famous character, Sir Tim O'Theo about an old British detective wannabe who is helped by his much more competent buttler 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 a horror parody and for the satirical magazine "Puta Mili" the adult series La fragata capadora
He died on October 13, 1997 of a cardiac complication.
Series
| Years | Title | Magazine |
| 1953 | La vida aborregada de Gumersindo Borrego | "La Risa" |
| 1953 | Loquito Tontuelo | "La Risa" |
| 1953 | Levy Berzotas | "La Risa" |
| 1953 | Sherlock Gómez | '"La Risa" |
| 195? | Antenio Magnetofón | Editorial Bruguera |
| 1956 | Desventuras de la Bruja Traganiños | "Florita" |
| 1956 | El Vejete Cascarrabias | "Paseo Infantil" |
| 1957 | Chapete | "Pinocho" |
| 1957 | Campeonio | "El DDT" |
| 1957 | Don Agapito, su perro y el chico, que es un gamberro | "Pulgarcito" |
| 1958 | Diente Duro y Roe-Roe | "Yumbo" |
| 1958 | Hogar, dulce hogar' | "La Risa" |
| 1958 | Laurín y sus papás | "La Risa" |
| 1958 | Mr. Cha-cha-cha, director de Cine | "La Risa" |
| 1958 | Cantinflas | "La Risa" |
| 1958 | Conchito Barbarroja, pirata de mala pata | "Pinocho" |
| 1958 | Doña Lío Portapartes, señora con malas artes | |
| 1959 | Doña Paca Cotillez | Tío Vivo |
| 1959 | Despistio | Tío Vivo |
| 1959 | Casimiro Futbolete | Tío Vivo |
| 1959 | Don Pelmazo Bla, bla, bla... y las mil latas que da | |
| 1959 | Rigoleto | Selecciones de HUMOR de El DDT |
| 1965 | Don Jerónimo, jefe de cocina | TBO |
| 1968 | Doña Tecla Bisturín, enfermera de postín | |
| 1969 | Flash, el fotógrafo | |
| 1969 | Manolón, conductor de camión | |
| 1970 | Sir Tim O'Theo | Mortadelo, Super Mortadelo |
| 1976 | Agapito Silbátez | |
| 1986 | Mirlowe y Violeta | "Guai!" |
| 1990 | Zomby y el gato | Creepy |
| 1992 | La fragata capadora'' | Puta Mili |