TBO (comics)


TBO was a long-running Spanish comic book magazine, published in Barcelona between 1917 and 1998.
TBO is pronounced in Spanish almost the same as "te veo", "I see you". It was so popular that is now a generic word for "comic book" in Spain.
TBO was far from modern influences in seventies when European comics started to influence Spanish comic magazines. It kept its own style with short stories and ingenuous humour.
In 2016, the , acquired 105 original drawings by different authors and subject, related to the publication. This fund includes, among others, drawings by :es:Josep Coll|Josep Coll, Antoni Batllori Jofre, Rino, :ca:Ricard Opisso i Sala|Ricard Opisso Sala, Antoni Ayné Esbert, Juan Martínez Buendía, Aristide Perré, Nit, and the most important series like :es:Los grandes inventos del TBO|Los grandes inventos del TBO and :es:La familia Ulises|La familia Ulises.

Published series