Carpanta Hambrón, or as better known, Carpanta, is the name of a Spanish character featured in the comic strips and comic books of the same name created in 1947 by José Escobar.Escobar, Josep. Carpanta I. Edited by Ediciones B.S.A and RBA Coleccionables, vol. 1, RBA, 2008. The comics focus on Carpanta's perpetual hunger and his usually failed attempts of satiating it.
The comic series stars Carpanta as the main protagonist and Protasio as Carpanta's friend, along with cameos from other comics such as Petra from the comic book series Petra, criada para todo.Escobar, Josep, and Antoni Guiral. “Carpanta: Un Pícaro Eternamente Hambriento.” Carpanta I, edited by Ediciones B.S.A and RBA Coleccionables, RBA, 2008, pp. IV-IV. Clásicos Del Humor.
Escobar created Carpanta to symbolize the misery in postwar Spain.Escobar, Josep, and Antoni Guiral. “Carpanta: Un Pícaro Eternamente Hambriento.” Carpanta I, edited by Ediciones B.S.A and RBA Coleccionables, RBA, 2008, pp. I-I. Clásicos Del Humor. It was first published in the 4th number of the Spanish weekly illustrated magazine Pulgarcito, being the first strip Trece en la Mesa (Thrirteen at the table).
Publication history 1940s The first appearance of the character was made in the 4th number of the Spanish illustrated magazine Pulgarcito in 1947.Papá Escobar deja huérfanas a sus ‘comic-as’ criaturas (in Spanish). , La Vanguardia, Retrieved on 30 June 2020.
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Throughout the 2000s, older stories from the then Editorial Bruguera continued to be published in some newer comic book compilations.
Characterisation Carapanta is drawn as a virtually bald character, wearing an undefined elongated hat in the character's earlier versions, a black tie, a black-striped shirt, red trousers and a black jacket. The character in its later versions was drawn with a boater hat with a single red stripe insteadEscobar, Josep, and Antoni Guiral. “Carpanta: Un Pícaro Eternamente Hambriento.” Carpanta I, edited by Ediciones B.S.A and RBA Coleccionables, RBA, 2008, pp. VII-VII. Clásicos Del Humor.
List of works featuring Carpanta Comic books Super Carpanta series, from 1977 to 1981.
Clásicos del Humor series, Carpanta I and Carpanta II. 2009
Magazines Pulgarcito, from 1947 to 1986.
Other media
Bibliography Escobar, Josep. Carpanta I. Edited by Ediciones B.S.A and RBA Coleccionables, vol. 1, RBA, 2008. .
See also Pulgarcito Spanish comics
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