Emilio Freixas

Emilio Freixas was an apprentice of the painter Emilio Casals. His first illustrations were published in some Spanish magazines in the mid-1920s. He did his first comics work in the Mickey periodical. From 1935, Freixas adapted several classical literary works to comics, like Jonathan Swifts's 'Gulliver'. From 1939 he worked for Chicos periodical, where he created comics like 'La Giudad de las Tres Muralles', 'La Gran Hazaña de Primo Villa', 'El Secreto de la Giua Telefónica' and 'Sadhu'. He restarted this last series until 1974 in Chito magazine.

He teamed up with writer Angel Puigmiquel to create his most famous series, 'El Capitàn Misterio', in 1944. This adventure series has been published in magazines like El Gran Chicos, Chicos and Historietas. In the 1950s he left the comics field and devoted himself to illustrating.