Fer (comics)

Spanish comics artist (1949–2020)

Fer

Born| José Antonio Fernández Fernández
16 May 1949
Mansilla de las Mulas, León
Died| 14 September, 2020 (aged 71)
Nationality| Spanish
Area(s)| comics artist and writer

Notable works

| Puti-Club

José Antonio Fernández Fernández (May 16, 1949 – September 14, 2020[1]), better known as Fer, was a Spanish comic artist.

He was the main promoter of the Gat Perich International Humor Prize, an award that he received in 2005.[2]

## Biography

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He was born in Mansilla de las Mulas, León. His family moved to Mollet del Vallès from León when he was four years old. He graduated in History and became a teacher.

He started drawing in the magazines Mata Ratos, En Patufet and Oriflama as well as the newspaper La Prensa.

He directed the comics magazine El Papus.[3] In 1982 he created for El Jueves the series Puti-Club, set in a brothel and later the series Historias fermosas about a group of clumsy medieval soldiers.

## References

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1. ^ Mor el ninotaire Fer, un dels fundadors de El Jueves (in Catalan)
2. ^ El dibujante Fer recoge el premio que él mismo creó in elperiodicoextremadura.com (in Spanish)
3. ^ José Antonio Fernández ‘Fer’: "Quiero recuperar la seriedad que tuvo El Jueves en otros tiempos" in lanuevacronica.com (in Spanish)

## External links

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* Fer in Lambiek comiclopedia

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* VIAF

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* United States
* Spain
* Catalonia

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