José Cabrero Arnal

José Cabrero Arnal or C. Arnal (September 6, 1909 – September 7, 1982) was a Spanish comics artist, who worked in France for most of his career but was never naturalized as French citizen. He is most famous for the comics series Pif le chien and Placid et Muzo.

Biography

During his youth in Barcelona he worked as cabinetmaker and as repairman of calculators. He published his very first graphic works in magazines like Pocholo or the famous TBO, with a character called Top, a humanized dog that later became the famous Pif le chien.

In 1955/62 José Cabrero Arnal published in Italian in the Italian magazine "Pioniere" various short stories in several episodes from issue no. 17 of 1955 under no. 19 of 1962 in the magazine "Pioniere".

In 1963/66 José Cabrero Arnal published in Italian in the Italian magazine " Pioniere dell’Unità " various short stories in several episodes from issue no. 1 of 1963 under no. 47 of 1966 in the magazine "Pioniere dell’Unità".

Pif gave name in 1969 to a magazine, Pif gadget, of great success during the 1970s, in which French and European cartoonists published their works, and which survived the death of its creator (with many cartoonists adopting Pif and Hercule into their own creations).