Manel Fontdevila

Manel Fontdevila i Subirana (born 1965 in Manresa), who signs as Manel, is a Spanish cartoonist, a regular contributor to the satirical magazine El Jueves, where he published the series Para ti, que eres joven, alongside Albert Monteys and La Parejita S.A. (the comical daily misadventures of a romantic couple), and also he does less commercial albums for Glénat. and in 1982, at the local newspaper "Regió 7".

In 1990, while studying Fine Arts in Barcelona, he published in the magazines El Víbora, Makoki, Cairo, Totem and Viñetas.

In 1993, he began publishing in the journal Puta Mili his series Emilio/a. For Camaleón Ediciones he publishes five strips of the fanzine Mr. Brain presenta (1993–1997), with Pep Brocal and Padu

Maturity (since 1995)

In 1995 he started the strip La Parejita S.A., for the magazine El Jueves, about the daily comic misadventures of a couple that received that same year the Còmic Salo Barcelona Award for Best Screenplay. With that job security, he himself begins to live with his couple.

In 1997 he began the strip, Para ti, que eres joven, a two-page strip with jokes with youth tematics for the magazine El Jueves alongside Albert Monteys. Between 2000 and 2004 he was editor of the magazine El Jueves. Also, he published a collection of short stories titled Mantecatos (2003) for Glénat

In March 2012 he started publishing cartoons in the online newspaper eldiario.es.

Abandonment of El Jueves In June 2014, Fontdevila announced his departure from the magazine El Jueves after the editorial RBA not allowed to publish a cover with a joke of him which referenced the abdication of the king of Spain, Juan Carlos I. Other cartoonist also left the magazine. Those comic artist published on 18 June, the day before the coronation of Felipe VI, an online comic with jokes about the event titled Orgullo y satisfacción. He was later hired by the monthly satirical magazine Mongolia.

Work