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Forges inaugurated on Thursday 21 May, the series of conferences in Murcia (15/05/2009)

Next Thursday, May 21 at 20:00 pm in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce, Forges provide the first conference of the cycle.

Admission is free, by invitation, first-served basis.

Those interested in attending can pick up invitations at the headquarters of the Territorial Cajamar Caja Rural (Plaza de la Fuensanta s / n).

Pablo Antonio Smithies, known as Forges (Madrid, January 17, 1942) is one of the most important Spanish cartoonists.

Son of Catalan and Galician father mother, spent his childhood in a large family that is the second of nine children.

It was a bad student but an avid reader of Richmal Crompton and books about William Brown.

He studied at Madrid Telecommunication Engineering studies (not completed) and Social Sciences.

In 1956, at 14 years, begins work as coach of Spanish television and telecine and image mixer since 1962.

He left the staff of TVE is the coordinator of the study in 1973 to chart in the business of humor.

It's Prize for Freedom of Expression of the Union of Journalists of Spain Honors College College of Journalists of Catalonia and is in possession of the Creu de Sant Jordi, the highest honor Catalan.

On December 7, 2007, the Council of Ministers awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Work.

As comedian uses a very personal sandwiches thick black line and a refined language drawn directly from the street.

"Inventor" of lexical words and phrases (gensanta, stupendo, sandwich, firulillo, esborcio, JoBros, etc.) Is one of the few cartoonists with a sensitive ear to popular language.

In his work occupies a central place on manners and social criticism.

Its strength is the critical view of the everyday life situations.

Forges has built an extensive iconography of comic characters and situations that reflects the idiosyncrasies and sociology of contemporary Spain.

Source: Agencias

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