Guillermo Cifré

Guillermo Cifré Figuerola (1921–1962), known by his first name, Cifré, was a Spanish cartoonist, illustrator and animator, creator of some of the most representative characters of the "Bruguera school", such as El repórter Tribulete (about an incompetent journalist and his tyrannical boss) and Don Furcio Buscabollos, about an unlucky knight and his talking mare in a pseudo-medieval world.

His professional career began, along with other future artists of Bruguera, in the studios of Dibujos Animados Chamartín, where he participated in the production of series like Civilón (1942-1944) and Garabatos (1943-1945)[1] In 1947 he began working for Bruguera publishing, creating the series El repórter Tribulete, que en todas partes se mete (1947), Las tremebundas fazañas de Don Furcio Buscabollos (1947), Cucufato Pi (1949) and Amapolo Nevera (1952) for magazines "Pulgarcito" and "El DDT".

For this magazine, Cifré draw new characters, such as Golondrino Pérez, Rosalía and El sabio Megatón, all in 1957.

After the economic failure of Tío Vivo, he returned to Bruguera, for which continued creating characters, such as Pepe Despiste (1959), Cepillo Chivátez (1960) and Don Tele (1960).

Armando Matías Guiu considers him one of the three main artists of the Bruguera style alongside Conti and Escobar.