José Peñarroya Peñarroya (Forcall, Castellon, 1910 – Barcelona, 1975)[1] was a Spanish cartoonist of the Bruguera School, creator of famous characters such as Don Pío (about a mild-mannered man and his demanding wife) or Gordito Relleno (about a fat and kindly man people always take advantage to).
[2] As a result, he is considered one of the "Big Five" of that editorial of the 1950s, along with Conti, Escobar, Giner (this, in realistic style) and Cifré.
After the war he left his job as an accountant for the study Estudios Chamartín, where he participated in the creation of several short films.
For this magazine, Peñarroya draw new characters, such as La familia Pi (very similar to his Don Pío) After the economic failure of Tío Vivo, he returned to Bruguera, for which continued creating characters, such as Floripondia Piripí (1958), Pepe, el hincha (1962, about a fanatic of a very unlucky soccer team), Pitagorín (1966, about a kind and gifted child) and Rudesindo el bucanero (1966).
Peñarroya graphic style evolved over the years toward greater statism, abandoning kinetic curves and symbols.