Pumby, by José Sanchís  José Sanchis Grau was one of the main
representatives of the Valencian School of Spanish comic art. He
grew up reading comics from both Spain and the USA and studied
Fine Arts at the San Carlos Academy, which he combined with an
apprenticeship in jewelry. He published his first artwork at age
16, when he drew some cartoons for a calendar. He then became
one of the main artists for the children's magazine Jaimito,
that was published by Editorial Valenciana. It was for this
magazine that he developed his first regular comic character,
'El Soldate Pepe', in 1948.  Despite being accidentally wounded
by a gunshot in 1950, he expanded his activities for Valenciana
by creating series like 'El Machote', 'El Recluta Policarpo',
'Pandolfito Cebollínez' and 'Gaspar' for not only Jaimito, but
also La Hora del Recreo and Taco Myrga.  Pumby, by José Sanchís
Sanchis created his trademark character, the cat 'Pumby', for
Jaimito in 1954. The character gained such popularity that it
got its own title i