Carlos Prunes

Carlos Prunés Álvarez was a Spanish comics artist. Renowned for his war and romance comics, he was a regular contributor to Valentine, drawing over 100 stories. His work was featured across Fleetway’s womens’ and girls’ titles from the late 1950s until the mid-1960s appearing in romance comics Roxy, Marilyn and Serenade. He also contributed to the girls comics Tammy, June and School Friend as well as drawing comics for DC Thomson’s Mandy and Diana. Outside of the UK, he was the first Spanish artist to appear in Warren’s Creepy in 1960. He died in 2017.