Pafman
| Pafman |
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| Created by: | Joaquín Cera |
| Genre: | Humor, slapstick |
| Publisher: | Editorial Bruguera, Ediciones B |
| Original publication period: | 1987-1996 and 2004–present |
| Country of origin: |
 Spain
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| Language of origin: | Spanish |
Pafman is a Spanish comic character created by cartoonist Joaquín Cera in 1987, protagonist of the series of the same name. The main characters of the strip are Pafman, a bungling superhero and his sidekick Pafcat, an anthropomorphic cat and inventor. Both of them cause many disasters while fighting supervillains.
Pafman is a clumsy, bungling superhero who is determined to fight evil, even though people probably would be better off without him. The name of the series is an obvious pun with Batman but the two characters have very little in common. The mood of the comic is based on non stopping jokes and for this the author use surreal situations, slapstick, puns, breaking the fourth wall and parodies. There are also influences from manga. A good example of the level of weirdness that the comic could reach up is in the strip titled El caso de las gafas churrifocales that begins with a confidant of Pafman being killed by "four hundred masked men with glasses and Mexican hats" (which appear from nowhere) and ends with the hero defeating the villain, an anthropomorphic chair, throwing termites, as he had known the nature of his enemy while reading the script of the story.
Pafman is accompanied by his faithful assistant Pafcat, an anthropomorphic cat coming out of the mutation of a friend of Pafman and a domestic cat (they were stuck in a washing machine along with 1 kg of plutonium) who has the ability to design quirky inventions.
The most frequent villain is "El Enmascarado Negro" ("Black Masqued)", a bandit dressed all in black and with an N on his chest. His face is never seen, as he is always wearing a hood under the other hood. He is able to commit all sorts of evil acts, from stealing the brick of a construction to summon a demon to destroy the planet. In newest strips (2004 onwards) Pafman and Pafcat are also accompanied by Pafman's niece Tina Tonas, a very attractive young cop who seems to have inherited all the intelligence of her family and the Professor Fuyú, an elderly scientist.
Pafman and Pafcat live in Logroño City, a megacity that only resembles the real Logroño in its name, that has a jungle, a beach, a statue with a torch and anything required by the plot of the strip.
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