He didn't have time for more, he, who dedicated all his time to fantasizing while he drew. If Francisco Ibáñez could, he would surely make Mortadelo or Filemón give him a good slap to death – he died on July 15 of last year – for not having waited for him to leave his last work finished, cared for and without delay, as was usual in it.
The Bruguera publishing house explained yesterday in a statement that "it is an honor to share with the readers of Maestro Francisco Ibáñez the publication of the latest adventure of Mortadelo and Filemón, the most beloved secret agents in history."
This installment can be purchased on April 4 and will have 20 pages of script and pencil drawing where "we can appreciate the meticulous work and dynamism that characterize this great comic master."
As you can see in the photo, there is the pencil work, pending coloring, plus the script next to it, typewritten, which was to fill the sandwiches. Together they allow us to know what their creative process was like.
This comic is part of the series that Ibáñez has dedicated to the Olympic Games for decades, this time set in the French capital. Paris 2024 is the title of the album and will be part of the volume Magos del Humor 222. This story is published as Ibáñez left it, as was the case with the unfinished works of the Franco-Belgian author Hergé, including Tintín and El arte Alfa. Although this posthumous work is not finished as Ibáñez would have liked to put it on sale, it is more than likely that it will be the best-selling comic of this spring.
