Purita Campos

Purificación Campos Sánchez was a Spanish comics artist, illustrator and painter. One of most successful Spanish comics artists of the twentieth century, she created the legendary comics soap opera Patty’s World with writer Phillip Douglas. Running initially in Princess Tina, it survived the cancellation of multiple comics to run rom 1971 to 1988 and was translated into Spanish, Dutch, German and Greek. She received several high profile awards in recognition to her significant contribution to comics art, including the Medal of Merit of Fine arts in 2009 and the Barcelona Comic Book Fair’s Grand Prix in 2013. She died in 2019.