Pedro de Rojas

Pedro De Rojas was a pioneer in Spanish comics. Born in Sevilla, he was a pupil of Muriel and later attended the School of Fine Arts in Madrid. He was one of the driving forces behind the Madrid weekly magazine Juan Rana (1897-1901). He cooperated on a great number of other magazines, such as Blanco y Negro, La Gran Vía, Madrid Cómico and Satiricón. He emigrated to Cuba in 1903, and settled in Argentina in 1906. In Buenos Aires, he cooperated on P.E.T. magazine and several other periodicals.