José Escobar Saliente

José Escobar Saliente was a Spanish comic book writer and artist, born in Barcelona. He signed as Escobar, and is most famous for his creation Zipi y Zape, as well as the character Carpanta. He was also an author and a theater actor, as well as one of the pioneers of animation in Spain during the 1920s, and worked on early Spanish animated movies, such as La ratita que barría la escalerita. ^{José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1994)}

22 October 1908

Born on the same birth date (22 October 1908): John Gould (columnist)

Born on the same birth day (22 October): Bobby Blotzer • Hans-Peter Tschudi • Helmut Lotti • Joachim Jungius • Louis Riel • Robert Rauschenberg • Saidy Janko • Sheila Sherwood • Sumito Estévez

Born in the same month (October 1908): Dmitry Ustinov • Harry Hooton • Hjördis Petterson • John Tuzo Wilson • Joshua Logan • Lee Wiley • Mercè Rodoreda • Niyazi Berkes • Red Rolfe • Wally Prigg