Douwe Dabbert stories

Pulgarcito (Spanish for "Tom Thumb") was a weekly illustrated magazine of Spain published from June 1921 to 1987 by Editorial Bruguera (originally called El Gato Negro, although it retained a black cat as its logo).

An extremely popular magazine in its early years, Pulgarcito offered short stories, articles, pastimes and jokes, with only a few comic strips. Economic difficulties caused by the Spanish Civil War led to only 13 issues being published between 1945 and 1947, although it recovered after 1952, with comic strips receiving more attention and a stable of new cartoon characters, including:

• Zipi y Zape (characters who later received their own magazine)

• Las Hermanas Gilda

• Carpanta

• Professor Tragacanto

With the demise of the Editorial Bruguera publishing house, Pulgarcito was discontinued.

Some of the Pulgarcito publications included comics about Bermudillo (Douwe Dabbert) as a precursor to the later Bermudillo softcover and (recently) hardcover album editions.