[Meeting…] Ortega y Pacheco

In this section we have seen a wide variety of characters: superheroes of all kinds (The Captain, Flash, Muslim, Pafman), misfits (Brian The Brain, Federik Freak), bank robbers (Rogues), macabre old women with an unhealthy fondness for other people's evil (Mrs. Urraca), rare animals (Garfield, the Animal Soldiers, Rocket Raccoon) and some cavemen (Hug the troglodyte, Laghu either Vandal Savage).

However, today's characters have nothing to do with them, (well, with the cavemen perhaps) since they are two brothers, who despite being as brutal as they are stupid, always find some ingenious way to do one of their particular "acts of justice." The time has come to meet Ortega and Pacheco.

Where are you going? I bring potatoes!

Ortega and Pacheco are two brothers from Murcia, somewhat redneck, dirty, rude, brutish and apparently stupid who They always have a solution for people who go through life deserving "a hell of a lot". They both work for Interview magazine (a clear parody of Interviú magazine) which is why they spend a lot of time surrounded by small-time celebrities who have become famous on television shows, for being mere television puppets or for living off the fame they obtained years ago. Although their job is (supposedly) to report for the magazine, these characters do not hesitate to beat up and ridicule said “celebrities” to calm them down and stop them from so much nonsense, so we could say that Ortega and Pacheco are a kind of unusual vigilantes, since their methods are controversial and unscrupulous.

The “justice acts” of these two brothers are not limited to that list of famous people with an expiration date, they also include world celebrities, politicians and even members of the Royal Family, all of them representing real people of the moment (which has brought more than one legal problem to its creator). In the Kingdom of stupidity, posturing and trash TV, there are many situations to which Ortega and Pacheco have to find a quick solution.

The lack of basic intelligence of these stupid brothers that can be seen in their appearance (said gossip that inspired by the Izquierdo brothers, responsible for the Puerto Hurraco massacre in 1990) stands out with the wide range of professions they carry out, their ingenious ideas to eliminate their enemies (famous resentful people, almost always) and the large amount of resources they have to solve problems of vital importance to them, from avoiding the death of Curro Jiménez using the time jar. to ask the God of the sacred toilet that the colleague who always owes them a few drinks, finally pays them back.

Because yes, those kinds of injustices that we have all experienced are also fixed by these brutal characters. You know the typical idiot who can't stop showing off “his” football team? And the one who laughs at you for being more modern/alternative or whatever? The typical person who tries to tease you by thinking that you are idiots? all of them They will receive what they deserve, either with a slap across the face or in another more elaborate and unpleasant way..

It's not like they're angels either.

Although, it must also be said that Ortega y Pacheco They don't do what they do because they are looking for a better world., they simply do what they want without thinking much about it (and they represent, in a certain way, what many of us would like to do, but we cannot because we have a conscience and there are laws that prohibit it).

Due to their status as brutes, both of them usually manage to get it on with girls who normally wouldn't touch them with a stick, even through tricks and traps or directly resorting to blackmail. On other occasions the brothers' adventures are simply jokes, television commercials or movie scenes mixed with a dose of the insane humor of this pair of rednecks.

At this point it is also worth explaining that Ortega and Pacheco are not recommended characters for everyone, since its humor is crude, vulgar, scatological, phallic and very, very funny (the kind of fun that can make you feel guilty for having laughed at something that is not “politically correct”).

Conclusion and Recommendations

Ortega and Pacheco are two shabby characters that I love, their stupid faces, their particular adventures (which range from making Bud Spencer the Pope of Rome, to cooking Teletubbies) and its constant references to horror and science fiction films such as blade runner, Freaks either Apocalypse Now They quickly gained my sympathy. Also, why deny it, I very much agree with the point of view of the two brothers in most stories.

These characters had a presence in the magazine Thursday from 1998 to 2012, so whoever wants to have a good time with the adventures of these two brothers will have to look in the magazines of those years or in the various compilations that have been published with the adventures of the particular duo.

These compilations have appeared in various collections and formats and have names as diverse as To Distribute, Me cago en mi vida, Tragos Largos, Lo más mejor, ¿A dónde vas? Patatas Traigo either Sexo, carreras y cintas de El Fary. Y si os quedáis con ganas de más, podéis buscar algunos videos que protagonizaron (se podían ver en la página del jueves, a día de hoy también están en youtube) o leer otra obra de Pedro Vera llamada RancioFacts, donde encontraréis un humor similar.