Núria Pompeia was a cartoonist, journalist and graphic artist. Her cartoons were published in Diari de Barcelona, Oriflama Vindicación Feminista and Charlie Hebdo, and her work was characterised by a critical and defiant tone towards the bourgeoisie and male chauvinism. She illustrated posters and magazines for activities linked to the feminist movement, and wrote cultural articles for La Vanguardia.
Born in the Eixample district, she spent most of her life in Sarrià. Her first graphic work, Maternasis, was published in 1967, and during the 1970s her cartoons appeared in Oriflama. Among other distinctions, she received the Medalla d’Or de Barcelona in 2000, and the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2007.
She was an illustrator, journalist and cartoonist in publications like Oriflama, Diari de Barcelona, Vindicación Feminista and Charlie Hebdo and was known for a tone that challenged the prevailing bourgeoisie and male chauvinism.