Cartooning in Latin America

Argumento

Cartoons and comics have played important roles in the political and social processes of Latin American for more than a century. This book coalesces, for the first time in one volume, aspects of comic art of the entire region, capturing historical backgrounds, documenting trends, problems and situations of comic art in contemporary settings; and profiling cartoonists, comics characters, titles, and genres.

Ten countries of Central and South America and Spanish Caribbean are dealt with in separate chapters. Comic art forms/media that are subjects of chapters are animation, caricature, comic books, comic strips, humor magazines, and political cartoons. Approaches include historical and contemporary overviews, cartoonist profiles, and comic/cartoon character analyses. Authors of the chapters represent some of the most knowledgeable individuals in Latin American comic art.

Contents: Latin American Comic Art: An Overview , John A. Lent.

Argentine Comics: History, Andrés Accorsi.

Argentine Comics Today: A Foreigne's Perspective, Jeff Williams.

Oesterheld, The Literacy Voice of Argentine Comics, Ana Merino.

"Inodoro Pereyra", a "Gaucho" in the Pampa of Paper and Ink, Ana Merino.

Children's Comics in Brazil: From Chiquinho to Mónica, a Difficult Journey, Waldomiro C.S. Vergueiro.

Brazilian Adult Comics: The Age of Market, Nadilson Manoel da Silva.

Brazilian Superheroes in Search of Their Own Identities, Waldomiro C.S. Vergueiro.

Brazilian Pornographic Comics: Eroticism in the World of Carlos Zéfiro. Waldomiro C.S. Vergueiro.

The Comic Book in a "Revolutionary Process": Chile in 1973, David Kunzle.

Chile's La Firme versus ITT, David Zunzle.

Chile's Pepo, Much More Than a Condorito, Jorge Montealegre Iturra.

Vignette: El Condor Pasa (The Passage of the Condor).

Comics Production in Colombia, Daniel Rabanal.

Vignette: Comic Art in Colombia: A Short Historical Journey.

Cuban Political, Social Commentary Cartoons, John A. Lent.

Parallel Lives: A History of Comics and Animated Cartoons in Cuba, Dario Mogno.

Always the Other One: Salomón Caridad Blanco de la Cruz.

Dawn, Noon, and Dusk of a Tumultuous Narrative: The Evolution of Mexican Comic Art, Armando Bartra.

Róger Sßnchez's "Humor Erótico" and the Semana Cómica: A Sexual Revolution in Sandinista Nicaragua?, David Kunzle.

Peruvian Comics: The Early Years, Mario Lucioni.

Conversations with Three Peruvian Cartoonists, John A. Lent and Teresa Archambeault.

Cartooning in Uruguay: A Short History, Daniel Puch.

(Mis)fortune in a High Barren Plain: A Personal View of Comic Art in Uruguay, Carlos M. Federici.

Venezuela's Alonso and the Art of Leaving it All to Art, Gisela Gil-Egui