Eduardo del Rio, Rius, iconic Mexican cartoonist, died
August 8th at the age of 83.
In the 1960’s, Rius began his social-political educational
comic book series Los Agachados (I’ve
seen the title translated as the “Those Who Stoop Down” and “The Underdogs”).
He wrote and drew two editions of Los
Agachados every month.
His international impact began with the English
translation of Cuba for Beginners (1970) which ultimately led to the
launching of the ‘For Beginners’ series of non-fiction, educational comic books
in trade paperback format (as sort of predecessor to the “For Dummies” books).
His comics covered topics ranging from socialism, capitalism,
religion, soccer, vegetarianism, sex, music, economics, philosophy, history and
ecology.
In the early years of his career, Rius was kidnapped and
threatened by the military and excommunicated from the Catholic Church but just
last December he received an award from Mexico City's Culture Secretariat and
refered to as "a cultural reference in Mexico” .
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