Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Gordo</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-08-21
name: label: graphic artist
content: Arriola, Gus
label: publisher
content: United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
label: author
content: Lizer, Anna
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for the <i>Gordo</i> newspaper comic strip shows Gordo’s nephew ruining the gifts Gordo is bringing his date by trying to explain them scientifically.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Gustavo "Gus" Arriola (1917-2008) was a Mexican American comic artist and animator. He was born in Arizona, and raised by his older sister in a Spanish-speaking home. His first jobs included preparing animation art for Screen Gems and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Arriola's strip, which debuted in 1941, promoted a better understanding of Mexican culture and environmental concerns. The strip was suspended during World War II until 1943, when Arriola began drawing again from his military station. He remained the sole artist and writer on the strip for its entire run.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Gordo</i> (1941-1985) was a strip about a Mexican dirt farmer, drawn with stereotyped attributes. After complaints from his public about his style and message Arriola altered the character to offer a more realistic representation. The strip’s subject was presented as a continuous narrative with daily gags. In later years it included features about Aztec and Mexican history and culture, as well as political and environmental commentary.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Mexicans
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Comic Art
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content: Communications
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22445
label: catalog number
content: 22445
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42.5 cm x 61.1 cm; 16 3/4 in x 24 1/16 in