Camera-ready comic strip, entitled "Gordo".
date: label: date made
content: 8/27/1966
name: label: graphic artist
content: Arriola, Gus
label: publisher
content: United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: "Gordo", created and drawn by Gustavo "Gus" Arriola (1917-2008), ran from 1941 to 1985, distributed by United Feature Syndicate. The strip followed the life of Mexican bean farmer Perfecto Salazar "Gordo" Lopez, who lost his lease on his land and had to travel throughout Mexico as a tour guide. The artist used the tours as a vehicle to introduce Mexico and its people to the wider world. Arriola often used a comic penname for Sunday comic strips, often a phonetic pun of a recognizable word or phrase, i.e., "Anne Teak" (Antique). In this strip, a drunken New Year's celebration causes Juanito to pass out.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Mexicans
label: Subject
content: Communication, broadsides
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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: 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.22559
label: catalog number
content: 22559
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: 15.9 cm x 51.9 cm; 6 1/4 in x 20 7/16 in