Author: Gilda Miros
Bio: losseres@bellsouth.net
Editorial Losseres
A PORTRAIT OF PUERTO RICO; A BOOK OF SATIRICAL CARTOONS FOR YOUNG AND OLD, FOCUSING ON PUERTO RICAN POLITICS OF THE 1940’S, BY GRAPHIC ARTIST FERNANDO LUIS CONESA. COMPILED BY GILDA MIRÓS.

A Portrait of Puerto Rico, a unique 240-page, 8.3/8 x 10.7/8 book, containing drawings and caricatures, of Puerto Rican politics of 1944, all published by El Imparcial newspaper. This rare paperback publication also contains cartoons strips by Fernando Luis Conesa; a master graphic artist of the early 1940’s. Conesa, an editorial cartoonist had the courage to question political motives and throw barbs at the politicians of the day. The draftsman also has the distinct honor of creating Cheo; the longest - running cartoon in Latin America; which to this day is still published daily. 

“Editorial Losseres is looking to lure the fast-growing bilingual 18-to-34 market, which is a key to our political future. The public has always enjoyed the art of combining graphic design and political satire,” says compiler Gilda Mirós. “This book is a historical collection of 61-year-old socio-political drawings, depicting conflicts, hopes and plenty of humor, that all will enjoy”, she adds. Due to be released in September, 2005, A Portrait of Puerto Rico is a fascinating must for educators, history and art students, or simply people that read the comics, and want to learn more about Puerto Rico.

Included are biographical data of the politicians implicated, a brief chronological history of Puerto Rico, and interviews with mayoress, Felisa Rincón de Gautier and Victoria Muñoz Mendoza, daughter of the late Muñoz Marín and who ran for the governor post during the 1996 elections.
It is A Portrait of Puerto Rico that most have never seen.