February 20, 2008 7:29 am
I missed the news: Gus Arriola died on February 4, in Carmel, California. He was 90.
Heck, I’ve missed his strip, Gordo, for years. One of a kind — Arriola’s work alone was worth the price of any newspaper that carried it.
It wasn’t until I was in college that I realized the strip was a real ground breaker, a vanguard of Mexican-Americans in daily newspapers.
Really good strips are just really good strips.
So long, Gus.
Tip of the old scrub brush to Baldo’s Tia Carmen, for the news.
Copyright © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate
Posted by Ed Darrell
Categories: Cartoons, History, Newspapers
Tags: Cartoons, Gordo, Gus Arriola, Media, Newspapers
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