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'Gordo' cartoonist, Carmel resident Gus Arriola dies
The Monterey County Herald ^
| February 3, 2008
| Dennis Taylor
Posted on 02/03/2008 7:57:32 PM PST by EveningStar
Gustavo "Gus" Arriola, the celebrated Mexican-American cartoonist who created the strip known as "Gordo," died Saturday at his Carmel home after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 90...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: americana; americanculture; arriola; cartoonists; comics; gordo; gusarriola; obituary
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A giant of American culture has passed.
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To: EveningStar
never heard of him or the cartoon
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:00:57 PM PST
by
SunnyUsa
(I'm not one of those "who are we to judge?" people)
To: SunnyUsa
To: SunnyUsa
Never heard of him either.
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:05:18 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: Kirkwood
To: EveningStar
I remember the strip when I was a kid. I grew up around a lot of Hispanics in the desert of SoCal.
Gordo had barnyard animals capable of speaking with one another and they were owned by a big fat Mexican with a pencil thin mustache.
It was an interesting comic. Rest in Peace, Mr. Arriola.
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:12:48 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: The KG9 Kid
To: EveningStar
What’s your problem? He obviously wasn’t a nationally syndicated cartoonist.
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:13:34 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:13:44 PM PST
by
Krankor
(kROGER)
To: Krankor; EveningStar
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:15:04 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: EveningStar
RIP Gus, you brought much pleasure to a lot of us. People in Superior, AZ, where I grew up and later worked, always thought that Pelon (baldy) the bar keep, was taken from a local who owned “Chapo’s Place” and ran a card game in the back room (It wasn’t true of course but that never stops a good story).
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:17:10 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: Kirkwood
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:18:40 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Krankor
Not quite. But I’m up there. :)
To: EveningStar
OK. I like the way he drew the little animals. Very cute.
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:23:28 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: EveningStar; All
I grew up on the border. I remember Gordo. He drove a little bus named La Cometa Halley (Halley's Comet) among other things.
That comic strip was enjoyed by all of us back in those days. (Both Anglo and Hispanic found it funny)
Gordo probably wouldn't be published today because of PC crap.
BTW, "Gordo" means "fat man".
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:24:13 PM PST
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Fiddlstix
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To: Fiddlstix
BTW, "Gordo" means "fat man" I know! LOL!
To: EveningStar
Who?
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posted on
02/03/2008 8:27:04 PM PST
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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