"There's not any real attempt to render with precision verisimilitude the human character," Nericcio said. His work is showcased in the new Comic-Con Museum exhibit "Trino's World." Trino, at the end of this cycle, is just a very accomplished, funny, silly, dirty comic book comedian."Ī collection of Camacho’s work has been gathered for "Trino's World" at the Comic-Con Museum.Ĭomic-Con Museum Cartoonist Jose Trinidad Camacho, better known as Trino. "And then moving into the 20th century, you have a cartoonist like Rius, who was known for his left wing satirical revolutionary comics. "I guess it would start with José Guadalupe Posada with his printmaking shop in Mexico City," Nericcio explained. He loves his puns, so nothing deep."īut Nericcio also noted that Mexico has a rich tradition of sequential art that Trino is a part of. On a recent tour he stopped to look at the "Chuy" strip (above) and noted with a smile, "It's just a two-panel joke playing on the funniness that 'Chuy' is a nickname and 'Chewy' is Chewbacca. William Nericcio is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University, where he also works with the Center for Comics Studies, and is the author of " Tex-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the 'Mexican' in America."
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