In 1998, Cantú and artist Carlos Castellanos[3] teamed to create the comic stripBaldo, about a 15-year-old Latino-American teenager, Baldomero Bermudez, nickname Baldo, living with his 8-year-old sister Gracie; their father, Sergio; and their aunt, Tia Carmen.[2]Universal Press Syndicate (now Andrews McMeel Syndication) contracted for the strip, and in April 2000 it launched in newspapers, which number nearly 200 as of late 2008.[2] It ranked among Universal Press Syndicate's 5 most successful launches.
Cantú in 2007 said he and Castellanos were prompted to create Baldo
because we were reading comics and looking for characters to identify with and who were like us, and we weren't seeing that on the comics pages. We saw cats, dogs, mice, etc. But not Latinos. Part of what makes America great is that everyone can have a voice, and newspapers recognize that. ... Lots of Baldo stories come from our lives growing up. A lot of stories simply reflect what we see everyday around us and in the newspaper. Why is the main character a teen? Dunno. Maybe that represents an ideal age for us. I think we both recall being 15 as a total laugh riot ... and not in a good way!"[4]
Two Baldo compilation books, The Lower You Ride, The Cooler You Are and Night Of The Bilingual Telemarketers, have been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC.
As of 2007, Cantú is editor and publisher of The Intelligent Collector magazine at Heritage Auctions. He is co-editor of the book Collectible Movie Posters published by Whitman Publishing. He is founding chair of Texas Cartoonists, a regional chapter of the National Cartoonists Society.
Footnotes
^ abTexas Births, 1926-1995, Hector David Cantú, Birth Date: 1961-09-16
^ abcdAshraf, Arooj, . "Baldo: Comic strip entertains and educates, combating racial stereotypes", La Prensa (Ohio & Michigan), October 2008
Pounder, Lori. "Creating ‘Baldo’: Comic strip author Hector Cantú spoke at Summit Middle School Friday", Summit Daily News (Summit County, Colorado), January 18, 2008
January 06, 2023
hector, cantú, born, september, 1961, american, writer, editor, newspaper, comic, strip, creator, best, known, latino, american, strip, baldo, 2008, lives, dallas, texas, bornhector, david, cantú, 1961, september, 1961, weslaco, texas, united, statesnationalit. Hector Cantu born September 16 1961 1 is an American writer editor and newspaper comic strip creator best known for the Latino American strip Baldo As of 2008 he lives in Dallas Texas Hector CantuBornHector David Cantu 1 1961 09 16 September 16 1961 age 61 Weslaco Texas United StatesNationalityAmericanArea s WriterNotable worksBaldo Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life and career 1 2 Baldo 1 3 Later career 2 Footnotes 3 External linksBiography EditEarly life and career Edit Cantu created his first cartoon at age 12 for a community newspaper in Crystal City Texas owned by his brother inspired by Mad magazine cartoonists Sergio Aragones and Antonio Prohias 2 He attended Skyline High School in Dallas where he was editor of the school newspaper He studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin where he was an assistant managing editor at The Daily Texan He later worked as a reporter and editor at the San Antonio Light the Dallas Times Herald and The Dallas Morning News He was managing editor of Hispanic Business magazine in Santa Barbara California He has written freelance for the Los Angeles Times Magazine The Hollywood Reporter and D Magazine 3 Cantu is among the 21 Latino comic book and comic strip authors and artists featured in comic historian Frederick Luis Aldama s 2009 book Your Brain on Latino Comics Baldo Edit In 1998 Cantu and artist Carlos Castellanos 3 teamed to create the comic strip Baldo about a 15 year old Latino American teenager Baldomero Bermudez nickname Baldo living with his 8 year old sister Gracie their father Sergio and their aunt Tia Carmen 2 Universal Press Syndicate now Andrews McMeel Syndication contracted for the strip and in April 2000 it launched in newspapers which number nearly 200 as of late 2008 2 It ranked among Universal Press Syndicate s 5 most successful launches Cantu in 2007 said he and Castellanos were prompted to create Baldo because we were reading comics and looking for characters to identify with and who were like us and we weren t seeing that on the comics pages We saw cats dogs mice etc But not Latinos Part of what makes America great is that everyone can have a voice and newspapers recognize that Lots of Baldo stories come from our lives growing up A lot of stories simply reflect what we see everyday around us and in the newspaper Why is the main character a teen Dunno Maybe that represents an ideal age for us I think we both recall being 15 as a total laugh riot and not in a good way 4 Two Baldo compilation books The Lower You Ride The Cooler You Are and Night Of The Bilingual Telemarketers have been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC The Spanish language television network Univision optioned the strip for an animated television series 2 Later career Edit As of 2007 Cantu is editor and publisher of The Intelligent Collector magazine at Heritage Auctions He is co editor of the book Collectible Movie Posters published by Whitman Publishing He is founding chair of Texas Cartoonists a regional chapter of the National Cartoonists Society Footnotes Edit a b Texas Births 1926 1995 Hector David Cantu Birth Date 1961 09 16 a b c d Ashraf Arooj Baldo Comic strip entertains and educates combating racial stereotypes La Prensa Ohio amp Michigan October 2008 a b BaldoComics com Los Creators Baldo Creators Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos Discuss Comics USINFO Webchat transcript August 23 2007External links Edit Labor of Laughter The Eugene OR Register Guard March 31 2018 For Comic Strip Authors In The Trump Era No Art Should Live In A Vacuum National Public Radio January 21 2018 Comics Meet the Artist With Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos Cartoonists Baldo WashingtonPost com Webchat July 12 2002 Baldo Creators Draw Attention to National Literacy Day Universal Press Syndicate press release June 18 2004 Hooten Jeffery D Baldo writer addresses his work at Texas Union The Daily Texan University of Texas at Austin September 12 2007 updated January 9 2009 Astor Dave Baldo Strip Includes What The War Series Mostly Omits Editor amp Publisher September 24 2007 via DefendTheHonor org Pounder Lori Creating Baldo Comic strip author Hector Cantu spoke at Summit Middle School Friday Summit Daily News Summit County Colorado January 18 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hector Cantu amp oldid 1065848962, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
