Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this essay, Juan Acevedo outlines the guidelines he has developed and used at his workshops focused on the creation of comic strips as a popular medium of communication, in particular at the Taller de Historieta del Taller de Publicaciones [Comic [...]

In this text, Juan Acevedo explains the cartoon methodology as a means of popular communication. He summarizes the system he developed in a number of workshops he gave on the topic, workshops that culminated in November 1979 with the Primer Taller [...]

In this essay the Peruvian cartoonist Juan Acevedo discusses his personal experiences with his workshop participants—most of whom were young fighters with the Sandinista insurgency—noting the similarities between what they do and what a [...]