Titles and Publications
While comics were becoming very more popular in the 1960s, it was the 1970s and 1980s where they truly became mainstream. Many of the most well known titles opened in these two decades, only to be shuttered in the 1990s due to paper and other supply shortages. These shortages came about because of an economic downturn during that period caused by repeated embargoes leveled at the country by the United States and others.
Most of these titles did not only have comics, but also included activities and puzzles that provided lessons on geography, anthropology, and politics.
Palante, 1961, First published as a humor weekly.
Closed down November 1990.
El Pionero, Juan Padron Blanco's "Elpidio
Valdes" first published in Pionero in 1970.
C-Línea, Grupo P-Ele (the comics department of
the Latin American information agency, Prensa
Latina), launched the journal in 1973, devoted to
comic art. It was the first attempt in Cuba to
study comics thoroughly. It only published
14 issues (Carrasco, 154).
Dedeté, February 14, 1979. bi-monthly humor
magazine started edited by cartoonist
Migue (Miguelito). Closed down November 1990.
Zunzún, Zunzún first published October 1980.
Bijirita, February 24, 1985, Bijirita
first published quarterly
Muñe, El Muñe first published 1985 as a
weekly tabloid
Cómicos first published December 1985,
monthly comic book
Mi Barrio, September 1996. Despite
difficulties and the shortage of paper,
a new comics magazine appeared in
September 1996, Mi barrio, supported
economically by the Comite´s de
Defensa de la Revolucio´n (CDR) and
the Unio´n de Escritores y Artistas
de Cuba (UNEAC)
Pásalo
¡Aventuras!
Mella
Zig Zag
La Picua
Pablo
