Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by transcribing and exploring the book Primer Curso de Caricatura by Abril Lamarque. Lamarque was a Cuban-born graphic designer, illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist, art director, and amateur magician. He is credited with creating in the early 1920s the first Spanish language comic strip that was not translated from English, Monquito. Monquito is featured in this 1925 instructional book. Transcribe the Spanish text and learn from the master of caricatures himself- Abril Larmarque!
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by transcribing and exploring the book Primer Curso de Caricatura by Abril Lamarque. Lamarque was Cuban-born a graphic designer, illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist, art director, and amateur magician. He is credited with creating in the early 1920s the first Spanish language comic strip that was not translated from English, Monquito. Monquito is featured in this 1925 instructional book. Transcribe the Spanish text and learn from the master of caricatures himself- Abril Larmarque!
Abril Lamarque's papers, including hundreds of Monquito comics and Lamarque's instructional guidelines on illustration and design have been fully digitized. Explore the Abril Lamarque Papers on the Archives of American Art website.