Comments on: RIP Gus Arriola http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: George Usher http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/#comment-928197 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:27:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/#comment-928197 I first became acquainted with Gordo in the St. Louis Post Dispatch sometime in the 40's before I was 10. That and Pogo were my favorite comic strips. And, my favorite recurring theme from Gordo was the annual Christmas strips where the animals reflected on the celebration of the birth of Christ. I continued to read it regularly until I left St. Louis in 1961 and followed it sporadically on visits to the family in St. Louis until it was no longer published there. I didn't realize Gus Arriola died until I saw a tribute to him in the Baldo comic strip on February 20th. My thanks to Cantu and Castellanos for that tribute. I first became acquainted with Gordo in the St. Louis Post Dispatch sometime in the 40’s before I was 10. That and Pogo were my favorite comic strips. And, my favorite recurring theme from Gordo was the annual Christmas strips where the animals reflected on the celebration of the birth of Christ. I continued to read it regularly until I left St. Louis in 1961 and followed it sporadically on visits to the family in St. Louis until it was no longer published there.

I didn’t realize Gus Arriola died until I saw a tribute to him in the Baldo comic strip on February 20th. My thanks to Cantu and Castellanos for that tribute.

]]> by: Lea Hernandez http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/#comment-804784 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:56:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/#comment-804784 I learned SO MUCH from Gus' seemingly modest one or two pages in "Tips from Top Cartoonists." Beautiful work. RIP, amigo. I learned SO MUCH from Gus’ seemingly modest one or two pages in “Tips from Top Cartoonists.” Beautiful work.

RIP, amigo.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/#comment-804531 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:11:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/03/rip-gus-arriola/#comment-804531 Gus Ariola was a master of the humorous serial comicstrip, combining unique characters, expert draftsmanship, and later, bold layouts and colors. A few examples are reprinted in The Comic Strip Century, and I recommend highly the retrospective volume published by the University Press of Mississippi. Gus Ariola was a master of the humorous serial comicstrip, combining unique characters, expert draftsmanship, and later, bold layouts and colors. A few examples are reprinted in The Comic Strip Century, and I recommend highly the retrospective volume published by the University Press of Mississippi.

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