TRICK OR TREAT!

BOO!

REBECCA'S 6TH BIRTHDAY!

 

 

Observing Labor Day

 

                                          Take a deep breath and just relax!

Happy 9th Birthday, Emiliano!

I'm fortunate enough to be blessed with the company of several children who make my life brighter, happier and way more meaningful each day. Emiliano is one of those great kids who keep me on my toes. He's 9 years old today. I'm looking forward to celebrating many, many more birthdays with him! 

GRANDPARENTS DAY!

                                               Sometimes I forget I am now a grandfather!!!

SEAN CONNERY'S 90th BIRTHDAY!

 As Sir Sean Connery reaches the 90 year mark, I'd like to post my 20 favorite Connery non-Bond films. 

                                     

                                  

                                  

                               

                                    

And of course, he's still the best James Bond ever!

 

HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY, SIR SEAN CONNERY!

SIXTY-NINE!

If sex was a number, it would be sixty nine. In numerology, 69 is a number of idealism,  family and harmony. It is also a number of health and compassion.  It is the natural number following 68 and preceding 70.  In roman numerals, it's LXIX.  

                  Whatever it means, one thing is certain: I am getting older but not any wiser.
                     And as long as I can keep getting birthdays, everything will be just fine!

KING FOR A DAY!

May 30th is San Fernando's Day and since my grandfather was also named Fernando, I will be celebrating for both of us today. Actually, this date commemorates King Ferdinand III of Castile who died on May 30, 1252.  He was one of the most successful kings of Castile and in 1671 he was canonized by Pope Clement X.  In the United States, the city of San Fernando and the San Fernando Valley are named after him and placed under his patronage.  So, hail King Ferdinand!

TO ALL THE KIDS...

Even I used to be a kid, many, many, many, many years ago!

A VERY HEARTFELT THANK YOU NOTE

To all my friends and relatives who sent nice comments, congratulations, compliments and good wishes on my 50th Anniversary as a Cartoonist, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart! I tried to answer each and every one of you personally but if I missed someone, here's a big THANK YOU to cover you all! And I'm hoping to hear from you again on my next 50th!

MY 50th ANNIVERSARY!

It was 50 years ago, on April, 1970, that I began my career as a professional cartoonist. My first printed comic strips appeared on the April issue of  LA GARRAPATA, a well-known political satire magazine at that time and thus began my meteoric rise from absolute obscurity to complete mediocrity!

Okay, so those first strips were not very good, but I didn't give up in spite of popular demand to the contrary and here I am, fifty years later, still trying to do as best as I can.
In those early days, I was lucky enough to find some charitable editors who saw some possibilities in my work and hired me to continue my journey as a cartoonist.

These are some samples of those first years when I tackled whatever came my way: