This is my tribute toon which will appear in my daily comic strip, La Cucaracha later this month. So many in Mexico and Latin America read his historical and didactic comic books that his monument should be this: an average Jose reading a comic.
Eduardo Humberto del Río García (June 20, 1934 – August 8, 2017) was a Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer who created some of the most memorable political comics in history. And he influenced not only readers, but cartoonists everywhere through his prolific amount of books explaining and commenting on all topics, especially religion, Marxism and even vegetarianism. He influenced this cartoonist to try to not only be political, but to be instructive as well. RIP RIUS. #GraciasRius