Cubanisms

Pedro García-Menocal is a writer and lawyer. He is the son of noted Cuban artist Pedro G. Menocal and the great-grandson of Mario García-Menocal, the third president of Cuba. Pedro is a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University. Gustavo “Garrincha” Rodriguez is a Cuban illustrator and comic artist residing in Miami, FL. He published his first cartoon, a comic strip, in 1986 in Cuba. Nineteen years later he left Cuba for the United States. Rodriguez describes his art and illustrations as peaceful translations. “An illustrator is a traffic cop.”

1 – El Lenguaje de la Cocina: Abuela’s Way of Showing Love

2 – Oido en la Escuela: Kids, from the Classroom to the Playground

3 – Saints and Sinners: Spirituality and Superstition in Cuba

4 – La Panchanga: Music and Dancing and Drinking

5 – Friends and Enemies

6 – Money, Politics, and Business

7 – Expresiones del Cubanaso: How to Speak Cuban

8 – Boberias and Tarecos: Cuban Things

10 – Lo Bueno, lo malo, y lo feo: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly