Rius

Eduardo Humberto del Río García, better known by his pen name Rius, was a Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer born in Zamora, Michoacán.
One of the most popular Mexican cartoonists, Rius has written over a hundred books that remain widely popular, especially amongst his Mexican readers. Rius was a fierce political activist, and his progressive and left-wing point of view is often present in his writings, accompanied by a strong criticism about neoliberal Mexican doctrines, US Government policies, and the Catholic Church. He used to be an open advocate of the Cuban revolution as in Cuba for Beginners and a strong Soviet bloc sympathizer until the end of the Cold War.
In the 1960s he began cartooning in magazines and newspapers, sometimes regarding political themes. He made two famous comics, Los Supermachos and Los agachados, which were a humorous criticism of the Mexican government. After his successes with these, he made many books, all illustrated and written by hand by him and covering a range of topics on politics, vegetarianism, and religion. His books have become popular mainly because of their humour, which attempts to reach the general reader, as well as for their simplicity and intellectual acuteness. They give an overview of their theme without becoming difficult.
In 1970, the first English edition of Rius's book Cuba para principiantes, a humorous comic strip presentation of Cuban history and revolution, was published in the United States as Cuba for Beginners. The book made no particularly great impact, but the 1976 English language publication of Marx for Beginners, a translation of his Marx para principiantes, a comic strip representation of the life and ideas of Karl Marx, became an international bestseller and kicked off the For Beginners series of books from Writers and Readers and later Icon Books.
In the 1990s, he participated in two political humour magazines: El Chahuistle and El Chamuco.
His success and long career have made him a reference point to the newer generations of political cartoonists in México. Mexican director Alfonso Arau made Calzonzin Inspector, a live action film based on characters appearing in Los Supermachos that was released in 1974.
He died on August 8, 2017, at the age of 83.

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Selected bibliography of Rius's books

Economía para ignorantes.
Filosofía para principiantes
La panza es primero
Marx para principiantes
Puré de Papas
500 años fregados pero cristianos
ABChe
Kama Nostra Our Bed
Cuba para principiantes
La Biblia: Esa linda tontería
La deuda externa y cómo no pagarla
Manual del perfecto ateo
Mis supermachos
La Iglesia y otros cuentos
Lástima de Cuba
Los Panuchos
Machismo, feminismo y homosexualismo
El pequeño Rius Ilustrado
Rius para principiantes
Herejes, ateos y malpensados
Cómo dejar de comer
La mamá del Quijote
De músico, poeta y loco...
Cristo de carne y hueso
Jesús alias el Cristo
Filatelia para cuerdos
RecetaRIUS: 100 propuestas para salvar lo que queda de México
Con perdón de Doré
Su Majestad el PRI
El católico preguntón
Pobrecito Japón
Marihuana y otras debilidades
Osama Tío Sam
El libro de las malas palabras
El fracaso de la educación en México
El diablo se llama Trotsky
El mundo del fin del mundo
De aborto, sexo y otros pecados
Descubriendo a Colón
La cultura no muerde
El otro Rius
La interminable conquista de México
El amor en tiempos del SIDA
La droga que refresca
Cuba libre
¡Ya te vimos, Pinochet!
Diccionario de estupidez humana
Sería católico jesucristo?
MAS herejes, ateos y malpensados
La verdadera historia del tío Sam
Marihuana, cocaína y otros viajes
El supermercado de las sectas
Trukulenta historia del kapitalismo
La revolucioncita mexicana
TodoRius
Votas y te vas
Horóscopos, tarot y otras tomadas de pelo
Atlas para niños y niñas
Quetzalcóatl no era del PRI
''Los agachados ''