Cuban Comics Collection

The Cuban Comics Collection contains comics that were published and created between 1965 and 1996. Some of the books are commemorative and include previously printed editions. The collection contains work done by artists such as Argentinian Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, known as "Quino", the creator of Mafalda, and Carlos Giménez, from Spain, creator of Paracuellos, a landmark work that was an autobiographical series that touched upon his childhood experiences after the Spanish Civil War.

The themes contained in the collection are many and diverse, from humor, to satire, to the literary in the form of adaptations of literary stories, as well as themes of historical and political interest such as the Cuban Revolution and its ideals, and Ernesto Che Guevara. The children’s comic books contain entertaining, as well as educational stories and activities, that reflect the values considered important for children growing up in Cuba. The timespan of the collection covers the early years of Cuba after the revolution, to the years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, an event that greatly affected the Cuban economy. There is a thematic and stylistic continuity that showcases the humor, political, cultural, and intellectual life of post-revolutionary Cuba that remains consistent throughout the passage of time that is reflected in the comic books.