Saint Marcellin Champagnat, painted for Marist
Brothers of Esteli
BELOW: art found on NewsArt.com
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Meet
Pedro Molina
Who am I?
Pedro Xavier Molina Blandón.
What
do I do?
I draw things... illustrations, cartoons, my opinions. Besides my
work as an op-ed illustrator for several newspapers in America, I work as
political cartoonist for “EL NUEVO DIARIO”
a national circulation newspaper here in Nicaragua, I’m in charge of a
12 page weekly satire magazine named “EL ALACRÁN”
for the paper I work for. My editorial cartoons are distributed by
Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate.
My
illustrations and/or cartoons have been printed in several
newspapers and magazines around this little globe, from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, to the Hong Kong
Standard, Japan Times, World Press Review magazine, Morada (Spain), Zapp
(Denmark), and Newsweek (Latin American Edition).
Where
did I get my training?
Since I
was young I have been more interested in the “muñequitos” of the
magazines than in the boring classes of mathematics. After finishing school
I moved to the University of San Carlos in the Republic of Guatemala where
I began to study Graphic Design, but I missed my old shoes and returned to
my country a year later to continuing my studies at the Polytechnical
University of Nicaragua where I published my first drawings in an college
magazine, and won the “Alma Mater” prize for cartooning in an annual
competition.
This
same year my first political cartoon appeared in Barricada (a Nicaraguan
national newspaper, now defunct). After that, editor’s doors were open
and published cartoons in diverse newspapers and other publications.
What
do I love to do?
Draw things, illustrations, cartoons, my opinions… and, oh! I’d like
to be a good guitar player too, but deadlines don’t leave time to do
both things at the same time. I like to spend time with my girlfriend and
friends, drive off-road, play
with CADIR, my Rottweiler puppy, (when he
doesn’t want to eat me), read GOOD comics,
and watch movies (if they are
animated movies, that's better).
What
do I believe? That
God has blessed me in many ways in my life, in my work, my family and
friends, (thanks pal!) and that President Bush should not get a
second term.
What
else would I like?
To increase my participation on the Op-ed pages. Would you, kind editor,
please, help me with that?...
Where
do I live?
Didn’t I say that earlier? In Estelí, a small city up in
the north of Nicaragua, Central America.
Where
do I work?
At home, 150 kilometers from my nearest editor, (isn’t that
great?)
Pedro and Urania
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Recent cover of El Alacran
El Alacran --
Movie Poster Political parodies
El Alacran -- Comic Book parodies
Two cartoons from Newsweek
From Zapp (Denmark)
From Morada (Spain)
BELOW: various cartoons
and illustrations
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