Gente Menuda covers

Twenty-five covers for the 1930s Spanish publication Gente Menuda by Francisco López Rubio (1895–1965) and others From the collection of Museo ABC in Madrid and with great thanks to curator Felipe Hernández Cava and my friend Alfonso Melendez Gente Menuda, 1933, cover by Lopez Rubio These covers come from two exhibits curated by Felipe Hernández Cava for Museo ABC: one on Gente Menuda, the other on Francisco López Rubio. Gente Menuda first appeared in 1904 as a children's supplement of Blanco y Negro. Its heyday and real popularity occurred from 1932 up until the Spanish Civil War. Some of the artists involved were Salvador Bartolozzi, Piti Bartolozzi, Masberger, Ramírez, Tauler, Tono, Viera Sparza, K-Hito, Barbero, Alonso, A.T.C., Hidalgo de Caviedes, Climent, Serny, Mihura, and Hortelano. Curator Felipe Hernández Cava is also one of Spain's best comic strip writers, starting out in the El Cubri collective. Much gratitude to the ABC Museum staff for sending the two catalogs. Alfonso Melendez, who introduced me to this world of illustration, shows a lot of his own work and the work of his brother, illustrator Francisco Melendez, on his Facebook page. Gente Menuda, 1933, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1934, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1932, cover by Felix AlonsoGente Menuda, 1935, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1936, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1936, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1932, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1932, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1933, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1933, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1934, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1934, cover by Lopez RubioGente Menuda, 1932, cover by A.T.C. (Angeles Torner Cervera)Gente Menuda, 1932, cover by A.T.C. (Angeles Torner Cervera)Gente Menuda, 1931, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1934, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1934, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1934, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1935, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1936, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1934, cover by Lopez Rubio Sometimes familiar-looking characters make guest appearances: Gente Menuda, 1936, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1933, cover by López Rubio Gente Menuda, 1936, cover by López Rubio This post first appeared on October 10, 2013 on 50 Watts