“Ricardo Caté is truly a treasure – first he makes me laugh, then he makes me think,” says Monique Fragua (Jemez Pueblo), Vice President of Operations at IPCC. He grew up influenced by the cartoons of Don Martin and Sergio Aragonés in Mad Magazine, and uses humor to show aspects of Native American life, comment on current and historical events, and to just make people laugh. I mean, how did that happen? When you’re three times more popular than Peanuts, I start thinking, ‘wow!’” “Of the thousands and thousands of Santa Fe New Mexican readers, 80 percent are non-Native. “Right now, Without Reservations is the number one cartoon in Santa Fe,” says Ricardo. A witty, engaging, and provocative exhibit featuring Ricardo’s works is showing in the Art Through Struggle Gallery inside the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) now through Jan. Ricardo Caté of Santo Domingo/Kewa Pueblo is known for Without Reservations, the only Native American cartoon featured in a mainstream daily newspaper, which currently runs in the Santa Fe New Mexican and Taos News.
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