Rafael Barajas Durán, better known by his
pen name
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("The Rubbernecker" or "The Peeper"
in
Spanish
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) is a
Mexican cartoonist
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and illustrator who received the 1999 for Editorial Cartooning.
The son of a schoolteacher and a psychoanalyst, Barajas was born on 1 January 1956 in
Mexico City
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and graduated from the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
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(UNAM) in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in Architecture.
At the age of 20 he decided to become a cartoonist and eventually sent collaborations to the Sunday supplement of ''
Unomásuno'' (1981–1984), designed covers for ''
Nexos'' magazine (1984–1986) and received a
Guggenheim Fellowship
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(2003) to study dissenting political cartoonists in Mexico who worked between 1872 and 1910.
According to himself, Barajas is also a committed
leftist
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activist who has led campaigns to support the
Zapatista rebels in
Chiapas
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and regularly promote student involvement in politics.
He has co-directed satirical magazines such as (1994–1997) and (1997–2000)
and, since 1984, he contributes regularly to , a left-leaning newspaper published in the Mexican capital.
Books
* ("Selected Leftovers", 1987).
* ("I am being carried away by NAFTA", 1993).
* ("The Six-Years Term Makes Me Laugh", 1994).
* ("How to Survive Neoliberalism Without Failing To Be Mexican", 1996).
* ("Towards a Global Mishmash of Excellence and Quality", 2002).
* ("A Country's History in Cartoons", 2000).
* ("''
El Ahuizote''’s Country", 2005).
* ("
Crier of Icamole’s Country", 2007).
* (published in English as "How to Succeed at Globalization: A Primer for Roadside Vendors", 2005).
* ("The Mob of Independence", 2008).
* (2008).
* ("I Only Cry When It Hurts", 2009).
* ("Sweet Vendetta", 2009).
* ("The Clouds Seller", 2009, with
Elena Poniatowska
Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska (), is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on ...
).
References
External links
*
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Living people
Mexican editorial cartoonists
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
1956 births
Artists from Mexico City