“Trino’s World: Mexican Cartoonist Makes US Museum Debut at San Diego Comic-Con”

The San Diego Comic-Con Museum hosts the first exhibition in a museum in the United States of the renowned Mexican cartoonist Jose Trinidad Camachobetter known as triune.

The bilingual exhibition Trino’s World o El Mundo de Trino, inaugurated this Tuesday and organized in collaboration with the Mexican consulate, will run until July 5. It’s also the first exhibit by a Mexican artist to be shown at the Comic-Con Museum, organizers said.

“It is a source of pride for me as a cartoonist, as a Jalisquillo and as a Mexican, to have a bit of my work, my humor and my Mexican soul exposed in this fantastic venue,” Trino said in a statement.

The well-known Mexican monero did not attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, but is expected to do so in May for an event at the museum.

Trino, originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, was invited to the San Diego Comic-Con for the first time in 2022. “One of the biggest dreams of any cartoonist is to be, at least once, at the San Diego Comic-Con “, said.

In said edition he was recognized with the Inkpot Award for his contributions to the world of comics. He was also the guest artist for the first Casa México in Seaport Village, which opened last year as part of the convention to celebrate Mexican popular culture.

The exhibition brings together drawings, watercolors, sketches and objects from the personal collection of the caricaturist with more than 40 years of experience and creator of iconic characters such as the saints.

Trino’s work, which is characterized by its peculiar humor, has been published in different Mexican newspapers such as La Jornada, Reforma, El Sol de México and ESTO, among others.

“There are many Mexicans who will come and who will recognize themselves in Trino’s caricatures,” said the Mexican Consul General in San Diego, Carlos González Gutiérrez, who referred to the artist as “an entire institution.”

“His humor largely reflects that capacity for self-deprecation that we Mexicans have to take ourselves relatively lightly, to make fun of ourselves and to enjoy life,” he added.

Trino, who was the winner of the National Journalism Award for political cardboard in 2000, has published more than 20 books, and created the animated film The Saints vs. Busty Mendoza (2012).

Rita Vandergaw, executive director of the museum, said they hope this exhibit will be appreciated by visitors from both sides of the border. “We definitely want to do more collaborations with Mexico and this binational community,” she said.

The Comic-Con Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $25 for adults, $12 for children ages 6-12, and $18 for adults 65 and older, youth ages 13-17, and members of the military. Children under five years old enter free. Tickets can be purchased in advance at comic-conmuseum.org.