Cartoon, Ricardo Caté
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In ‘Toon with Cartoonist Ricardo Caté
"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. 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. 6, 2019.
“Right now, Without Reservations is the number one cartoon in Santa Fe,” says Ricardo. “Of the thousands and thousands of Santa Fe New Mexican readers, 80 percent are non-Native. This is a Native cartoon. I mean, how did that happen? When you’re three times more popular than Peanuts, I start thinking, ‘wow!’”
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.
“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. “Mr. Caté has a truly unique way of looking at life and connecting all backgrounds to the very real struggles of Native America. This is something we work to achieve at our center through the exhibits and stories that we share.”
Cartoon, Ricardo Caté
Museum website:
In ‘Toon with Cartoonist Ricardo Caté
"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. 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. 6, 2019.
“Right now, Without Reservations is the number one cartoon in Santa Fe,” says Ricardo. “Of the thousands and thousands of Santa Fe New Mexican readers, 80 percent are non-Native. This is a Native cartoon. I mean, how did that happen? When you’re three times more popular than Peanuts, I start thinking, ‘wow!’”
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.
“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. “Mr. Caté has a truly unique way of looking at life and connecting all backgrounds to the very real struggles of Native America. This is something we work to achieve at our center through the exhibits and stories that we share.”