Graphic memoir charts an ominous journey from Fidel Castro’s Cuba to Donald Trump’s America
about 8 months ago (02/09/2024)
Graphic memoir charts an ominous journey from Fidel Castro’s Cuba to Donald Trump’s America Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Books review Graphic memoir charts an ominous journey from Fidel Castro’s Cuba to Donald Trump’s America Cuban American artist Edel Rodriguez, labelled a “worm” for fleeing Cold War Cuba in 1980, tells story of his progress from impoverished boyhood to creating alarming covers for Time magazine David D'Arcy 9 February 2024 Share The front cover of Worm © 2023 Edel Rodriguez On the cover of the graphic memoir Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey , which follows the artist and illustrator Edel Rodriguez from 1970s Cuba to the US, the author draws himself as a boy wearing the red scarf of the José Martí Pioneer Organization and a beret with a star high on his head—the attribute of no less than Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Che, in a 1960 photograph taken by Alberto Korda and reproduced infinitely ever since, was (and continues to be) the closest thing Cuba has to Andy Warhol’s Marilyn. The earnest boy in Worm looks as innocent as a poster child for a religious pilgrimage.