The Adventures of Capulinita It became the most read national comic of its time, and now, the one most missed by Mexicans.
To give us an idea of the mark that this publication left on the people who lived their childhood in the eighties and nineties, we just have to look at the Internet where there are many testimonies that narrate what, when they were children, they did things to their parents. sad faces, tantrums and they even saved up to buy the story every Monday.
The success of Adventures of Capulinita about his predecessors
Why the capulinite was so successful is not clear, but one of the keys to its success may have been its mini size, designed, according to Antonio Henaineson of the deceased Capulinaso that the little ones in the home could keep it in the small pockets of their pants or school shirt.
Yes, we know, this might seem like an unattractive commercial plus today, but let’s remember that we are talking about the eighties and nineties, a time in which the children’s entertainment It was infinitely less aggressive than now, there were few television programs and only some homes had Atari or Nintendo.
He capulinite it was the same as Adventures of Capulina
Another way to give us a better idea of the success of the capulinite is that his funny stories were not new, but were taken from a previous publication called Adventures of Capulinaonly this one had several vignettes on a single sheet, being a larger format, while in the new edition the format was reduced to one vignette per sheet.
Anyway, almost no one remembers the Adventures of Capulina and everyone remembers Adventures of Capulinitathat is, it was the latter that remained in the memory of Mexicans.
The posters for the Viruta and Capulina films gave way to comics
Now, the common history of both publications began, one could say, when Viruta and Capulina began to be caricatured to illustrate the posters of their films, so it was only a matter of time before someone thought of exploiting the funny image. from both.
The first to see their potential was the artist Sealtiel Alatriste Battlecartoonist for the Sunday supplements of The Herald. After meeting with the king of white humor, they began to publish the Adventures of Viruta and Capulina under the seal SESA (Super Ediciones SA), with the slogan The funniest comedians.
Chespirito created the first comic stories
The first arguments of the comic in question were made by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Chespirito, who was also in charge of making several of the plots for the duo’s films.
The Adventures of Viruta and Capulina They were a success, reaching 56 thousand copies sold each week. But due to unclear issues, it stopped being published, to make way for the Adventures of Capulinanow under the signature Editormex. This new project retained Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Angel Morales and Hector Macedo as a plotter, scriptwriter and artist, respectively. It once again became a success.
After several years of success, the owners of Editormex made a new move: they created Adventures of Capulinita, achieving even more success. However, the only complaint was that many of the story vignettes were lost to adapt them to the new reduced format.
However, it stopped being printed in the mid-90s. Will Sipirilí or no poroló be reprinted again? capulinite or at least be released in digital format? We do not know.
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