Viva la historieta: Mexican Comics, NAFTA, and the Politics of Globalization

Acknowledgments

vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book could not have been written without the support of my wife and best friend, Jessica Cohen. Her loving patience and encouragement sustained me throughout the arduous process of conceiving a book-length argument, and her frequent willingness to shoulder more than her share of our domestic labor afforded me the luxury of stealing time during weekends and vacations to write. I also benefited from friends and colleagues who spent time with all or part of the manuscript. Gladys White was kind enough to read each and every chapter in draft, as they emerged, and urged me on toward completion of the full manuscript. Steve Macek, Corey Shouse Tourino, Sebastián Carrillo, Edgar Clement, and Dan La Botz also read individual chapters and allowed me the kind of objectivity one can only achieve by seeing a project through someone else’s eyes. An afternoon-long conversation over coffee with Edgar Clement and José Quintero in Mexico City in May 2007 energized me and confirmed the value of my project from the perspective of two of Mexico’s premiere graphic artists. Chip Mitchell generously gave me the kind of painstaking, critical feedback that only a top-notch writer and editor can provide. In addition, I am immensely grateful to Seetha Srinivasan, director of the University Press of Mississippi , for encouraging me to turn my thinking about Mexican comics and globalization into a book, and giving me the opportunity to publish it. Lastly, I am immensely thankful for the support provided by St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict through a research award in fall of 2007. This page intentionally left blank ¡VIVA LA HISTORIETA! This page intentionally left blank ...