History Creator / Rius

* AfterTheEnd: During the UsefulNotes/ColdWar Rius always [[{{TheGreatPoliticsMessUp}} predicted an eventual communist victory]]. Well, since the fall of the Berlin Wall Rius has kept publishing in books and magazines anyways.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: BIG TIME.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Oh boy, does this guy ''really'' {{avert|edTrope}} it... The guy is fervently anti-American, essentially blaming the country for every ill in the world, from the poverty on ''your'' country to obesity.

Originally from Michoacán, Rius trained as a teenager to be a Catholic priest (oh the irony). Dropping out of the seminary, he then moved to Mexico City where he held a series of odd jobs. He became a cartoonist and started out drawing traditional one or two panel strips for Mexican humour magazines in the [[TheFifties 1950s]]. Eventually he created his series ''Los Supermachos'' in the [[TheSixties 1960s]] and ''Los Agachados'' in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]], both series had their own magazines and were set in rural Mexican villages. He cemented his fame after publishing in 1966 ''Cuba para principiantes'' (Cuba for Beginners) which was the first of his general knowledge books. The latter were published in a small graphic novel format but their bent was didactic rather than narrative, with the plot very much in the background (if at all existent). Except for the ''Supermachos'' series and his earlier strips, all of Rius's work includes collage as his signature illustrating technique.

His books are known for their humor and simplicity, in an attempt to reach as wide an audience as possible, in fact his works have actually helped many people to understand the fundamental differences between capitalism and socialism/communism.

* ArmiesAreEvil: ''Especially'' if its the [[EvilArmy U.S. army]].

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: While many of his books are [[ShownTheirWork well-researched]], there are also many cases of historical innacuracies, like claiming that the Roman Empire fell because the slaves rebelled, his reading of U.S. history gives the impression that it was all a MasterPlan of some people for [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] and that no event in the past century did not involve the U.S.A. somehow.

* AuthorTract

* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Above all, the [=CIA=]; But ''any'' big, transnational business company also qualifies and of course the Catholic Church.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Subverted with his treatment on TheWarOnTerror, where he basically says, that the 9/11 terrorists are no worse than the U. S. and that the war on terror is basically EvilVersusEvil.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Subverted with his treatment on TheWarOnTerror, where he basically says, that the 9/11 terrorists are no worse than the U. S. and that the war on terror is basically EvilVsEvil.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: This was his treatment of any Communist revolution with special emphasis on the Cuban Revolution. He even justified and praised this in ''Cuba Libre'' (Free Cuba): "The (Cuban) government tolerates anything to the press... [[OverwhelmingException except criticizing the Revolution]]".

Originally from Michoacán, Rius trained as a teenager to be a Catholic priest (of all things!). Dropping out of the seminary, he then moved to Mexico City where he held a series of odd jobs. He became a cartoonist and started out drawing traditional one or two panel strips for Mexican humour magazines in the [[TheFifties 1950s]]. Eventually he created his series ''Los Supermachos'' in the [[TheSixties 1960s]] and ''Los Agachados'' in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]], both series had their own magazines and were set in rural Mexican villages. He cemented his fame after publishing in 1966 ''Cuba para principiantes'' (Cuba for Beginners) which was the first of his general knowledge books. The latter were published in a small graphic novel format but their bent was didactic rather than narrative, with the plot very much in the background (if at all existent). Except for the ''Supermachos'' series and his earlier strips, all of Rius's work includes collage as his signature illustrating technique.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: From ''The Illustrated Herbalist'': "Wild animals use herbs to treat themselves, and you can't say that the animals are sick".[[note]]Wild animals ''do'' get sick; The reason we don't see too many sick animals in the wild is because they must either recover quickly or die victims of starvation, complications or by predators[[/note]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: While many of his books are [[ShownTheirWork well-researched]], there are many cases of historical innacuracies, like claiming that the Roman Empire fell because the slaves rebelled, his reading of U.S. history gives the impression that it was all a MasterPlan of some people for [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] and that no event in the past century did not involve the U.S.A. somehow.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: He has a tremendous distaste for traditional medicine, and is a very strong advocate of homeopathy and naturopathy, recommending them above traditional medicine.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: From ''The Illustrated Herbalist'': "Wild animals use herbs to treat themselves, and you can't say that the animals are sick".

Rius (aka: Eduardo del Rio) is a Mexican cartoonist born in 1934. He has published over a hundred books on several topics including history, politics, religion and vegetarianism.

* [[AmericaSavesTheDay America Screws The Day]]: Oho boy... the guy is fervently anti-American, essentially blaming the country for every ill in the world, from the poverty on ''your'' country to obesity.

-->'''{{Author Avatar}}:''' Not dead, but sickened. Have you noticed the growing trend on <insert disease name here>?

* OldShame: His first book on the Cuban Revolution, another dedicated to the (East) German Democratic Republic, and practically any book that prophesied the fall of capitalism and the rise of communism. Even he acknowledges this.

** TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: And after the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar this became the new treatment.

* ScienceMarchesOn: The first edition of the book dedicated to AIDS contains a lot of outdated information, like warning that the HIV could be acquired by insect bites, and presents the ConspiracyTheory of AIDS originally being a bio-weapon developed by the Reagan's administration as fact, later editions have more updated facts.

* TakeThatMe: "If you want to continue eating in peace, don't read my petty books".
* {{Veganopia}}: Besides his old communist sympathies, Rius is known as a passionate vegetarian; half or more of his most recent work is about nutrition.
* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: One would think so but it's reasonably averted since Rius has been quite a sport about being on the losing side of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar (he's still a left winger though, and his most recent work shows it).

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Subverted with his treatment on TheWarOnTerror, where he basically says, that the 9/11 terrorists are no worse than the U. S. and that the war on terror is basically EvilVSEvil.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: As mentioned before, this was his treatment of any Communist revolution with special emphasis on the Cuban Revolution, he even justified and praised this in ''Cuba Libre'' (Free Cuba): "The (Cuban) government tolerates anything to the press... [[NoExceptYes except criticizing the Revolution.]]"

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Subverted with his treatment on TheWarOnTerror, where he basically says that the 9/11 terrorists are no worse than the U. S. and that the war on terror is basically EvilVSEvil.

Compare to Creator/JackChick, another cartoonist that uses comic strips [[AuthorTract to convey his ideology]], albeit a diametrically opposed one.

* HistoryMarchesOn: Several of his books have been edited in later editions to reflect the exposure of several historical facts, like some [[KickTheDog less-than-honorable acts]] by UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, Trotsky's role in the Russian Revolution followed by his later exile, the publication of the KGB archives and so on.

* AfterTheEnd: During the ColdWar Rius always [[{{TheGreatPoliticsMessUp}} predicted an eventual communist victory]]. Well, since the fall of the Berlin Wall Rius has kept publishing in books and magazines anyways.

** TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: And after the end of the ColdWar this became the new treatment.

* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: One would think so but it's reasonably averted since Rius has been quite a sport about being on the losing side of the ColdWar (he's still a left winger though, and his most recent work shows it).