Rarotonga
Rarotonga was a Mexican comic book series in the Lágrimas, Risas y Amor comics published by EDAR which appeared between 1951 and 1998. The main character of the comic series was Rarotonga, a jungle queen of an island of the same name who occupied her days dancing and romancing travelers. Within the publication were tears, laughter and love, and dedicated to mostly romantic-themed storylines.
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In 1978 a Mexican film of the same name directed by Raúl Ramírez was made using material from the comic. In 1992, the Mexican band Café Tacuba wrote a song called "Rarotonga" about the comic.
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• Title — Rarotonga • Limited — y • Romance — y • Fantasy — y • Publisher — EDAR
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- 1.Catálogo de Historietas de la Hemeroteca Nacional: ¡Tabú!
- 2.Arceo S., M. (2023). "Antonio Gutiérrez, uno de los más talentosos grafistas del arte popular". La Jornada , 12 may, suplemento La Jornada de Enmedio , p. 8a, sección Espectáculos. (Consultado viernes, 12 de mayo del 2023.)
- 3.Harold E. Hinds. Not Just for Children: The Mexican Comic Book in the Late 1960s and 1970s.
- 4.Vuelve Rarotonga.
- 5.Las Rumberas del Cine Mexicano.
- 6.CorreCamara.com: Zonga, una joya erótica de Juan Orol
- 7.IMDb title 0334217 Rarotonga (1978)
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