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The First Years
El Universal was the first modern newspaper in Mexico. It was born on October 1, 1916. It creation meant supporting the Mexican Revolution program, as stated by its founder, Felix F. Palavicini, who envisioned the changes that were needed and the importance of journalism in it. Supported by an experienced group of journalists, Palavicini entrusted the direction of the drawing department to Carlos Alcalde, a graphic artist who, given his professional history, claimed to generate the quality of a newspaper that aspired to be among the best in the world. Alcalde was heir to the great masters of the nineteenth-century cartoon.
The first cartoon appeared on the same day the deputies who promulgated the Mexican Constitution would be elected. Several of these legislators, who appear in the cartoon, like Palavicini himself, were the creators of this centenary newspaper.
Andres Audiffred, one of the most important cartoonists in Mexico, was the undisputed pillar of this newspaper, as was Hugo Thilgmann. Both authors were creators of characters that generated the stereotype of the Mexican. |