Rarotonga (comics)

Rarotonga
File:Lágrimas-Rarotonga -564-cover (1973).jpg Cover to Rarotonga #564 (Sept. 1973)
Publication information
Publisher	EDAR
Format	Limited series
Genre	Romantic fantasy

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. 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.

See also

• El pecado de Oyuki
• María Isabel
• Rubí
• Yesenia
• Gabriel y Gabriela
• Alondra
• Memin Pinguin

References

• Harold E. Hinds, Charles M. Tatum (1992), Not Just for Children: The Mexican Comic Book in the Late 1960s and 1970s, ISBN 0313254672; pp. 58–59

External links

• (in Spanish) Marveleando: Rarotonga