Cuba for Beginners: An Illustrated Guide for Americans

Rius’s Cuba for Beginners: An Illustrated Guide for Americans (1970–present, Pathfinder Press) is a single-issue, graphic-format primer that uses the cartoonist’s signature witty, accessible style to explain the history and politics of the Cuban Revolution for a U.S. audience. Written and drawn entirely by Rius, this concise work distills complex geopolitical ideas into a lively, leftist perspective that matters as a pioneering example of the “for beginners” educational comic genre.