Move over SpongeBob: Here’s a first for Latina cartoon creators - Profile of Sandra Equihua, creator and executive producer of El Tigre

“Sandra Equihua, the first Latina creator of a Saturday morning cartoon in the U.S., laughs hard and often. The 31-year-old still enjoys Disneyland. She draws atypical animated girl characters. Frida Suarez, her cartoon alter ego, sports a powder-blue coiffure, spiked bracelets and crimson goggles perched atop her head. She plays a sped-up cover of “La Cucaracha” on a guitar with skull-shaped pegs. Equihua has a wild imagination.

She was skeptical, though, in December of 2005 when Disneys rival called her and her husband — cartoon co-creator Jorge R. Gutierrez — as they stood by the Matterhorn during a hard-earned getaway trip.”

Stumble it! | |