It is a simple distinctive effect that gives Caté expressive freedom and gives the reader’s imagination a part to play. The General’s brows and mustache hide his eyes and mouth, which never moves. The black hair, always with a single feather, of the Indian supporting cast flows over their foreheads and covers their eyes, too, ending in braids. The Chief’s warbonnet always covers his eyes.
He is the entire dominant White culture.”ĬATÉ HAS DEVELOPED a unique, veiled look for these characters. Any schoolchild would recognize George Armstrong Custer. He is in full blue cavalry uniform, with golden hair cascading from beneath his tall army hat, thick golden eyebrows, and a thicker golden mustache. There is some reason to think The Chief is Caté’s alter ego, although Caté demurs on that thought. He is a laugh-worthy devil of resistance and resignation. He is shirtless, modestly potbellied, and clad in traditional leather pants, a loin cloth, and moccasins. In close to four thousand drawings, he has fathered and raised two principal cartoon characters who reveal how those cultures have endured each other and continue to live in their own worlds, side by side if not together. His work has appeared in the New Mexican since 2006. He is trying to tie together on the same page two cultures, Indian and White, that have seldom been on the same page throughout history. According to the editors, Without Reservations is easily the most popular comic feature they print.įunny, sure, but Caté’s got a lot on his mind. Sometimes he is sharp, with an arrow he flakes to tickle, but an arrow all the same. And he is funny, often in a sly, quirky, or poignant way.
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