Understanding Memin Pinguin - 2010 - Question of the Month
Memin Pinguin is the 58 year-old creation of the late Yolanda Vargas Duche. The character, whose name translates roughly to “Billy the Little Devil,” is something of a Dennis the Menace, …
The Memin Pinguin character was created in 1947 by an impoverished aspiring singer, Yolanda Vargas Dulche, who was inspired by the black children she saw during a trip to Cuba.
Mexican postal officials said the five-stamp series features Memin Pinguin, a character from a comic book created in the 1940s, because he is beloved in Mexico. A spokesman for the …
A Collector's Musings - 2005 - Letters to the Jim Crow Museum
It was not easy, but I found a specialist in very early Mexican stamps and he was able to get me a sheet of Memin Pinguin. They made only 300,000 and once in the news, they disappeared …
Questions for the Museum - Jim Crow Museum
Understanding Memin Pinguin by Troy Peters Jan. 2010 Henry Jay Lewis, Symphony Pioneer by David Pilgrim 2009 Questions Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2009 Stereotypes and …