We all admire him in passing. The tired traveler coming up the hill, the rider coming down at full speed, or foreign visitor. There, on the edge of San Antonio de los Baños and stands white and proud a monument that identifies us as Villa del Humor.
In it, the eyes of youth, children and adults warn two figures: the kid with the paper hat and the fatty with the Cuban flag.
The Bobo, critical character created in 1926 by Eduardo Abela is one of the most important symbols in San Antonio and in humor. See the light in the hands of that ariguanabense, who found between strokes and an active social role to Machado tyranny heat. He primarily became famous by carried to the print media the rogue without being rude. Who is considered a true son of this town do not ever see him in magazines, in sheets of school ... Drawing realistic and critical chronicler of his environment, nosy, annoying, rogue, ingenuity in gesture and language sharp as a dagger.
Giant graphite with grace and ease. That is its merit as a full example of the Cuban people's struggle.
Bobo ... not even a hair! To Abela, this was his intermediary, his friend apparently innocent, but he knew as a mirror reflecting the evil of his time, when most were hiding in fear.
Today, he lives framed by that monument in San Antonio del Humor, next to Loquito by René de la Nuez. There rests after being caricature and painting to be carried in the 50's.
For us is a guardian of Ariguanabo, everyone who comes or goes, treasures the memory of that quaint image suit, scarf and hat.