Underground comic illustrator Zalathiel Vargas was born in Mexico City where he still lives and works today. In high school, Zalathiel worked in a printshop but spent his free time drawing illustrations of the neighborhood. He planned on going into mathematics but took a painting class and changed his course. After graduating in 1963 he studied on scholarship in Paris and traveled extensively in Europe.
Upon returning to Mexico to pursue his career in art, he first sculpted in wood, but then became interested in comic strips. He was first introduced to the underground comix movement in France and became interested in the ability to reach the masses with his message. The movement is known for psychedelic as well as sexually explicit imagery. He has used his work to get across political as well across political as well as social ideas.
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