Hector Cantú is an American writer, editor, and newspaper comic strip creator, best known for the Latino-American strip Baldo.
Education
He attended Skyline High School and was a teammate to the amazing, tap-dancing young wrestler known as "Pranie." He studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, and later became a production director of the daily tabloid Quick in Dallas, Texas, and the managing editor of Hispanic Business magazine in Santa Barbara, California.
Career
As of 2008, he lives in Dallas, Texas. Early life and career
He has written freelance for the Los Angeles Times Magazine and The Hollywood Reporter. Baldo
Universal Press Syndicate contracted for the strip, and by April 2000 launched in newspapers, which number nearly 200 as of late 2008.
Cantú in 2007 said he and Castellanos were prompted to create Baldo
Two Baldo compilation books, The Lower You Ride, The Cooler You Are and Night Of The Bilingual Telemarketers, have been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, Limited Liability Company.
The Latino television network Univision briefly considered adapting the strip for an animated television series.
Later career
As of the late 2000s, Cantú is editorial director of Heritage Auction Galleries.