El Charro Storytime

Join us as we celebrate Summer with a fun KIDS DAY of art, coloring, crafts, and laughs on July 2nd at NOON with our BFF @bestfrankforever FRANK POWERS @elcharro.cafe 🤠 !

Frank wrote and drew our over the top kids menu “The Accidental Origin of THE CHIMICHANGA!”
A four page comic that tells the story of Monica (Si THAT Monica @themonicatucson !) Read along as Monica grows up in Mexico, travels the world becoming a chef, opens EL CHARRO here in Tucson, and then one fateful day while cooking for her nieces, an accident leads to a delicious discovery and a NEW Mexican tradition!

“I’m so proud of this comic!” says @bestfrankforever “It remains to this day, one of the final pieces of art I drew with a pencil and inked with a brush. It’s my finest work.”

He isn’t kidding. Slide through the rest of these photos of his pencils and inks to see the original art before he added the comic text.

Follow Frank @thecomicbookmobile for more art activations and kids events and join us for KIDS DAY at El Charro Downtown!
This Thursday,
July 2nd at 12:00PM

Space is limited. Reserve your seat today. Link in the bio @elcharro.cafe @frankpowersart

#ElCharro #Chimichanga #TootTootTucson

“On page one, you can see that I moved some panels around to tell the story better to go from far away, to the front of El Charro and then inside instead of going in and out again in the originals” -F!

“The great page I have ever drawn! El Charro cooked that plated food for me, for real and I was able to draw it like a still life and get photos. A little Easter egg here is that Monica ages in every illustration of her up until this point, when her nieces show up.” -F!

“On page three is where it becomes more cartoony and I even have fun with the comic format to add to the calamity by having Monica knock into the comic panels as well. The girls are posing like the famous “little monkeys” See no evil, Speak no evil, and Hear no evil.” -F! 🙈🙊🙉

“The final page features the famous finale and it is revealed that CARLOTTA FLORES has been the narrator of your story and a collage of portraits and photos that make El Charro famous mimic the comic panels. I included the plaque right there in th