El Politigato

Kevin Monsalve, also known by his pseudonym GamerKevMo, is a Venezuelan YouTuber and creator of the El Politigato (lit. 'The Politicat') animated shorts series. He is a cartoonist and has also been a professor at the National Film School (Escuela Nacional de Cine) of Caracas.

GamerKevMo
Personal information
Born
Kevin Monsalve
NationalityVenezuelan
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2018–present
Genre(s)Comedy and politics
Subscribers578,000[1]
(22 October 2023)
Total views138,851,694[1]
(22 October 2023)
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 22 October 2023

Career

Kevin Monsalve is a cartoonist and has been a professor at the National Film School (Escuela Nacional de Cine) of Caracas.[2] On 5 March 2018 Kevin started a series of animated shorts called "El Politigato" (lit. 'The Politicat'), which delivers social criticism and analysis of the Venezuelan situation with black humor and satire, starring a witty cat arguing with his Chavista owner; the first chapter was dedicated to the Petro token (PTR) launched by Nicolás Maduro.[2][3] Kevin originally did not expect the project to be successful, but the simple animation allowed him to continue with the production and he began to practice scripts.[4]

By 2023 the series had reached over 90 episodes, published on platforms such as YouTube and Facebook, and has included other characters, including the "MUD Dog" (allusive to the political opposition and its Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition), the "Demented Oppositionist" and "Martin" (a rat with a degree in sociology).[2][5]

In December 2019 he participated as a speaker in the colloquium "The new generation of visual storytellers", on the second day of the Cocuyo Festival, held at the Metropolitan University of Caracas and supported by the DW Akademie.[4][6]

References
  1. "About MasKevMo". YouTube.
  2. "'El Politigato' un audaz felino que supera la inteligencia del oficialista (todos los episodios)" ['El Politigato', a bold feline that surpasses the intelligence of the official (all episodes)]. La Patilla (in Spanish). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. "Especial: Los 5 Grandes Mitos del Gentilicio Venezolano" [Special: The 5 Great Myths of the Venezuelan People]. Revista Producto [Producto Magazine] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. "Cuatro miradas de las nuevas narrativas visuales en el Festival Cocuyo" [Four views of new visual narratives at the Cocuyo Festival]. Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 14 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. "¿Petros, dólares, bolívares?... Lecciones económicas del Politigato que el chavizta nunca entendió (ni entenderá)" [Petros, dollars, bolivars?... Economic lessons from the Politigato that the Chavista never understood (nor will ever understand)]. La Patilla (in Spanish). 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. "Festival Cocuyo 2019 ofrece 25 actividades de formación" [Cocuyo Festival 2019 offers 25 training activities]. Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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