Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for August 04, 2013

¿Por qué estoy leyéndolo en español? Pero qué bueno que Sergio está contento en el fin después de aprovechado por sus tía e hijos. (Why am I reading it in Spanish? But good that Sergio is content in the end after being taken advantage of by his aunt and children.)

He’s basically feeling drained by his family, who keep asking for and needing things. But then they ask him if HE needs anything, and he feels better.

For those who don’t speak Spanish:Gracie: Dad, can I have $5? I need new shoes. Where are we going on vacation this year?Baldo: Dad, when are you going to buy me a car? I need pants. I’m hungry.Carmen: Sergio, we need to buy food. The car needs gas. Where are we going on vacation this year?(Second-to-Last panel): You want flan, Dad? Want some coffee with milk? Want your slippers?

Thanks a bunch.

Surprisingly, I remembered enough of the Spanish I learned in high school in the early 70s to be able to understand most of this.

Didn’t even need to understand all the words to get the meaning of this one. All I needed to see was the hands out and $5 in the first frame.It must be true what the old saying says: “One picture is worth a thousand words”; even if the words are in a language you don’t know.

I thought I was doing well picking up on the Vampire costumes!

Since I don’t read Spanish I guess I won’t be reading this strip anymore.

I just wonder why all of a sudden he starts doing this? Yes, this strip caters to Hispanics, but we ARE in America, aren’t we? Does he want to kill the strip?

I’ve always liked this strip. But I don’t speak or read Spanish, and I have no plans to learn how.

I don’t speak Spanish and I understood all of it. Good strip!

Well, one thing about vampires. They dress well. Tia Carmen should wear that dress every day.

This is just a minor GoComic glitch. This strip was to be todays Baldo en Español, all of which appear here also.

http://www.gocomics.com/espanol/baldoespanol , as do a number of strips.

http://www.gocomics.com/explore/espanol?

Try Fred Basset en Español . On second thought, don’t. Loses the “Britishness.”

it’s bad enough that I have to “press one for English”As long as this is not the new norm, I’m OKAY

Some of the GoComics comics are translated into (or out of) Spanish. Seems there has been a breakdown in communication. But you don’t need to be able to read it, the pictures do a fine job of explaining. What is it that William Tweed once said about Thomas Nast — something about his constituents can’t read, but they do like those *^^%& pictures!

Carro?Coche

People get a clue, this is a Gocomics screwup not some political statement by Baldo’s authors. God this country is fractured.

Mmmm…Flan!

I think it’s really cool that it’s easy to understand what’s going on without speaking Spanish. Just looking at the pictures and “catching the drift” makes it clear enough. This is what it must be like to move to a new country and have to use context and situation to “catch on” to what’s happening. It’s neat to see how much we have in common as simply humans, that allows us to communicate no matter what.

Agreed- it’s a glitch and I’m kind of horrified by the reaction. When the Spanish version appears in English (MUCH more often), of comics aren’t updated for each day, people don’t complain nearly this much.

And apparently, one of the previous posters doesn’t remember when German was almost made the official language of the US, and many Germans didn’t learn English for generations (late 1800s- WW1 killed that). As for Scottish Gaelic, it had been stomped to bits well before the immigrants came over.

People are people, all worthy of the same criticisms and respect. We have much to learn from everyone, and flan is amazing.

People, people, the strip is about a Hispanic family. Is it so surprising that there’d be a Spanish version? And that there might be an accidental switch down at the GoComics office now and then? Get your knickers out of a twist, there’s no conspiracy going on here. Besides, would it kill you to learn a little of a second language, like most of the rest of the world does? I took Spanish waaaay back in high school, haven’t used it in years, and I can read this strip well enough. It’s not that hard, really.

I’ve always found a little flan to be restorative!

Thanks for the translation. I didn’t get it in Spanish. It never hurts to learn another language.

Broaden your outlook, people. Last time I checked most of the people who built this country didn’t speak English when they got here. Mi avo never learned.

As an Anglo I appreciate the strip being in Espanol. Loy Wells – get over it!

the internet is not the United States. I expect this is a one time glitch, but, if not, thanks to the person who translated this, please keep it up.

I was able to get everything except “pantuflas”. I’m a native English speaker and the child of two more (the closest foreign blood I have is Swiss and German), but I feel a tad offended by the close-mindedness of some of the comments here, especially since I’m buying the “it’s a glitch” side of the argument.

I am happy that I was able to translate most of that in context, but ashamed that, as a native Californian I don’t have enough Spanish to have read it all as written.Actually, I thought it was just the family speaking easily to each other. We. Are, after all, just observers here.

My spanish vocab must be better than I though… I actually understood that entire strip. Except pantuflas, and since Tia Carmen was holding them, that was easily deduced.

well that was a waste of my time . . . I only read english

And now the translation of today’s Baldo in German: DRECK!

Gocomics slipped up and put the Spanish strip here today—wonder if the regular one is in the Spanish strips?

I liked this…I have a bit of Spanish and could figure the rest. Many fine Americans speak Spanish and do much of the work of this country…broaden your minds, xenophobes, and make peace with diversity and tolerance!

superjoe: Glad to see you go. This country can do better without bigots who are proud of their ignorance. I can read English and French and am trying to improve my Spanish, Portuguese, and German. The others I need will have to wait until I can get those under control.

No hablo espanol.

I do not speak Spanish and, unless I go to a Spanish speaking country, really have no intention to. On the other hand, I can read some Spanish and can determine, from context, most of what’s going on. I also can “read” many other languages provided 2 things: 1) The alphabet is standard and not Cyrillic , Arab, Hebrew, Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese. I’ve seen this happen a few times, and I do get miffed, but then I think back to when I was growing up. German, French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese language songs were heard on top 40 radio in the ’60s and the top stations and live before that. If we had continued with the melting pot approach-all languages embraced in the arts-there might actually be an interest in foreign languages. Then I smile.

viva espana.

Sad to see so many jumping off a good comic cause they saw the spanish version instead of english. SMH The saga continues..

My version of the strip is in English.