Memin Pinguin

From the Houston Chronicle: "Beloved by Mexicans for his dim wits, street smarts and playful disposition, long-running comic book chaacter Memin Pinguin--a little black boy whose face resembes a monkey--is at it again." Books in the series have been available for purchase at Wal-Mart stores, "prompting community activist Quanell X to demand that Wal-Mart apologize for selling the racially charged books."