The comic has faced criticism from two fronts: conservative Latino groups who label it “pornografia sucia” (dirty pornography) and progressive critics who argue that the constant focus on el culo (the buttocks) reduces political struggle to a fetish. Meléndez responded to the latter in a 2010 interview for The Comics Journal : “You want me to draw a protest march? I live in the Bronx. The protest happens in the bedroom. It happens in the back of the bodega. That’s where the real negotiation of power is.”
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Creating a narrative based on the "Ay Papi" comics involves focusing on the chaotic family dynamic and the humorous situations that arise from Richard (the father) trying to navigate life with his precocious daughter, Sharona, and the various eccentric characters in their neighborhood. The comic has faced criticism from two fronts: