Lalo Alcaraz

Lalo Alcaraz
Alcaraz
Alcaraz at WonderCon 2016
BornEduar Lopez Alcaraz[1]
(1964-04-19) April 19, 1964 (age 60)
San Diego, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist, writer, producer
Notable works
La Cucaracha
laloalcaraz.com

Lalo Alcaraz (born April 19, 1964) is an American cartoonist most known for being the author of the comic La Cucaracha, the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip.[2] Launched in 2002, La Cucaracha has become one of the most controversial in the history of American comic strips.[3]

Alcaraz was born in 1964 in San Diego, California, and grew up on the U.S.–Mexico border, giving him a dual outlook on life (not "Mexican" enough for his relatives, not "American" enough for some in the U.S.).[4] He attended San Diego State University, where he received his bachelor's degree "With Distinction" in Art and Environmental Design in 1987. In 1991, Alcaraz earned his master's degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.[5]

A leading figure in the Chicano movement,[6][7][8] Alcaraz formerly contributed political cartoons for LA Weekly from 1992 to 2010. He co-hosts a radio show on KPFK called the "Pocho Hour of Power".[9][10] Alcaraz is also the "Jefe-in-Chief" of POCHO.COM, a website specializing in "Ñews y Satire."[11]

  1. ^ "Eduar Lopez Alcaraz".
  2. ^ "Bio". Lalo Alcaraz. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ^ Seth Wolf (October 12, 2004). "San Francisco Bay Guardian Arts and Entertainment". San Francisco Bay Guardian.
  4. ^ "La Cucaracha Comic Strip". Gocomics.com. November 25, 2002.
  5. ^ "Lalo Alcaraz". Universal Uclick. Andrews McMeel Publishing. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  6. ^ Lou Delgado. "Splinters: Lalo Alcaraz: Chicano Political Cartoonist". Splinters. Retrieved November 5, 2005.
  7. ^ Wegner, Kyle David (June 2006). "2". Children of Aztlán: Mexican American popular culture and the post-Chicano aesthetic (PhD). State University of New York at Buffalo. p. 71 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ "Creative Responders: Latino Art in Action Re-Affirming and Transforming the Future". Los Angeles Regional Workshop. National Association of latino Arts and Cultures. November 14, 2008. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
  9. ^ "Lalo Alcaraz On Arizona's New Anti-immigration Legislation". KPFK-TV. World News. May 10, 2010. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.
  10. ^ "Pocho Hour of Power". KPFK.
  11. ^ "Our management and editorial honchos". Pocho. Retrieved October 31, 2013.