Lalo AlcarazCreator of the Nationally Syndicated Comic Strip La CucarachaProgram Title - Latino USA: A Cartoon History Lalo Alcaraz is the creator of the nationally syndicated and politically charged Latino comic strip La Cucaracha , featured daily in the Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Arizona Republic, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, San Diego Tribune, and 60 other major newspapers. He began his illustrious career drawing editorial cartoons at his college paper, the Daily Aztec, at San Diego State University. Today Lalo is a one-of-a-kind cartoonist, satirist and writer who captures the essence of the country’s changing cultural and political landscape like no other. Bringing a young fearless Latino sensibility to his political and social commentary, his is a fresh voice whose unabashedly pro-immigrant, progressive stance about the need for a multicultural visibility in the media is long overdue. His latest books are La Cucaracha and Migra Mouse. Lalo co-edits the satirical magazine, POCHO. In his entertaining multi-media presentation, Lalo sketches his favorite cartoons and shares his dazzling kaleidoscope of irreverence, wit, subversion, anarchy, politics, humanism, and rage for an eventful, thought-provoking evening. |