Lalo Alcaraz

Lalo Alcaraz (born Eduardo López Alcaraz, 1964) is a Mexican-American cartoonist and multimedia humorist now best known for his daily syndicated comic strip "La Cucaracha". Alcaraz was born in the San Diego, California area and grew up in the neighboring city of Lemon Grove.

Alcaraz began drawing editorial cartoons for his college paper, San Diego State University's "Daily Aztec", in the late 1980s. His first national exposure was in 1985 when Charles Erickson's Hispanic Link News Service began publishing his work. Comics by Alcaraz have appeared in English- and Spanish-language publications including The "New York Times", "The Village Voice", and "The Los Angeles Times". Since 1992 he has drawn a panel for the "LA Weekly" of Los Angeles. In late 2002, "La Cucaracha" debuted in daily newspapers nationwide.

His work deals primarily, but not exclusively, with political themes of concern to Latinos.

He attended San Diego State University, where he graduated with a degree in art. He then earned a master's degree in architecture from UC Berkeley, during which time he met his wife, Victoria P. Landeros. Alcaraz has three children: Amaya, Santiago and Paloma.

He is a host of "The Pocho Hour of Power", a weekly political humor show originating in the studios of Pacifica Radio's KPFK and heard on other stations as well.

Publications

*2004 - "Leave It to Beaner" (New York: Akashic Books)
*2004 - "La Cucaracha" (Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel).
*2004 - "Migra Mouse: Political Cartoons on Immigration" (New York: RDV Books/Akashic Books).
*2002 - In "Attitude: The new subversive political cartoonists", by Ted Rall (New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine).
*2000 - Illustrator of "Latino U.S.A.: A Cartoon History", illustrations by Lalo López Alcaraz (New York: Basic Books).

References

* [http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/cucaracha.htm 'La Cucaracha' crawls on everyone, makes no excuses] . "Tucson Citizen".
* "Building Characters," by Artze, Isis. "Hispanic" (Oct 2000, v13 n10, p36, 5p)
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A34529-2002Nov24&notFound=true Stinging Insect: Lalo Alcaraz's 'La Cucaracha' Hits the Funnies] , by Natalie Hopkinson. "Washington Post" (November 25, 2002; Page C01)
* [http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=4976 Cartoonist presents work at MCC] , by Drew Atkins. UC-Santa Barbara "Daily Nexus" (April 18, 2003, v83 n107).
* [http://www.sfbg.com/39/01/art_art_la_cucaracha.html Buggin' out: La Cucaracha's prolific cartoonist, Lalo Alcaraz, still answers his hate mail] by Jeff Chang. "San Francisco Bay Guardian Online".

External links

* [http://www.cartoonista.com/ Cartoonista]
* [http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/lalo/bio.htm/ Universal Press Syndicate Creator Bio: Lalo Alcaraz]