Brief Biography

Lalo Alcaraz is an award winning visual and media artist and writer based in Los Angeles who chronicles the ascendancy of Latinos in the US. Lalo's graphic novel and cartoon books include: A Most Imperfect Union; Latino USA: A Cartoon History, 15th Anniversary Edition; Migra Mouse: Political Cartoons On Immigration; and La Cucaracha. Alcaraz was a writer and producer on the animated FOX TV show “Bordertown” and he is a consultant on the upcoming Day of the Dead-themed animated Pixar movie “COCO.” Alcaraz is the co-host of the satirical talk show, "The Pocho Hour of Power," heard on L.A.’s KPFK 90.7 FM. 

Amid the controversy surrounding immigration and border control, the work of California cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz (b. 1964) has delivered a resolute Latino viewpoint. Of Mexican descent, Alcaraz fights for Latino rights through his creativity, drawing political commentary as well as underlining how Latinos confront discrimination on a daily basis. Through an analysis of Alcaraz's early editorial cartooning and his strips for La Cucaracha, the first nationally syndicated, political Latino daily comic strip, author Héctor D. Fernández L'Hoeste shows the many ways Alcaraz's art attests to the community's struggles.

Alcaraz has proven controversial with his satirical, sharp commentary on immigration and other Latino issues. What makes Alcaraz's work so potent? Fernández L'Hoeste marks the artist's insistence on never letting go of what he views as injustice against Latinos, the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. Indeed, his comics predict a key moment in the future of the United States--that time when a racial plurality will steer the country, rather than a white majority and its monocultural norms.

Building  Background 

Meet Lalo Alcaraz: Check out Lalo’s  official site that explains his  ideologies and global influence 

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Lalo Alcaraz and his Journey: New Yorker Article

This article explores how Lalo Alcaraz is the first Chicano cartoonist to inform his audience of  social and political issues based on racist and immigration policies