El Paletero is the newest edition to my contemporary codices series. The series asks if we were still creating codices like our ancestors what would they look like? What would our community look like?
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Cartoons
La Cucaracha y Mas
Sure hope not, but it looks like “We’re Gonna Get War Again” (video)
The headlines made us remember this video prophecy from 2010 from Balkan Beat Box. Looks like we’re gonna get War Again. 🙁
Trump and O’Reilly up in a tree, A-S-S-A-U-L-T-I-N-G (toon)
New Forever® stamps make America ‘Delicioso’ again (toons)
Your United States Postal Service is Making America Delicioso Again with a new set of Forever® stamps on sale Tuesday. Sadly, the self-adhesive stamps require no licking to keep on sticking. [Gallery below.]
Delicioso
Forever 49¢ | 6 Stamp DesignsMas…New Forever® stamps make America ‘Delicioso’ again (toons)
Santa Muerte? So last year! Meet Santo Cholo! (toon)
This is an acrylic on a wood cut-out in the New Mexico style of Santo paintings. It’s about 17 inches high and maybe 7 inches wide at its widest point, kind of a coffin shape. The bridge in the back is the Coronado Bridge and Santo Cholo is holding a low rider and the Kiosko from Chicano Park.
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So you think YOUR job is bad? Watch ‘El Empleo’ (video)
El Empleo/The Job by opusBou is an award-winning short animation from Argentina. Please don’t watch this before you leave for work, or you’ll be late for the bus.
