Mas…La Cucaracha @ #SDCC: The droids you’re looking for (toons, photos)
Cartoons
La Cucaracha y Mas
Trump crowned with ‘Ring of Fire’ y Johnny Cash (toon, audio)
I fell into a burnin’ ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
I fell into a burnin’ ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
Johnny Cash somehow manages a version of Ring of Fire en Español:
Mas…Trump crowned with ‘Ring of Fire’ y Johnny Cash (toon, audio)
Here I am, POCHO Jefe-in-Chief @LaloAlcaraz, at #SDCC 2016
LALO ALCARAZ SD COMICCON SCHEDULE
San Diego International ComicCon starts tonight, but tomorrow is the Historic! First! Ever! Chicano Comic Art panel at #SDCC! Join us! Also, ChicanoCon is in effect Saturday at BorderX Brewery in Logan Heights. See you there!
THURSDAY
Chicano Comic and Public Art in San Diego, Thursday, 7/21/16, 6-7PM, Room: 25ABCA Panel discussion on San Diego’s vibrant popular arts scene in Barrio Logan, SDSU and UCSD. Discussions on Chicano comics and strips, public murals, Chicano superheros, magic and mythology. Moderated by Peruvian muralist and Chicano Park curator Mario Torrero, with me, Lalo Alcaraz, Border X gallery owner David BorderX and POCHO’s Chicano Punk Rock Artesano Junco Canché.
Mas…Here I am, POCHO Jefe-in-Chief @LaloAlcaraz, at #SDCC 2016
Trumpanzee: He’ll sell you snake oil and rip off your face (toon)
You can see more like this (and buy prints) at ArtofMarkBryan.com
PREVIOUSLY ON MARK BRYAN:
Mas…Trumpanzee: He’ll sell you snake oil and rip off your face (toon)
New stamp honors Profe Jaime Escalante (‘Stand and Deliver’)
The United States Postal Service picked the 87th conference of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Wednesday in Washington, D.C. to premiere its stamp honoring Jaime Escalante, the East Los high school math teacher who was the hero of the film Stand and Deliver.
Edward J. Olmos played Escalante in the film (video below).
Mas…New stamp honors Profe Jaime Escalante (‘Stand and Deliver’)
Traffic Stop: I almost got killed for ‘driving while black’ (NSFW video)
African American Alex Landau recounts how he nearly lost his life after a Denver police Traffic Stop. He and his white mother Patsy say that night changed them both forever. [NSFW F-bomb.] Video by StoryCorps
Adult Coloring Book: Police victim of the week (toon)
[Check out more images from artist Ricardo Islas here.]
La Chingona Sandeh stitches to empower mujeres (photos)
“Sandy Perez picked up her first embroidery hoop three years ago, and what started as a hobby quickly turned into a passion project as she stitched empowering feminist messages and humorous pop cultural references into her designs,” Huffington Post explains.
It’s a miracle! Meet Our Lady of Springfield, aka Margelupe (toon)
Margelupe is an original painting by Montebello, CA, artist Ariel Torres. This 16″ by 20″ acrylic on canvas mashup is not for sale yet, but will be soon. Torres still needs to shoot that one perfect photo of the painting so he can make reproductions, he told POCHO via email. After that, fine art prints AND the original canvas could be yours. Stay tooned!
