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Cartoonistas
POCHO HISTORY 101: The invention of sour cream (toon)
- More great toons from Jake Likes Onions here!
How are things going in Venezuela? ‘El infortunio,’ he replied (toon)
“How are things going for you in Caracas?” we asked comedian and graphic artist Francisco Mastrojeni aka Soy Franchutte. He sent back this cartoon, a piece he created to go with sad jazz tune El Infortunio. We’re no experts on Venezuela, but we’re not looking at a happy guy.
He made a new GIF about L.A. every day for a month (video)
Artist James Curran explains the method behind his madness in creating LAGifAThon:
In July I spent a month in Los Angeles where I animated a new GIF every day for 30 days inspired by something that happened during my stay.
See all the looping GIFs on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram with #LAGifathon or follow me to keep up with the next Gifathon, coming soon…
RIP Bobby Chacon, Pacoima’s World Champion (toon)
Former Super Featherweight and Featherweight World Boxing Champion Bobby Chacon died September 7. The Pacoima-born sensation was only 64 and suffered from boxing-induced dementia.
Fun Facts: Shoes strung on power lines kill, paint is good food (toons)
Author and illustrator Jeff Waldman is all about spreading the knowledge and enlightening the world.
Mas…Fun Facts: Shoes strung on power lines kill, paint is good food (toons)
From the Library of Congress: The sky is now her limit (1920 toon)
In August of 1920, American women finally got the right to vote. Cartoonist Elmer Andrews “E.A.” Bushnell used the occasion to predict that a woman could/would/should become President of the United States. [Click on the image to enlarge.]
Here’s the Library of Congress listing for this image:
Title: [The sky is now her limit] / Bushnell 20.
Other Title: Enfranchisement now means the sky’s the limit, in woman’s sphere
Creator(s): Bushnell, Elmer Andrews, 1872-1939, artist
Date Created/Published: [1920 Aug.] Medium: 1 photomechanical print : line photoengraving.
Summary: Cartoon shows a young woman carrying buckets on a yoke, looking up at ladder ascending up to the sky, bottom rungs labeled “Slavery,” “House Drudgery,” and “Shop Work.” Top rungs labeled “Equal Suffrage,” “Wage Equity,” and “Presidency.”
You can’t deport me! I’m Scotch-Irish, like President Obama! (toon)
Herr Trump can’t deport me! I’m of Scotch-Irish descent, just like President Obama. Here is my official CLAN POCHO tartan if you don’t believe me.
POCHO HISTORY 101: Los Pachucos Indigenas (toon)
[You can see lots more from JAKE PRENDEZ — and buy prints — at his website.]
WANTED FOR MURDER! The notorious Pancho Villa (1950 comic book)
“Western” adventure comics, true crime comics, and gringo-written history all came together when publisher Avon gave birth to a Pancho Villa issue as part of their notorious outlaws series:
Mas…WANTED FOR MURDER! The notorious Pancho Villa (1950 comic book)
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
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Mas…Trumpanzee: He’ll sell you snake oil and rip off your face (toon)
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!
This painting says it all about gentrification (toon)
San Diego artist Ricardo Islas used acrylic on wood to create this miniature 5″ x 7″ gem — Gentrification.
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New bosses not the same as the old bosses in ‘Chicano Gothic’ (toon)
You can thank San Diego-based artist Ricardo Islas for Chicano Gothic.
A tip of MR. POCHO’s beisbol hat to Joanie619 on the Instagram for sharing Ricardo’s art.
New ride opens at Disnerland: Snow White Lady’s Problems (toon)
It’s a veeeeery hard life for this storybook princess at Disnerland’s newest attraction.
In Snow White Lady’s Problems, an evil queen, a magic mirror, and Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, and trippy anthropomorphic forest critters prove the struggle is real. Just opened. In Fantasrland.
Mas…New ride opens at Disnerland: Snow White Lady’s Problems (toon)
New from Nintendo: Super Mario Bros. vs ‘La Frontera’ (toon)
[Isabel Ann Castro is the QueenOfTacosTX on the Instagram. You can see more arte like this live and in person at the Digital Aztlan show at Berkeley’s Something Else Gallery.]