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GOP Latino voter outreach circa 1998 — look familiar? (toon)
The names of the singers may have changed since I drew this editorial cartoon in 1998, but the song remains the same.
Shootout at the Constitution Corral: 1st Amendment vs the 2nd (video)
Let’s settle this gun violence thing once and for all. We need a Free Speech vs Right to Bear Arms shootout…at the United States Constitution Corral.
PNS*Hot*Flash: ‘Jugo Chavez Energy Drink’ cancelled
BREAKING ÑEWS: (PNS reporting from CARACAS) The death of Commandante El Presidente Hugo Chavez means the Bolivarian Bottling Company has had to cancel plans to produce Jugo Chavez Energy Drink for export to the United Estates, PNS has learned.
The state-owned firm hoped to export the beverage to the U.S. where MEChA chapters, like cookie-selling Girl Scouts, would set up tables selling cans outside student union buildings.
It’s a beautiful day in POCHO’s cyberhood (toon)
Here’s what we see when we open the cyberwindow at the POCHO Ñewsroom in downtown Rancho Pocho, CA.
Fresh off the Photoshop: ‘Girl with a parole hearing’ (toon)
Does this prison outfit make my butt look fat? [Illustration by jimwich]
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Mas…Fresh off the Photoshop: ‘Girl with a parole hearing’ (toon)
Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ goes to space, and a club (toons)
Re-imagining Jesus’ Last Supper may have started with Leonardo Da Vinci, but it didn’t stop there. Here’s JC and the Apostles, pictured in the Rebel Alliance cafeteria. And then there’s this painting of Galactica Commander Bill Adama…
Mas…Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ goes to space, and a club (toons)
It came from outer espace: Demographic meteor disaster (toon)
More toons from POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz @ Huffington Post Latino Voices…
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Star Wars loteria cards: Just the mashup you were looking for
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Artist Chepo Peña was inspired by Mexican loteria cards and George Lucas’ Star Wars to create these graphics. George Lucas said thanks, Chepa, but don’t sell them. So he stopped selling them but still keeps them on the Internets. There’s more info over at the TextMex blog (by our amigo Memo Nericcio) and Chepo Peña’s site is here.
Mas…Star Wars loteria cards: Just the mashup you were looking for
Ed Asner: ‘Tax the rich – an animated fairy tale’ (video)
Grumpy old man with a heart of gold Ed Asner doesn’t say “eat the rich” – wouldn’t be right. But Tax the Rich? Ed’s totally OK with that!
Meanwhile, at the White House, this was happening (photo)
This just in from our friend, installation artist Ramiro Gomez Jr., who is in Washington, D.C.
It looks like an immigrant family was at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue today, on the outside looking in.
Even the Washington Post paid attention.
Here’s the full-sized photo — click to enlarge:
Mas…Meanwhile, at the White House, this was happening (photo)
Feliz año de la serpiente! Draw a snake in one brush stroke (video)
OK, class, in honor of the Chinese New Year — and this is the Year of the Snake — here’s a two-minute silent video that will show you how to draw a snake with just one brush stroke. Are you ready?
Mas…Feliz año de la serpiente! Draw a snake in one brush stroke (video)
POCHO celebrates Black History Month with Captain America (toon)
Marvel Comics’ Captain American celebrates the African-Americans who helped make the U.S. what is today. This panel is from Truth: Red, White and Black, written by Robert Morales and drawn by Kyle Baker. Can you ID everyone in the “photos” on the wall? [Click on the image for a bigger version.]
Who lives in a piña under the sea? ‘Bob Esponja!’ (video)
He lives in a piña under the sea — Bob Esponja — and this is his cancion.
The lyrics:
Mas…Who lives in a piña under the sea? ‘Bob Esponja!’ (video)
Hide your kids, hide your wife: ‘El Vendedor de Humo’ is here (video)
He’s what we might call a snake oil salesman. El Vendedor de Humo — the smoke seller — is a master of wish fulfillment and deception. Why did he really come to town? Abuela is skeptical at first, but then…