Mas…Toons from 1492: I don’t think that’s very funny in English OR Spanish!
Cartoons
La Cucaracha y Mas
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Nahual (toons)
The nahual is a human who can shapeshift or manifest in the form of an animal.
Social Justice Kittens 2018 Calendar contains 12 woke months! (toon)
Artist Shawn Tejaratchi’s Social Justice Kitten Calendar has a fresh kitty for every month and a slogan to keep you woke.
Here are four months’ pix:
Mas…Social Justice Kittens 2018 Calendar contains 12 woke months! (toon)
I shot ‘The Arrow’ into the air, it fell to Earth, I knew not where (video)
Be careful where you shoot! The Arrow is by Spaniard Emilio Yebra.
Wassup, Frida Kahlo? Nada! Just chillin’ with my squad (toon)
[Creator Unknown! If you know who made this, tell us so we can share.]
Washington Redskins #TakeAKnee? Not so fast! (toon)
The History of Mexico’s Fastest Mouse, Speedy Gonzales (video)
Our hero Speedy Gonzales, Mexico’s fastest mouse, gets a simplistic but interesting bio in this short video. It’s cool to see the initial cartoon version of the rascally rodent (photo), and his later pairings with Daffy Duck. And the quick coverage of the “offensive stereotype” issue gives us this great screencap of Warner Bros’ Official Cover My Ass Statement:
Mas…The History of Mexico’s Fastest Mouse, Speedy Gonzales (video)
Feliz Frijol Friday: ¡Fuerza México! #FFF (toon)
Want to help? Famed DF rescue brigade TOPOS needs your dinero donation.
This music vid goes out to all the Buenos Aires ‘Cuidacoches’
Argentina’s Dante Zaballa made this music video for his primo Tall Juan who was born in Argentina but now lives in Queens. CONTEXT: In Buenos Aires, semi-organized squads of cuidacoches — guys who ask for “tips” to “watch your car” — are a way of surviving on the street for some, and an extortion racket in the eyes of others.
Flashy and bouncy hand-painted stop-motion animation, a short and sweet tune, and a pop and punk performance make for a hella music video. Tall Juan is on Facebook.
