Award Winning Cartoonist to Speak at College

Award-winning political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz will speak today at College of the Desert, where his work and artwork from two other artists is being shown.

Alcaraz will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the Pollock Theatre, and a reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts; both events are free.

The Marks center is hosting “Locolandia,” an exhibit of prints by Alcaraz and work by COD alumnus Eduardo Valadez Arenas and Bay Area artist Martin “Rabitt” Olivares, through Dec. 11.

Alcaraz is the creator of nationally syndicated daily comic strip “La Cucaracha,” co-host of KPFK 90.7 FM’s long-running satirical radio talk-show “Pocho Hour of Power,” and a producer and writer for upcoming Fox animated television series “Bordertown,” co-produced with “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane.

He has been honored by the Los Angeles Press Club, and has published “Latino USA: A Cartoon History” and recent New York Times bestseller “A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States.”

--City News Service

--Image via Twitter @laloalcaraz