La Cucaracha

by Lalo Alcaraz

An anthropomorphic hipster cockroach is on the cutting-edge of American comic-strip humor. La Cucaracha (aka Cuco Rocha) and his pals voice the concerns and observations of the Latino-American community with an edgy, insightful wit.Through "La Cucaracha, " creator Lalo Alcaraz makes blunt social commentary both hard-hitting and hilarious. The result is not just a pleasure, but also a craving.The strong undercurrent of modern Latino themes and issues adds a sharp layer of meaning to the humor. In one strip, an immigrant bartender has listened to two customers rant, I'm telling ya, there's too many immigrants pouring into this country. When one of the customers asks for another drink the bartender declares, I'm an immigrant, and guess what? I'm not pouring!This first of perceptive "La Cucaracha" humor will delight and gratify all audiences that appreciate intelligent, progressive, deeply amusing comics. Universal Press Syndicate newspaper Cucaracha

Genres: Humor, Comics

128 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is a collection of political cartoons dealing with latin american immigrants in the u.s. pretty funny stuff that makes a strong point against bigotry and close-mindedness.

[Cris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love this book. Very funny. Lalo is a very observant man. I met him at a journalists conference. Wish I had gotten to talk to him more. I wish more papers would buy his strip. His work does have a very definitely political left bite, which boasts no counterbalance in the hispanic world. !Y ya!