Cartoons for the Tri-City Voice April to June 2010

On April 9, 2008, I began to do cartoons for the Tri-City Voice, a newspaper that covers the Milpitas, Fremont, and Union City areas in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s been a dream come true for me to be a published cartoonist and I’ve really enjoyed thinking up of cartoons each week. Most of my cartoons are political cartoons, but I occassionally do cartoons of the local Bay Area scene and cartoons for the holidays.

The months of April through June 2010 were dominated by news of the economy and the growing influence of the Tea Party in American politics. Republicans continue to oppose most of President Obama’s initiatives, although Republican Scott Brown joined with the Senate Democrats in passing a financial reform bill. The Tea Party continues to feed off of the anger of the general population over bailouts of bankers and Wall Street and fears that the industrial and manufacturing jobs that have been lost during the recession may never come back. In Arizona, SB 1070 passes, igniting a national debate on illegal immigration.

In local news, a proposition passes that commits money to create a football stadium in a section of Santa Clara that is already choke full of traffic. California voters do not pass Proposition 16, which would’ve given PG & E more of a monopoly of California energy. The cities of Newark and Union City propose to combine their fire departments to save money when both cities’ budgets are severely strained. A recent spate of violence occurs in the Bay Area against Asian Americans, causing concern. And the California governor’s race begins, as candidate Meg Whitman wins the Republican nomination and Attorney General Jerry Brown wins the Democratic nomination.

To view the cartoons that I’ve done for the Tri-City Voice from April to June 2010, click the dates below. The cartoon is below the crossword puzzle.

Getting Rid Of The Moderates April 7, 2010
Overwhelmed By Niner Fans April 14, 2010
Newark and Union City Combine Their Fire Departments April 21, 2010
Resentment Over The Bailouts April 27, 2010
Bigotry May 4, 2010
Driving Illegal Immigrants Underground May 11, 2010
The Trouble With Current Energy Dependency May 18, 2010
PG & E and Proposition 16 May 25, 2010
Illegal Immigrants Caught In The Middle Of The War Between Drug Dealers And The Police June 1, 2010
Money And The Elections June 8, 2010
The Road Of The Illegal Immigrant June 15, 2010
The World Cup June 22, 2010
Anti-Japanese American Hysteria In World War II and Islamophobia Today June 29, 2010

About angelolopez

I’ve wanted to be an artist all my life. Since I was a child I’ve drawn on any scrap of paper I could get a hold of. When I went to San Jose State University, I became more exposed to the works of the great fine artists and illustrators. My college paintings were heavily influenced by the humorous illustrations of Peter De Seve, an illustrator for the New Yorker magazine. I also fell under the spell of the great muralists of the 1930s, especially Thomas Hart Benton and Diego Rivera. I graduated with a degree in Illustration. Angelo Lopez has had illustrations published in Tikkun Magazine, the Palo Alto Daily News and Z Magazine. From April 2008 to May 2011, Angelo's cartoons were regularly published in the Tri-City Voice, a weekly newspaper that covers the Fremont, Hayward, Milpitas, Neward, Sunol and Union City areas in California. He does a political webcomic starring his cartoon character Jasper for the progressive blogsite Everyday Citizen. Since December 2011, Angelo does a regular weekly political cartoon for the Philippines Today, a Filipino American newspaper based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since March 2013, he has also contributed cartoons to the Manila Mail, a Filipino American newspaper based in Washington D.C. Angelo is a member of the Sunnyvale Art Club, and the Northern California chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. During the 1990s, he was a member of the part-timer workers SEIU unit in the city of Sunnyvale. Angelo won the 2013, 2015 and 2016 Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial cartooning for newspapers with a circulation under 100,000. He has also won the 2016 RFK Book and Journalism Award for Editorial Cartoons. Angelo won first prize for the Best of the West contest in 2016 and third prize in 2017. Angelo is married to Lisa Reeber. They enjoy taking walks, watching movies and hanging out with their nieces.

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One Response to Cartoons for the Tri-City Voice April to June 2010

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