LA CUCARACHA: The first Latino-themed political syndicated daily comic strip launches nationwide November 25th

Rare Latino-themed daily comic strip (and first political Latino-themed comic) launches Nov. 25th through Universal Press Syndicate, home of the Boondocks and Doonesbury.

LOS ANGELES - From inside the warped, Spanglish-mangling mind of award winning syndicated editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz crawls La Cucaracha, the new daily comic strip debuting in newspaper funny pages nationwide. Universal Press Syndicate, home to political comic strips Doonesbury and The Boondocks, will launch La Cucaracha, the first nationally syndicated Latino- themed political daily comic strip on the week of November 25th, 2002. So far, 35 newspapers including the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune have signed on for La Cucaracha.

"Its been a dream of mine to quote myself in a press release written by me."
- LALO ALCARAZ

   The funny pages will finally get a biting, funny daily comic strip with plenty of satirical Latino attitude. La Cucaracha will allow readers to experience life in that big Latino barrio now known as "the U.S.A." Featuring both realistic and outrageous characters and situations, La Cucaracha will make you laugh and possibly think. La Cucaracha explores issues of politics, ethnicity, immigration, biculturalism, racism, youth culture and Latino pop culture with brutally thought provoking satire.

For press interviews, contact Lalo Alcaraz at (562) 907-1996, or email him at cuco@pocho.com or call Universal Press Syndicates publicist Kathie Kerr at 1(800) 255-6734. Editors can contact Universal Press Syndicate Sales at the above # or through their website at http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/ or at their street address:
Universal Press Syndicate at 4520 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111-7701 Telephone: (816) 932-6600

If you would like to see La Cucaracha on the daily comics pages of your newspaper, please contact Lalo Alcaraz with a message of support at cuco@pocho.com, or just email your local newspaper and let them know you want your Cucaracha! For more info visit www.lacucaracha.com