1. Lauro "Larry" Zarate Alcala ONA was a well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines.
17 Facts About Larry Alcala
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Larry Alcala was born on August 18,1926, to Ernesto Alcala and Elpidia Zarate in Daraga, Albay.
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Larry Alcala became a professor at the same university from 1951 to 1981.
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Larry Alcala received the Australian Cultural Award accompanied by a travel study grant in 1975.
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Larry Alcala started his cartooning career in 1946 while still attending school.
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Larry Alcala did came out the very first animation was a black-and-white animated short film on 8mm film of a girl doing jumping rope and a boy playing with a yo-yo.
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Larry Alcala pioneered animated cartoons for television commercials of products such as Darigold Milk in 1957 and Caltex in 1965.
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Larry Alcala believed in the far-reaching role of cartoons in education and value formation.
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Larry Alcala's remains were laid in repose in state at Rolling Hills Memorial Chapel in Bacolod.
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Larry Alcala's most popular cartoon series was Slice of Life, which is a reflection of the many unique aspects of everyday life in the Philippines.
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Larry Alcala captured the interest of his weekend patrons by giving them the task of looking for his image cleverly concealed within the weekend cartoon.
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Larry Alcala did the same with his other comic strip Kalabog en Bosyo.
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Larry Alcala's cartoons had been tapped in advertising campaigns, such as corporate calendars, print ads, promotional T-shirts and in San Miguel Beer cans.
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Larry Alcala's most enduring comic strip was Kalabog en Bosyo that first appeared on the pages of Pilipino Komiks in 1947.
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Decades before Slice of Life, Larry Alcala was already doing cameo roles in his Kalabog en Bosyo comic strips, but instead of portraying himself with a moustach, spectacles and side burns, he rendered himself in a crew-cut, younger and about 100-pounds thinner profile.
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In Kalabog en Bosyo, Larry Alcala pioneered in the blending of Tagalog and English or Taglish as the medium of communication among his characters.
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Larry Alcala had been affiliated with the following clubs and organizations:.