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    Larry Alcala was a Filipino cartoonist who was named a National Artist of the Philippines. He lived from 1926 to 2002. Over his 56-year career, he created over 500 characters and published over 15,000 pages of comics. Some of his most famous works included the comic strip "Mang Ambo" and the comic books "Asiong Aksaya" and "Siopawman". He made significant contributions to Philippine cartooning and humor.

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    Larry Alcala was a Filipino cartoonist who was named a National Artist of the Philippines. He lived from 1926 to 2002. Over his 56-year career, he created over 500 characters and published over 15,000 pages of comics. Some of his most famous works included the comic strip "Mang Ambo" and the comic books "Asiong Aksaya" and "Siopawman". He made significant contributions to Philippine cartooning and humor.

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    Larry Alcala was a Filipino cartoonist who was named a National Artist of the Philippines. He lived from 1926 to 2002. Over his 56-year career, he created over 500 characters and published over 15,000 pages of comics. Some of his most famous works included the comic strip "Mang Ambo" and the comic books "Asiong Aksaya" and "Siopawman". He made significant contributions to Philippine cartooning and humor.

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    NATIONAL ARTIST

    LARRY ALCALA
    AUG 18 ,1926 DALAGA,ALBAY

    LAURO "LARRY" COMICS ARTIST


    ALCALA BIRTH: AUG 18. 1926
    DIED: JUNE 24, 2002 ( BACOLOD CITY)
           arry Alcala lived a full life. And it
    L EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SYSTEM
    showed amply in his works. His name,
    AWARD: NATIOAL ARTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES
    even if he is now gone, remains
    BOOKS: THE BEST OFMANG AMBO, THE BEST OF LARRY
    synonymous with Philippine cartoons,
    ALCALA'S MANG AMBO.
    an art form that he served well to his
    last days. In fact among the
    practitioners of this art form on the
    national scence he stood tall.

    In his lifetime, Alcala commanded a


    popular following, not only because of
    the number and variety of cartoon
    characters that came out of his drawing
    board, but for the incisive wit that he
    willfully breathed into his characters
    and the participative humor that he
    engendered in his works have more
    than endeared him to his audience. DETAIL >

    Alcala made over 500 characters, 20 MEET THE NATIONAL ARTIST


               any of his readers, in turn, even without personally \ Alcala started his career as cartoonist in 1946. The myriad
    comic strips, six movies, two murals,
    M achievements that he collected in his 56-year career all attest to his
    meeting him, often regard him as a companion. The humor
    and 15,000 published pages in 56 years being widely recognized as a razor-edged satirist, a humor machine, a
    of Alcala visits them regardless of time and space–whether
    Filipino artist, all rolled into one. Alcala’s Slice of Life, which originally
    of cartooning. Through his works, he in the comforts of home while sipping their first cup of appeared in the Philippines Daily Express, moved to The Philippine

    eloquently depicted the Filipino’s coffee at the breakfast table, or in the punishing STAR, and was adjudged Best in Humor by the Catholic Mass Media

    constraints of city traffic while inching their way through Awards in February 1988.
    capacity to face squarely the challenges He was cited "for helping to keep alive the Filipino’s ability to laugh at
    a jeepney ride back home. It is this degree of intimacy that
    of life in the country, peppered with makes the art of Alcala an all-time favorite. In sum, his
    himself, through the lively marriage of art and humor, and through
    commentaries that are at once critical and compassionate, evoking
    satirical humor and a wee bit of cartoons are for all seasons, and for all people of diverse laughter and reflection." Notable Works: Slice of Life Weekend 1980-

    sarcasm. persuasions. 1986 Asiong Aksaya,

    Alcala also introduced a favorite pastime among his Daily Express, Tagalog Klasiks, 1976-1984 Smolbatteribols, Darna
    Komiks 1972-1984 Siopawman, Daily Express, 1972-1983, 2002
    readers. Young and old, his readers would meticulously
    Kalabogesyons, Pilipino Komiks, 1966-1972 Congressman Kalog, Aliwan
    look for his trademark profile ingeniously hidden among Komiks, 1966-1972 Baryo Pogspak, Holiday Komiks, 1966-1972
    the bushes, wall, people and places that he drew. He also Loverboy, Redondo Komiks, 1964-1969 Mang Ambo, Weekly Graphic,

    significantly contributed to the popularity of Tagalog, and 1963-1965 Kalabog en Bosyo, Pilipino Komiks, 1949-1983 Islaw Palitaw,
    1946-1948
    National Artist without meaning to, Taglish as well.

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