Creating A Cartoon About The Philippine Maritime Zones Act - November 27, 2024

Here is my process for creating a cartoon for the Cartoon Movement.
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The Philippines recently passed the the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act, which set the extent of the Philippines' exclusive economic zone where it has exclusive rights to its ocean natural resources and identifies the sea lanes through which both foreign ships and aircraft pass through.
For several years, The Philippines and China have disputed the maritime rights and sovereignty of the West Philippine Sea. China has been harassing Filipino fishing vessels in the disputed area that falls within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. Chinese vessels have been using water cannons and ramming Filipino fishing vessels.
This harassment has taken a toll on the livelihood of the Filipino fisherman trying to fish at Escoda (Sabina) Shoal.
"Filipino fisherfolk assert rights on West PH Sea over China’s ‘detention orders’" by Dominic Gutoman for Bulatlat
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"What are the PH Maritime Zones Act, Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act all about?" by Bea Cupin for Rappler
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"China’s harassment takes toll on PH fishers" by Nestor Corrales for The Philippines Daily Inquirer
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"Holding the line along the West Philippine Sea" by Rommel Jude G. Ong for Rappler
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From April 9, 2008 to April 2011, Angelo Lopez was the regular cartoonist for the Tri-City Voice, a local newspaper of the Milpitas, Fremont, and Union City areas in California. From December 2011 to March 2023, Angelo Lopez was the regular cartoonist for the Philippine News Today, a Filipino American community newspaper based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Angelo’s cartoons are currently published in the Cartoon Movement and Pitik Bulag.
Angelo Lopez won the 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Award for Editorial Cartoons. He has also won the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018 Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial cartooning for newspapers with a circulation under 100,000. Angelo won first prize for the Best of the West contest in 2016 and third prize in 2017.
Here is Angelo's cartoons for the Cartoon Movement
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Here is the website for Pitik Bulag, a collection of Filipino political cartoonists who use their work to fight against authoritarianism and disinformation on social media
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Here is Angelo's Facebook group page for his cartoons
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Here is Angelo's Instagram page
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