Private Project

SUPER VACCINE VATO

Super Vaccine Vato is the new Lalo Alcaraz/Pocho Villa Productions public health hero. Stay tooned for new episodes of SVV as he takes on public health emergencies for Covidlatino.org and the ASU School of Transborder Studies.

  • Lalo Alcaraz
    Director
    Coco; The Casagrades; Victor & Valentino; Rugrats; Bordertown
  • Ric Torres II
    Writer
    Accidentes
  • Lalo Alcaraz
    Writer
    The Casagrande's; Victor & Valentino; Rugrats; Bordertown
  • Lalo Alcaraz
    Producer
    The Casagrandes; The Loud House; Bordertown
  • Ric Torres II
    Producer
    Accidentes
  • Gilberto Lopez, PhD.
    Producer
    Director, COVIDLatino.org
  • Mustafa Hasnain
    Producer
    Frontiers Animation
  • Murtaza Hasnain
    Producer
    Frontiers Animation
  • Yahya Ehsan
    Producer
    Frontiers Animation/Art Director
  • Lalo Alcaraz
    Key Cast
    "Super Vaccine Vato"
    Coco, Revengence, Half Like Me, Habla y Vota
  • Nancy Marie Arteaga
    Key Cast
    "Chola Operator/Dona Maria"
  • Lalo Alcaraz
    Art Team
    La Cucaracha Comic Strip
  • Joaquin Junco, Jr.
    Art Team
    La Cucaracha Comic Strip
  • M. Rowaid Akhtar
    Art Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Haniya Athar
    Art Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Salman Ahmad
    Art Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Abdullah Khan
    Animation Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Saleema Nawab
    Animation Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Nebi Ali
    Animation Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Samia Naqvi
    Animation Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Anum Suhail
    Animation Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Arita Faiz
    Production Management Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Ayesha Jamil
    Production Management Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Alex Espinoza
    Production Management Team
    Frontiers Animation
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 30, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Animation
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Nevada Short Film Festival
    Reno
    United States
    March 13, 2022
    Selected - Animated Micro Film
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    March 2, 2022
    Honorable Mention - Best Animation
  • Arizona International Film Festival
    Tuscon
    United States
    April 20, 2022
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Lalo Alcaraz

Lalo was the Cultural Consultant on Pixar's COCO and is a nationally recognized Chicano cartoonist and a 2020 and 2021 Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning. He created La Cucaracha, the first nationally syndicated daily Latino themed cartoon strip in 2002. La Cucaracha has run continuously since 2002 across the United States. Lalo has also served as a writer on the animated Fox TV’s series, Bordertown, and presently serves as a writer and producer for the animated series The Casagrandes on Nickelodeon. Lalo is the principal artist for the covidlatino.org project. He is the CEO and Lead Creative for his production shingle, Pocho Villa Productions, LLC (“PVP”), Executive Producers of this project.

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Director Statement

I was recruited by the Arizona State University School of Transborder Studies to serve as their Artist in Residence for 2021-22. I am collaborating with ASU Professor Gilberto Lopez and his covidlatino.org project to bring my comic strip/cartoon characters to life via animation in the fight to combat vaccine hesitancy in the Latino community. Covidlatino.org collaborates with the team at Frontiers Animation for all animated stories. The Super Vaccine Vato character is a spin off of my Super Vato character and many of the characters in this series (Taco Cart Guy) are from my nationally syndicated La Cucaracha comic strip. This Pilot is the first of 7 short episodes covering issues ranging from vaccine hesitancy to Covid's impact on mental health. The team at Frontiers Animation worked flawlessly with our Pocho Villa Productions team to make this and many other Latino Covid themed content for Arizona State University and the California Department of Public Health.