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Corky Trinidad
Born
Francisco Flores Trinidad, Jr.

(1939-05-26)May 26, 1939
Manila, Philippines
DiedFebruary 13, 2009(2009-02-13) (aged 69)
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCartoonist
Notable workNguyen Charlie, Aloha Eden, Zeus
AwardsAllan Saunders Award (ACLU Hawaii), Fletcher Knebel Award (Hawaii Community Media Council)

Francisco Flores Trinidad, Jr. (26 May 1939 – 13 February 2009), better known by his pen name "Corky", was a Filipino-American

comics artist. Born in Manila, he was known for his editorial cartoons for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin since 1969, and especially for his Vietnam War comic strip Nguyen Charlie
.

Biography

Francisco Trinidad Jr. came from a family of journalists. His father, Francisco “Koko” Trinidad, was a broadcaster, and his mother, Lina Trinidad, was a columnist. Trinidad became a political cartoonist for the Philippines Herald after he graduated from university in 1961. He later became one of many journalists who fled the Philippines during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.[1]

Trinidad was the first

Asian American editorial cartoonist at a major U.S. metropolitan newspaper. Via syndication, Trinidad's work has appeared in non-U.S. periodicals such as the International Herald Tribune, Denmark's Politiken daily, the Buenos Aires Herald, the Manila Chronicle, and the now-defunct British magazine Punch
.

Trinidad's comic

University of Hawaii
.

Trinidad's editorial cartoons were critical of Hawaii politicians as well as the Marcos

ISBN 0-935021-08-6
).

In 1982 Trinidad received the Allan Saunders Award from the

American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi, and in 1999 won the Fletcher Knebel Award from the Hawaii Community Media Council.[2]
He also received several honors in the editorial cartoon category of the Hawaiʻi Publishers Association's annual Paʻi Awards for excellence in journalism.

In 2005 the Society of Professional Journalists honored Trinidad by naming him to the Hawaii Journalism Hall of Fame."[3]

Corky Trinidad died in Hawaii in 2009 at the age of 69 from pancreatic cancer. He was survived by his wife, Hana, and five children. His obituary in the Honolulu Star Bulletin noted Trinidad's advice for young cartoonists: take a stand.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "In memoriam: Corky Trinidad - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
  2. ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Breaking Stories". archives.starbulletin.com.
  3. ^ "corky". hawaiispj.org.
  4. ^ "Star-Bulletin editorial cartoonist Corky Trinidad dies". The Honolulu Advertiser. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  5. ^ Burlingame, Burlin (13 February 2009). "Acclaimed Star-Bulletin cartoonist dies". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

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