Lloyd Dangle (born May 13, 1961) is an

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writer and

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, illustrator, and political satirist.

Biography

Early life and career

Lloyd Dangle graduated from Ann Arbor Huron High School in 1979, and attended the

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School of Art, graduating with a BFA in 1983. He was editor and contributor to the U of M's ''Gargoyle'' humor magazine. Dangle worked as a designer, paste-up artist, and cartoonist for the '' Michigan Voice'', an alternative newspaper in

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, that was founded and edited by future filmmaker

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; he served as a sound recordist on Moore's first movie, '' Roger and Me''. After leaving Michigan in 1983 he moved to

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and worked for magazines and newspapers including ''

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'', ''Manhattan'', '' Inc.'', '' Nuclear Times'', and the ''Village Voice'' as a production artist.

Advocacy projects

Dangle has contributed to

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education efforts, particularly for IV drug users, including art directing the handbook ''The Works'', used in prisons and drug rehabilitation clinics. He created a billboard, TV, and print campaign around a superhero, Bleachman, whose duty was to teach IV drug users to clean their needles at a time when needle exchange programs were illegal in

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. Dangle has served as Northern California chapter president and as national president of the

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, having helped found the former. He also lobbied the

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in favor of the unsuccessful Freelance Artists and Writers Self Protection Act, introduced by Michigan Senator

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in 2002, which intended to extend

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rights to freelance artists and writers negotiating with large media companies.

Troubletown

''Troubletown'' is a syndicated weekly comic strip by Dangle. Begun in 1988 at the ''

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'', it went on to run in many

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weeklies including '' The Stranger'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. It also appears regularly in ''

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'' magazine. Most strips involve political satire from a liberal perspective. Several book collections of ''Troubletown'' have been published. It is also featured in the anthology ''Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists.'' Dangle said he planned to retire his ''Troubletown'' strip at the end of April 2011.Lloyd Dangle's blog: "It's True", March 28, 2011.
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Books

* ''Dangle'' (four issues, comic book series published by

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, and later by

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publications). * ''Troubletown'' * ''Next Stop: Troubletown'', Published by Manic D Press, * ''Real Recipes For Casual Cooks'', by Lynn Gordon (illustrated), Published by

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* ''Axis of Trouble'', Published by Troubletown Books * ''Ten Minute Activist'' (illustrated), by The Mission Collective * ''Troubletown Told You So, Comics that Could've Saved Us from This Mess'', published by Troubletown Books

References

External links

LloydDangle.com
(official site)
Lloyd Dangle's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dangle, Lloyd Living people 1961 births American cartoonists American comics artists American comics writers Artists from Michigan Alternative cartoonists Underground cartoonists University of Michigan alumni Artists from Ann Arbor, Michigan