Lloyd Dangle is an Oakland, California illustrator, writer, and cartoonist, whose illustrations have appeared in many publications, commercial projects, and books. His weekly comic strip, Troubletown , has been nationally syndicated to alternative newsweeklies and political magazines since 1988. He is a member of the Graphic Artists Guild and is currently the Guild's National Vice President. His efforts have included organizing a group of California illustrators, known as the "All Rights Refusniks," to educate their colleagues on interpreting and negotiating contracts, and helped to establish the Contract Monitor newsletter. Lloyd has also led the Guild's five-year legislative and regulatory effort to reform California Sales tax, which resulted, this April, in a California Supreme Court ruling that fully excludes copyright licenses by illustrators, photographers and designers from tax.