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Breaking Free from the Dungeon of Liberty: How Giannina Braschi Explodes Colonial Categories Through Word-Drawn Revolution in United States of Banana: A Graphic Novel (2021)
United States of Banana: A Graphic Novel is a work of metamorphoses and becomings, masterfully achieved through the image-inspiring words of iconic Latinx poet and radical thinker Giannina Braschi and the artwork of Joakim Lindengren, whose illustrations give them a bizarre and beautiful twist.
Nov 228 min read


Drawing Truth from Trauma: Pablo Leon Maps Guatemala's Unspoken Legacy
Knowing the truth is painful, but liberating. Without it the scars will never heal.
Sep 184 min read


Memory, Migration, & the Power of Our Untold Histories: A Conversation with Pablo Leon
My hope is that it makes its way to Latin America, to Guatemala, because this history isn't taught in schools there.
Sep 148 min read


The Two Pedro Pascals: How Latino Identity Gets Bought and Sold in Hollywood
Hollywood has put Pascal in an impossible bind: he can't be the traditional superhero leader without invoking the machismo stereotype that Latino men supposedly embody and, thus, must avoid.
Sep 128 min read


From Cocinas to Lucha Libre: A Conversation on Food, Sports, and Latinx Comics
From Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides brings together an extraordinary collection of Latinx creators to explore how food and sports serve as powerful touchstones of identity and community in the Latino Americas.
Sep 19 min read


Las Payasas: Girlhood, Quinceañeras, and the Borderlands of Memory
This comic is a tribute: to her, to the borderlands, and to the mestiza consciousness that takes shape in the messy, meaningful rituals of becoming.
Jul 173 min read


Latine Conversations at Comicpalooza University: A Reflection
Comicpalooza University (CP University) is a space where fans, scholars, and creatives come together to learn, share, and build community.
Jun 303 min read


Exploring the World of Rian Comics: A Deep Dive into Creativity
Rian provides a list of must-read Latinx comics!
Jun 272 min read


Aqua-pessimism and Black-Brown Futurities in Wakanda Forever (2022)
Namor’s vision could be described as aqua-pessimism—a fluid, insurgent worldview that interrogates whether the surface world, as it currently exists, is even worthy of inclusion in the inevitable, irrepressible unfolding of Black and Brown futures.
May 313 min read


5 Must-Read Latine Word & Image Stories
5 Must-Read Latine Word & Image Stories
May 304 min read


Let’s Go! Latinx Creators Reimagine Comics for a New Generation
It’s not always easy to pin down what makes a comic “Latinx” or "Latino."
May 213 min read


Latinx Narratives in Anime: Alita: Battle Angel, a Cultural Adaptation Without Erasure
Alita: Battle Angel is a vibrant, layered world mirrored the social disparities often explored in Latin American cinema
Apr 304 min read


Finding Your Spanglish Stride: A Review of Speak Up, Santiago!
Speak Up, Santiago! is a warm story about friendship, self-determination, and disrupting the notion that there is a “right” way to be Latino.
Apr 93 min read


Making Space for Latinx Futurisms: A Review of Major Thomás!
Major Thomás deserves a space among the pop culture fictions that feature Latinx characters
Feb 244 min read


Monsters, Middle School & Mayhem: A Dive into Jorge Aguirre & Andrés Vera Martínez's Monster Locker
A knockout graphic novel, Aguirre’s brilliantly crafted Monster Locker bursts to life with Vera Martínez’s gorgeous illustrations.
Jan 72 min read


Beyond the Barriers: How Through Fences Transformed My Classroom
Teaching Through Fences was nothing short of transformative for both the students and me.
Dec 9, 20243 min read


Sol Naciente: Lucha Libre Por Vida!
Sol Naciente reminds us to never underestimate the fire that burns within.
Nov 18, 20242 min read


Miguel A. Briones's Macho No Machismo: Affirming Tender Masculinities
El Paso native and current Austenite, Miguel A. Briones , reclaims Chicano masculinity in Macho No Machismo: Helpful and Nice , a...
Oct 7, 20243 min read


This Bridge Called My Language: Marcela T. Garcés's Me llamo Marcela: My Story as a Heritage Speaker
Marcela T. Garcés's coming of age as a second-generation Colombian American and her experiences as a Spanish heritage speaker.
Oct 4, 20243 min read


The Thirteen: The Origins of An Extraordinary League of Latinx Teen Superheroes!
Dan Johnson reviews the comics book issues that make up the Thirteen Origins and the stories of Latinx teens coming into their superpowers!
Oct 2, 20245 min read
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