Your Brain on Latino Comics - Aldama, Frederick Luis
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Though the field of comic book studies has burgeoned in recent years, Latino characters and creators have received little attention. Putting the spotlight on this vibrant segment, Your Brain on Latino Comics illuminates the world of superheroes Firebird, Vibe, and the new Blue Beetle while also examining the effects on readers who are challenged to envision such worlds. Exploring mainstream companies such as Marvel and DC as well as rising stars from other segments of the industry, Frederick Aldama provides a new reading of race, ethnicity, and the relatively new storytelling medium of comics…mehr

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Though the field of comic book studies has burgeoned in recent years, Latino characters and creators have received little attention. Putting the spotlight on this vibrant segment, Your Brain on Latino Comics illuminates the world of superheroes Firebird, Vibe, and the new Blue Beetle while also examining the effects on readers who are challenged to envision such worlds. Exploring mainstream companies such as Marvel and DC as well as rising stars from other segments of the industry, Frederick Aldama provides a new reading of race, ethnicity, and the relatively new storytelling medium of comics themselves. Overview chapters cover the evolution of Latino influences in comics, innovations, and representations of women, demonstrating Latino transcendence of many mainstream techniques. The author then probes the rich and complex ways in which such artists affect the cognitive and emotional responses of readers as they imagine past, present, and future worlds. Twenty-one interviews with Latino comic book and comic strip authors and artists, including Laura Molina, Frank Espinosa, and Rafael Navarro, complete the study, yielding captivating commentary on the current state of the trade, cultural perceptions, and the intentions of creative individuals who shape their readers in powerful ways.
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Frederick Luis Aldama was born in Mexico City to a Guatemalan- and Irish-American mother from LA and a Mexican father from Mexico City. When he was a child, his mother moved the family to California. Today he is known as Professor Latinx and is an award-winning author and editor of over 50 books, including recently the comic book Pyroclast, the graphic fictions Through Fences and Labyrinths Borne, and children's books The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie and Con Papá / With Papá. He is a National Cartoonists Society, Texas Institute of Letters and Ohio State University's ODI Hall of Fame inductee. He is founder and director of the UT Austin's Latinx Pop Lab where he holds the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities.