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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Though the field of comic book studies has burgeoned, Latino characters and creators have received little attention. This title illuminates the world of superheroes Firebird, Vibe, and the Blue Beetle while also examining the effects on readers who are challenged to envision such worlds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: An Overview of Latino Comics 1. Introduction 2. So Many Approaches, So Little . . . 3. Concerned Comics 4. The Good, Bad, and . . . Beautiful 5. Mainstreamed Compadres 6. Slipstreamed Latinos 7. Latinos Strike Back 8. Spandexed Latinas, Where Art Thou? 9. More Superheroes Revealed 10. Spandex Alternatives 11. All That Is White Turns Noir 12. Other à la Modes 13. Strips with New Stripes Part II: Brains A-sizzle on Latino Comics 14. Introduction 15. Comic, Tragic, Epic--Redux 16. Proof's in the Pudding 17. Getting Emotional 18. Abracadabra . . . the Mind-Reading Trick 19. Double Trouble: The Visual and Verbal Narrator 20. Latinos Conjured Up 21. Rereading Race and Ethnicity 22. It's a Burrito Wrap Part III: Conversations with the Creators David Alvarez Gus Arriola Hector Cantú Carlos Castellanos Richard Dominguez Frank Espinosa Roberta Gregory Gilbert Hernandez of Los Bros Hernandez Jaime Hernandez of Los Bros Hernandez Javier Hernandez Jonathan and Joshua Luna of The Luna Brothers Laura Molina Rhode Montijo Rafael Navarro Anthony Oropeza Peter Ramirez Fernando Rodriguez Bobby Rubio Carlos Saldaña Wilfred Santiago Ivan Velez Jr. Notes Bibliography Index ...
