Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics examines DC/Marvel constructions of comic book superheroes as well as those in mainstream animation, TV, and film.
Frederick Luis Aldama
In the Eisner award-winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics Aldama explores the storyworld spaces inhabited by Latinx superheroes in mainstream comic book storyworlds: print comic books, animation, TV, and film. Aldama sheds light on how creators (authors, artists, animators, and directors) build storyworlds that feature Latinos/as. He guides readers through the full archive of all the Latinx superheroes in comics since the 1940s. Aldama takes us where the superheroes live—the barrios, the hospitals, the school rooms, the farm fields—and he not only shows us a view of the Latinx content but also provokes critical inquiry into the way storytelling formats distill and reconstruct real Latinos/as.
In the Eisner award-winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics Aldama explores the storyworld spaces inhabited by Latinx superheroes in mainstream comic book storyworlds: print comic books, animation, TV, and film. Aldama sheds light on how creators (authors, artists, animators, and directors) build storyworlds that feature Latinos/as. He guides readers through the full archive of all the Latinx superheroes in comics since the 1940s. Aldama takes us where the superheroes live—the barrios, the hospitals, the school rooms, the farm fields—and he not only shows us a view of the Latinx content but also provokes critical inquiry into the way storytelling formats distill and reconstruct real Latinos/as.