Graphic Novels by Hispanic and Latinx Creators

We’ve put together a list of some graphic novels and non fiction created by Hispanic and Latinx artists and authors. Not everyone who identifies as Hispanic identifies as Latinx and vice versa. Please read this post for more information about these identifiers.

Cover of Home by Julio Anta.
Cover of the book Submerged by Vita Ayala.
Cover of "La Voz de M.A.Y.O."
Cover of the book "Memories from Limon."
Cover of the book "Pretty Deadly."

Fiction

  • City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcón and Sheila Alvarado. Oscar “Chino” Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father’s other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father’s murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city streets of Lima, and is drawn into their haunting, fantastical world. This remarkably affecting story by Daniel Alarcon was included in his acclaimed first book, War by Candlelight, and now, in collaboration with artist Sheila Alvarado, it takes on a new, thrilling form. 
  • Home by Julio Anta ; art by Anna Wieszczyk, Lisa Sterle. After being separated from his mother at the US border, a young Guatemalan immigrant must lean to harness his emerging super-human abilities while being hunted by the federal government. Julio and Anna Wieszczyk debut with a deeply grounded and heartfelt graphic novel that explores the real-world implications of a migrant with extraordinary powers.
  • Static. Season One. Vita Ayala, Reginald Hudlin, Greg Pak, writers. Bullied nerd Virgil Hawkins wasn’t the kind of kid you’d normally find on the streets at a protest–but like everyone else in the city of Dakota, he was fed up. Unfortunately, the first time he stood up to raise his voice, the world turned upside down. The experimental tear gas released that day left some of his classmates maimed or dead…but it left Virgil, and others, with stunning new abilities. Virgil has power inside him now–real power, the ability to channel and manipulate electromagnetic fields. But there’s anger burning inside him, too. What is he supposed to do about all of this? And first and foremost–what is he supposed to do about his bullies, now that they’ve got superpowers too?
  • Submerged by Vita Ayala ; artist, Lisa Sterle. On the night of the biggest storm in New York City history, Elysia Puente gets a call from her estranged little brother Angel, terrified, begging for help. When the call cuts out suddenly, despite the bad feelings between them, Ellie rushes into the night. Finding his broken phone in front of a barricaded subway station, Ellie follows echoes of her brother into the sinister darkness of the underground, desperate to find him before it’s too late.
  • Helm Greycastle by Henry Barajas ; color artist, Bryan Valenza ; penciler, Rahmat M. Handoko ; letter artists, Gabriela Downie et David Lanphear. The last dragon prince has been abducted–kept prisoner by an unknown threat: AZTEC MEXICA! Helm Greycastle and his outsider comrades are here to save the prince–but are recruited by a resistance plotting to overthrow Montezuma. Will Greycastle help save the people of MEXICA or save the dragon prince and flee? BONUS! Helm Greycastle includes a Latinx one-shot RPG (5E compatible) written by Tristan J. Tarwater and art by Jen Vaughn.
  • La Voz de M.A.Y.O. : Tata Rambo. Created by Henry Barajas ; art, J. Gonzo ; letter art, Bernardo Brice ; editor, Claire Napier. La Voz De M.A.Y.O: Tata Rambo is based on the oral history of Ramon Jaurigue, an orphan and WWII veteran who co-founded the Mexican, American, Yaqui, and Others (M.A.Y.O.) organization, which successfully lobbied the Tucson City Council to improve living and working conditions for members of the Pascua Yaqui tribe. Thanks to this period of activism, the Yaquis were federally recognized as one of the remaining Native American tribes. Meanwhile Ramon’s home life suffered as his focus was pulled from family to wider community, and from domesticity to the adrenaline of the campaign. A resonant, neglected slice of American history is told for the first time with art by J. Gonzo, letter art by Bernardo Brice, edited by Claire Napier, and La Voz de M.A.Y.O boasts a script by Henry Barajas the great-grandson of Ramon Jaurigue, a.k.a. Tata Rambo.
  • Redlands. Volume One, Sisters by Blood. Jordie Bellaire, writer & color artist ; Vanesa R. Del Rey, artist ; Clayton Cowles, letterer. A mysterious coven of witches runs the town of Redlands, Florida–and in order to stay on top, sacrifices must be made. When possession turns into friendship, and when love evolves into spite, the witches’ reign is challenged.
  • United States of Banana : A Graphic Novel. Written by Giannina Braschi ; illustrated by Joakim Lindengren ; edited and with an introduction by Amanda M. Smith and Amy Sheeran. A graphic novel on terrorism, global warming, mass incarceration, US capitalism and imperialism, Puerto Rican independence, revolution, art, and poetry. Appearances by the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont, Antonin Artaud, Ruben Dario, Pablo Neruda, Fidel Castro, Munoz Marin, Barack Obama, Hu Jintao, Donald Trump, Shakespeare, and Walt Disney.
  • Alberto Breccia’s Dracula by Alberto Breccia. In this wordless, full-color collection of satiric short comics stories, an internationally acclaimed cartoonist chronicles the waning days of the most famous vampire of them all. Alberto Breccia’s Dracula’ is composed of a series of brutally funny satirical misadventures starring the hapless eponymous antihero. Literally defanged (a humiliating trip to the dentist doesn’t help), the protagonist’s glory days are long behind him and other, more sinister villains (a corrupt government, overtly backed by American imperialism) are sickening and draining the life out of the villagers far more than one creature of the night ever could.
  • Memories from Limón by Edo Brenes. Struggle in paradise; welcome to love and life in Limón. Ramiro leaves the British drizzle and his beloved fiancé Yoss to uncover his family history back home in Costa Rica. Looking through a stack of family albums and interviewing the older generations and revelations, he begins to unravel the fascinating stories behind the faded photographs. However, this treasure trove of old family portraits leads Ramiro down a winding path of revelations, superstitions, and hidden truths. Some will make him laugh, and some will change his life forever.
  • Onion Skin by Edgar Camacho. Rolando’s job was crushing his soul… and then it crushed his hand. Now he can barely get out of the house, marathoning TV and struggling to find meaning. Nera is a restless spirit who loves to taste everything life can offer, but sleeps in a broken-down food truck and can’t see a way to make her dreams come true. When their paths cross at a raucous rock show, the magical night seems to last forever. Together they throw caution to the wind, fix up the truck, and hit the road for a wild adventure of biker gangs, secret herbs, mystical visions, and endless possibilities. But have they truly found the spice of life? Or has Rolando bitten off more than he can chew?
  • Pretty Deadly. Volume One, The Shrike. Kelly Sue Deconnick, script ; Emma Rios, art & covers ; Jordie Bellaire, colors ; Sigrid Ellis, edits ; Clayton Cowles, letters. Presents the collecting opening arc of author’s series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. This book tells a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage. Death’s daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father.
  • Run for It : Stories of Slaves Who Fought for their Freedom by Marcelo D’Salete ; translator, Andrea Rosenberg ; editor, Kristy Valenti. Run for It–a starkly stunning graphic novel by internationally acclaimed illustrator Marcelo d’Salete–is one of the first literary and artistic efforts to confront Brazil’s hidden history of slavery. Seen through the eyes of its victims, Run for It tells of ordinary slaves who rebel against their masters. Run for It’s vivid illustrations and magical realism engage the reader’s poetic imagination through stories of individual suffering caused by the horrors of slavery. Originally published in Brazil–where it was nominated for three of the country’s most prestigious comics awards–Run for It has received rave reviews worldwide. These intense tales offer a tragic and gripping portrait of one of history’s darkest corners. It’s hard to look away.
  • Cloudia & Rex by Ulises Alfonso Fariñas, Erick Freitas and Daniel Irizarri. After losing their dad, 12yr old Cloudia and her kid sister Rex are taken on a roadtrip by their mother, who is having a hard time dealing with the stress of sudden single-motherhood. When their car is blasted off the road by a strange bold from the sky, the kids find themselves with strange abilities – Cloudia has super strength, and Rex is … a woolly rhino. It seems they’ve been possessed by two twin gods, Thanatos and Hypnos, who are fleeing the god-realm which is being overtaken by The High Waveform, a single consuming entity. Their mission is to use the girls to ferry the remaining fleeing gods to the World Tree, where a new realm of gods can be reborn. It’s all a lot for a 12 year old to fully appreciate until the weight of the responsibility catches up with her.
  • Maggie the Mechanic : A Love and Rockets Book by Jaime Hernandez. Collects the first five years of Locas stories, about Maggie and Hopey and the ups and downs of their lives and relationships. Includes “Mechan-X,” the first Maggie and Hopey story, as well as the graphic novel “Las Mujeres Perdidas.”
  • Radiant Black. Writer, Kyle Higgins, Cherish Chen ; artist, Marcelo Costa ; guest artists, Eduardo Ferigato, Darko Lafuente ; guest colorists, Natalia Marques, Miquel Muerto ; color assistant, Rod Fernandes ; letterer, Becca Carey. Nathan Burnett has just turned thirty and things aren’t great — he’s working (and failing) at two jobs, his credit card debt is piling up and his only move… is moving back home with his parents. But when Nathan discovers the ethereal, cosmic Radiant, he’s given the power to radically change his fortunes…unless the Cosmic Beings who created them succeed in taking them back by any means necessary. Oh, and did we mention there’s a Red Radiant who wants Nathan dead?
  • The Low, Low Woods. Carmen Maria Machado, writer ; Dani, artist ; Tamra Bonvillain, colorist ; Steve Wands, letterer ; Sam Wolfe Connelly, cover artist. When your memories are stolen, what would you give to remember? Follow El and Vee as they search for answers to the questions everyone else forgot. Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, is plagued by a mysterious illness that eats away at the memories of those affected by it. El and Octavia are two best friends who find themselves the newest victims of this disease after waking up in a movie theater with no memory of the past few hours. As El and Vee dive deeper into the mystery behind their lost memories, they realize the stories of their town hold more dark truth than they could’ve imagined. It’s up to El and Vee to keep their town from falling apart…to keep the world safe from Shudder-to-Think’s monsters.
  • Huck. Book 1, All-American. Created by Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque ; Mark Millar, writer ; Rafael Albuquerque, artist ; Dave McCaig, colorist ; Nate Piekos of Blambot, lettering & design. In a quiet seaside town, a gas station clerk named Huck secretly uses his special gifts to do a good deed each day. When his story leaks, a media firestorm erupts, bringing him uninvited fame. As pieces of Huck’s past begin to resurface, it’s no longer clear who his friends are — or whose lives may be in danger.
  • La Borinqueña. Written & created by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez ; editor, Matthew Barbot ; artists, William Rosado [and 14 others]. La Borinqueña is a patriotic symbol presented in a classic superhero story. Her powers are drawn from elements and mysticism found on the island of Puerto Rico. The fictional character, Marisol Rios De La Luz, is a Columbia University Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate student living with her parents Flor De La Luz Rojas and Oscar ‘Chango’ Rios Velez in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She takes a semester of study abroad in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico. There she explores the caves of Puerto Rico: Ventana, La Cueva del Indio, Las Cuevas de Camuy, La Cueva del Viento and the caves at the Julio Enrique Monagas National Park. At each of these caves she finds five similar sized crystals. Atabex, the Taino mother goddess, appears before Marisol once the crystals are united and summons her sons Yúcahu and Juracan. Yúcahu, God of the seas and the mountains gives Marisol her superhuman strength. Juracan, god of the hurricanes gives her the power of flight and control of the wind.
  • Daytripper by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá ; with coloring by Dave Stewart ; lettering by Sean Konot. Daytripper follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias Dominguez. Every chapter features an important period in Bras’ life in exotic Brazil, and each story ends the same way: with his death. And then, the following story starts up at a different point in his life, oblivious to his death in the previous issue—and then also ends with him dying again. In every chapter, Bras dies at different moments in his life, as the story follows him through his entire existence—one filled with possibilities of happiness and sorrow, good and bad, love and loneliness. Each issue rediscovers the many varieties of daily life, in a story about living life to its fullest—because any of us can die at any moment.
  • The Eternaut 1969 by Héctor Germán Oesterheld ; artist, Alberto Breccia ; translator, Erica Mena. In The Eternaut 1969, a deadly ‘snow’ falls. Juan Salvo’s small household of family and friends are spared, protected inside his home–but what horror awaits them in the silent, deserted streets of Buenos Aires? Venturing out in search of supplies, our everyday heroes soon join the resistance against an enemy far more sinister than anything they could have imagined.
  • Suncatcher by Jose Pimienta. Beatriz loves music. More than her school, more than her friends, and definitely more than her homework. After Beatriz discovers that her grandfather’s soul is trapped in his guitar, she becomes determined to get him out. But the only way to free him is to play the perfect song… his perfect song, a song that he never actually wrote down. Fixated on freeing her grandfather, music slowly consumes Beatriz’s life. She soon finds herself growing obsessed with perfection at the expense of her friendships, her band, and her health. Beatriz won’t let anything stop her. Even if it means losing everything else.
  • Virus Tropical by Powerpaola ; translated by Jamie Richards. Powerpaola’s Virus Tropical uses a series of vignettes to transform the simplicity of middle-class family life into a thought-provoking narrative that would have been inconceivable prior to Colombia’s sexual revolution. Focusing on the lives of a family of women in the eighties through the nineties, Powerpaola’s tale highlights the excitement, danger, and struggles of a country in the midst of radical change. 
  • Puerto Rico Strong : A Comics Anthology Supporting Puerto Rico Disaster Relief and Recovery. Edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz. Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today’s most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators.
  • America : The Life and Times of America Chavez by Gabby Rivera. At last! Everyone’s favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series! Critically acclaimed young-adult novelist Gabby Rivera and all-star artist Joe Quinones unite to shine a solo spotlight on America’s high-octane and hard-hitting adventures! She was a Young Avenger. She leads the Ultimates. And now she officially claims her place as the preeminent butt-kicker of the entire Marvel Universe! But what’s a super-powered teenager to do when she’s looking for a little personal fulfi llment? She goes to college! America just has to stop an interdimensional monster or two first and shut down a pesky alien cult that’s begun worshipping her exploits before work can begin. Then she can get on with her first assignment: a field trip to the front lines of World War II – with Captain America as her wingman!
  • Juliet takes a breath / written by Gabby Rivera; illustrated & adapted for Comics by Celia Moscote; colored by James Fenner; lettered by DC Hopkins; cover by Celia Moscote. Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But don’t worry, Juliet has something kinda resembling a plan that’ll help her figure out what it means to be Puerto Rican, lesbian and out. See, she’s going to intern with Harlowe Brisbane – her favorite feminist author, someone whose last work on feminism, self-love and lots of other things will help Juliet find her ever elusive epiphany. There’s just one problem–Harlowe’s white, not from the Bronx and doesn’t have the answers. Okay, maybe that’s more than one problem but Juliet never said it was a perfect plan.
  • Unearthed : A Jessica Cruz Story. Written by Lilliam Rivera ; art by Steph C. ; letters by Gabriela Downie. Jessica Cruz has done everything right. She’s a dedicated student, popular among her classmates, and has a loving family that has done everything they can to give her a better life in the United States. While Jessica is a part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allowing her to go to school and live in the U.S., her parents are undocumented. Jessica usually worries for her parents, but her fears and anxiety escalate as a mayoral candidate with a strong anti-immigration stance runs for office. As the xenophobia in Coast City increases, Jessica begins to debate whether it’s worth renewing her status to stay in the U.S., or if her family would be safer and better off moving back to Mexico. And despite her attempts to lean on her friends and family, she finds herself constantly visited by visions of Aztec gods, one pulling her towards hope and the other towards anger. But when her father is detained by I.C.E., Jessica finds herself being pulled into an abyss of fear. With her father gone and feeling helpless, Jessica must find her way out of her fears and ultimately become a voice for her community.
  • Perramus: The City and Oblivion. Written by Juan Sasturain, drawn by Alberto Breccia, translated by Erica Mena. This graphic novel follows the existential odyssey of a political dissident. When he voluntarily loses his memory, he’s dubbed “Perramus” from the brand of his raincoat. During his absurdist travels, he teams up with the gruff Cannelloni; a foreign aviator dubbed “The Enemy” by despot Mr. Whitesnow; and the blind author “Borges” (based on the real-life literary figure), who comes to be a guide. This motley crew journeys to outlandish locales where they encounter a variety of eccentric characters — including a director of trailers for films that will never exist; a guerilla force of circus folk, clowns, and puppeteers; a tin-pot dictator with a vast fortune built on an empire of excrement; and Ronald Reagan.
  • No. 1 With a Bullet. Jacob Semahn, creator/writer ; Jorge Corona, creator/artist. Her social media, strong. Her variety show segments, a hit. Nash Huang is at the top of her game. But when the iRis Shutter contact lens hits the market, Nash’s personal life is invaded. The latest leap forward in “technological progress,” these contacts not only play video or augment reality … they record footage. Fighting to keep her life together after a sex tape goes viral, a clingy super-fan is the last thing on Nash’s mind. But then the bodies start to pile up … and the terror begins.
  • Coda. Written by Simon Spurrier ; illustrated by Matías Bergara. In the aftermath of an apocalypse which wiped out nearly all magic from a once-wondrous fantasy world, an antisocial former bard named Hum seeks a way to save the soul of his wife with nothing but a foul-tempered mutant unicorn and his wits to protect him. But in the process, he is unwillingly drawn into a brutal power struggle which will decide forever who rules the weird wasteland …
  • The Hazards of Love by Stan Stanley. The hazards of love follows a queer nonbinary teen from Queens who’d dragged into a mysterious, fantastical place. Can they hustle their way back home? Amparo’s deal with the talking cat was simple: a drop of blood and Amparo’s name to become a better person. Their mother and abuela would never worry about them again, and they’d finally be worthy of dating straight-A student Iolanthe. But when the cat steals their body, becoming the better person they were promised, Amparo’s spirit is imprisoned in a land of terrifying, flesh-hungry creatures known as Bright World. With cruel and manipulative masters and a society that feeds on memories, Amparo must use their cleverness to escape, without turning into a monster like the rest. On ‘the other side,’ Iolanthe begins to suspect the new Amparo has a secret, and after the cat in disguise vanishes, she’s left searching for answers with a no-nonsense medium from the lesbian mafia and the only person who might know the truth about Bright World.
  • Tales from La Vida : A Latinx Comics Anthology edited by Frederick Luis Aldama. A collection of comics created by Latinx artists and writers that comes together to shed light on their various autobiographical experiences as situated within the language, culture, history, and sociopolitics that inform Latinx hemispheric identities and subjectivities.

You can find more book lists created by staff on the book lists page.