Join us for a presentation from Marvel comics writer and award-winning graphic novelist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez. Miranda-Rodriguez is the creator of La Borinqueña, a New York City college student turned superhero who uses her powers to save the environment and her beloved island of Puerto Rico. In this presentation Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez will discuss La Borinqueña and his work bringing Hispanic and Latinx representation to the comic book industry. This lecture is geared towards teens and adults.

Speaker Bio: Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez is a graphic novelist most notably recognized as the writer and creator of the critically acclaimed and bestselling superhero series La Borinqueña. In addition, he is the recipient of the San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic efforts via the benefit anthology Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico featuring La Borinqueña teaming up with Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman and other DC Comics heroes. Edgardo has raised close to a quarter of a million dollars for grassroots organizations in Puerto Rico via the La Borinqueña Grants Program. Edgardo continues to be recognized widely for his work on NBC, CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR and numerous other media outlets for having already produced in addition to his own series La Borinqueña, graphic novels under the Darryl Makes Comics imprint which he co-owns with Darryl DMC McDaniels (from RUN DMC), and the comic book series Freak written by Emmy and Tony award winning writer John Leguizamo. He has also written for Marvel Comics critically acclaimed anthology, Guardians of the Galaxy: Tales of the Cosmos.