Please join us for a book launch party to celebrate Latinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Crossings! The book's co-editors Dr. Maite Urcaregui, Assistant Professor in the Department of English & Comparative Literature at SJSU, and Dr. Fernanda Díaz-Basteris, Assistant Professor of Latinx new media and ethnic studies at The Ohoio State Univeristy, will  be discussingthe collection with some of its California contributors: Dr. Nicole Ann Amato, Assistant Professor of English language arts (ELA) and literacy education at CSU Channel Islands; Breena Nuñez, MFA, cartoonist and part-time adjunct professor at California College of the Arts; and Dr. Katlin Marisol Sweeney-Romero, Assistant Professorof cinema and digital media at UC Davis. This hybrid event will take place Friday, May 2, 1:30-3 p.m. PST in-person in the Steinbeck Center (MLK Library room 509) and on Zoom.

The collection is out now with Rutgers University Press, and if you'd like to purchase it, you can use the code RUP30 to receive 30% off. We appreciate your support and hope you'll join us to learn more about and celebrate this collection!