MAÑANA: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century features 50 Latinx creators from across the Americas and collects dozens of comics set in Latin America in the 2490s
MAÑANA: Latinx Comics From The 25th Century is the first sci-fi comics anthology from P&M Press! Latin America as we know it was born 500 years ago, so what will it be like in 500 more? Set throughout Latin America in the 2490s, MAÑANA presents readers with a radical array of futures, ranging from post-apocalypse, to liberationist utopia, to slice-of-life magical realism. The book is 270+ pages long with a B&W interior, and features 27 young-adult stories by Latinx creators throughout the US and Latin America.
You can find the Kickstarter project HERE.
Here are a few pages of some of the visual stories you’re gonna find inside it:
Title: “Worldbuilders”
Creator(s): Ryan Estrada and Ana Hinojosa
Logline: “Worldbuilders” presents a world where indigenous Mexican coders harness fungal networks to program a utopia!
Title: “A Dream Of A Thousand Stars”
Creator(s): Alberto Rayo and Sebastian Carrillo
Logline: In “A Dream Of A Thousand Stars,” an Andean Empire harnesses the power of countless suns… but at what cost?
Title: “A Sea Change”
Creator(s): Alex Hernandez and Jemma Salume
Logline: “A Sea Change” is a bittersweet tale of human evolution in the Caribbean sea.
Title: “Woven”
Creator(s): Desiree Rodriguez and Naomi Franquiz
Logline: Two young Boricuas bridge the great divide that has grown between Puerto Rico and the rest of the world.
Title: “Bats and Fish”
Creator(s): Tristan Tarwater and Molly Mendoza
Logline: “Bats and Fish” captures a moment of islander reconnection in the far reaches of space.
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Magical Realism
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult
Page Count: 270+
Kickstarter Campaign Launch Date: July 21st, 2020
Kickstarter Campaign End Date: August 21st, 2020
About the Publisher: Power & Magic Press is an award-winning comics publishing company in Portland, OR. Its mission is the creative and economic empowerment of queer creators, BIPOC creators, and creators at the intersections.
About the Editor: Joamette Gil is a queer, Afro-Cuban, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and founder of P&M Press, home to Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology. As a creator, she is best known for her luminous representations of queer people of color in multiple genres, from speculative fiction to educational works. As a publisher, her devotion is to LGBTQIA and BIPOC creators making a living while living their truth.
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