2018 LA BORINQUEÑA GRANT AWARDEES
100% of the proceeds from the sales of RICANSTRUCTION: REMINISCING & REBUILDING PUERTO RICO goes towards a grants program that will award a $10,000 grant to each of nine different grass roots organizations in Puerto Rico that have been working heroically in the recovery efforts and rebuilding of the island via programs for youth, women, community members, and the environment. To date, $150,000 has been raised to help Puerto Rico via the LA BORINQUEÑA GRANTS PROGRAM. Meet the nine organizations awarded the 2018 La Borinqueña Grant Award. READ MORE
Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuiliding Puerto Rico is an anthology featuring contributions from writers and artists from the comic book industry like Frank Miller, Gail Simone, Greg Pak, Reginald Hudlin, Denys Cowan, Tony Daniel, Ken Lashley, Bill Sienkiewicz, Yanick Paquette, Gabby Rivera, Will Rosado, Jorge Jimenez, Mike Allred, Chris Sotomayor, to Puerto Rican and Latinx celebrities like Rosario Dawson, Rubén Blades, Javier Muñoz, Sonia Manzano and over 100 more. Produced and also featuring stories written by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, this anthology teams up his original character LA BORINQUEÑA with some of the most iconic comic book heroes of all time from DC COMICS: Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, The Flash and many others. Original stories also take us to the past to explore the beautiful history of PUERTO RICO as well as tales that envision a stronger and rebuilt island. 100% of the proceeds from this anthology will go to the continued work to help over 3 million Americans living in Puerto Rico, providing solar-powered lamps, food, clothing and so much more. These short stories remind us all that the true power of being a hero is inside each of us. When we come together as a united people, we will never be defeated! ¡El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!
Thanks to DC for generously giving our studio, Somos Arte, permission to use some of DC’s iconic characters in original stories for this anthology, whose proceeds Somos Arte will contribute towards the continued hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
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La Borinqueña is an original character and patriotic symbol presented in a classic superhero story created and written by graphic novelist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez. Her powers are drawn from history 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 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 and finds five similar sized crystals. Atabex, the Taino mother goddess, appears before Marisol once the crystals are united and summons her sons Yúcahu, spirt of the seas and mountains and Juracan, spirit of the hurricanes. They give Marisol superhuman strength, the power of flight, and control of the storms.
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 celebrated 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. He self-published this anthology under his own studio Somos Arte and to date Edgardo has raised close to a quarter of a million dollars for grassroots organizations in Puerto Rico via the La Borinqueña Grants Program. As the Creative Director and owner of Somos Arte, a Brooklyn-based creative services studio he has worked with such notable clients as Atlantic Records, Columbia University, and Marvel. In addition, Edgardo is a curator of art exhibitions having already produced three original Marvel comic book art exhibitions and his very own La Borinqueña for the Smithsonian Museum.
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.
As part of his national tour he continues to speak on such topics as diversity in comic books and current socio-political issues related to Puerto Rico. The Smithsonian, The American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, Princeton University, Colgate University, Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, New York Comic Con, Rhode Island School of Design, Viacom, Hasbro and many other institutions, libraries and events invite him to deliver keynote presentations and talks to audiences that range from elementary school children to graduate students .
For more information please visit www.la-borinquena.com and www.somosarte.com and follow Edgardo on social media on Twitter @MrEdgardoNYC and Instagram/Facebook @LaBorinquenaComics
May. 2019-Sept. 2019 | ART EXHIBITION - Superheroes, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington DC more info
Jul. 2018-Oct. 2019 | ART EXHIBITION - Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, NYC
May 18 | 2:00-4:00 PM, Science Fiction Festival, Queens Public Library, Comics Workshop with Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez more info
Jun. 1-2 | Cradle-Con 2019, Garden City, NY more info
Jun. 11 | NYU Faculty Resource Network, NYC, NY
Jun. 22 | 11:00AM, Fair Haven Library, New Haven CT
Jun. 29-30 | Garden State Comic Fest, Mennon Arena, Morristown, NJ more info
Oct. 3-6 | New York Comic Con, NYC, NY
May 5-6 | Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley, CA
May 1 | Elementary School through PEN/FAULKNER Foundation, Washington, DC | I am a participating author with the PEN/Faulkner Writer in Schools Program.
Apr. 17-18 | Penn State University, University Park, PA
Apr. 8-9 | Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC
Apr. 3 | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Apr. 1 | Brooklyn Collaborative High School, Brooklyn, NY
Mar. 29 | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Mar. 28 | 7pm, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Mar. 22-24 | C2E2 - Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Chicago IL more info
Mar. 21 | 7:00 PM, UrbanTheater Company, Chicago IL, Post Convo after performance of "Not For Sale" more info
Mar. 9 | Latinx, Mini-Conference, Diverse Voices in Latinx Children's Literature, Bank Street Center for Children's Literature, TOPIC: Fantasy and Illustration in Graphic Novels and Comics
Mar. 8 | Center for Worker Education (CWE), NYC
Mar. 1 | UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
Feb. 12 | Wagner College, Keynote Speaker for MLK Agent of Change event, Staten Island, NY
Feb. 10 | BAM Black Comix Expo
Jan. 18 - 19 | 5th Annual Black Comic Book Festival, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYC more info
Jan. 10 | 11:00 AM AST, Hearts Blossom, The United State Postal Service Dedication Ceremony for 2019 Forever® Stamp dedication, Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, Ave. Juan Ponce de León, San Juan, PR 00910. Watch their LIVE STREAMING Facebook event
Jan. 9 | 5:00 PM, Book signing at Puerto Rico's Metro Comics, San Patricio Plaza, Guaynabo PR 787-781-4110
To book an appearance or purchase wholesale books please email info @ la-borinqueña.com.
1st Issue Cover Artwork by Ralph Anthony ‘Rags’ Morales & Emilio Lopez, 60 pages including a bonus story.
2nd Issue Cover Artwork by George Perez & Juan Fernandez, 64 pages.
2nd Issue Variant Cover Artwork by Nicole Virella, 64 pages.
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NOTE: Personalized signed books will be signed with the name of the person purchasing the books. If you would like a different name, please email info@la-borinquena.com with your Name, Date & Transaction # along with the Name you would like to have signed immediately after your purchase.
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NOTE: Personalized signed books will be signed with the name of the person purchasing the books. If you would like a different name, please email info@la-borinquena.com with your Name, Date & Transaction # along with the Name you would like to have signed immediately after your purchase.
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NOTE: Personalized signed books will be signed with the name of the person purchasing the books. If you would like a different name, please email info@la-borinquena.com with your Name, Date & Transaction # along with the Name you would like to have signed immediately after your purchase.
