DISEÑO | Comics

Join us for a conversation with artists and designers about comic books and superheroes as vehicles for the exploration of identity.

Panelists include Phil Jimenez (Marvel Comics), Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (Wepa Woman) and Ivan Velez, Jr. (Tales of the Closet). The discussion will be moderated by Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, and author of Latino U.S.A.: A Cartoon History.

DISEÑO is a partnership between Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and El Museo del Barrio.

This program received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Featured Image: Image Left: Phil Jimenez, "Wonder Woman,” 600th Issue anniversary tribute, 2011. Image Right: Ivan Velez, AMERÍCA, the first title from his WHAM KABAM series, debuts later this year. © Ivan Velez 2014. Image courtesy Ivan Velez.