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In “A Dream Of A Thousand Stars,” by Alberto Rayo and Sebastian Carrillo, an Andean Empire harnesses the power of countless suns… but at what cost?
MAÑANA: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century launches JULY 21st! Follow us for notifications on: https://kickstarter.com/profile/powerandmagic
The folkloric dance of Managua, Nicaragua was the impetus for my original work, “La Vaquita De Managua”. Prints of this work can be found in my Etsy Store by following the link
Every August the streets of Managua are overtaken by the traditional dance of ´La Vaquita´ a traditional performance featuring women who have paid a tribute to the saint, Santo Domingo and act out a balletic simulation of a bull fight with men known as ´chicheros´. This event is of such significance for the people of Nicaragua, an image of a woman in traditional costume from La Vaquita appears on the ten cordoba bank note.
MAÑANA: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century is now open for submissions.
[Noten: Toda esta información también está disponible en español a pedido.]
“In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to the islands of the Caribbean. That single event led to the radical transformation of the region, the hemisphere, and eventually the entire world.
Indigenous peoples were decimated. Lands were colonized. African peoples were displaced and enslaved. Race, as a concept, took root. Black women and indigenous women were subjugated. Cultures died, fused, changed, and were, sometimes, reborn. Art, music, foods, and faiths echoed these tangled pasts. Immigrants from across the planet flocked to the newly christened "Latin America.” A caste system based on race and color reigned. Liberation struggles were fought. Revolutions were won. Wars of independence were waged. Coups were orchestrated. Global capitalism ran amok, fueling the mass exodus… And we survived it all.
That all seems so far away now.“
MAÑANA: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century is a speculative fiction comics anthology set throughout Latin America in the 2490s, roughly one thousand years from the voyage that changed the world. It took 500 years to get us where we are now – where could 500 more take us?
Submission Period
Submissions will be open to the public from May 27th - July 7th, 2019 (11:59 PM Pacific Time).
Who Can Participate
To pitch a story to MAÑANA, you must be Latinx or Latin American. We define Latinx as "a person living outside of Latin America whose cultural background includes any of the Spanish, Portuguese, or French-colonized countries of the Americas and the Caribbean.” We define Latin American as anyone born, raised, and currently living in any of those same countries.
You may pitch as a SOLO CREATOR (making the whole comic by yourself), as a WRITER ONLY (story writer who we will pair with an artist), or as an ARTIST ONLY (a comics artist who we will pair with a script).
Solo Creators with a strong story idea but not-as-strong artwork may receive an offer to be paired with a different artist (vice versa for pitches with stronger art than story).
“Writers Only” may request to be paired with a specific artist. The artist they request must be someone they know for a fact is filling out the “Artist Only” submission form. The reverse applies to “Artists Only” requesting a specific writer.
Age Restrictions
All contributors must be 18 years of age or older. All content must be suitable for readers as young as 14 years old.
Specifications
Comics from 2 - 12 pages long (must be an even number)
6.625” x 10.25” trim size (template will be provided)
Bleed? Yes.
Black & White, or Grayscale (no screen tones)
600 dpi
.PSD final files
Timeline
Selection Process (May 2019 - Aug 2019)
Open Submissions: 5.27 - 7.07 (6 weeks)
Selection Period: 7.08 - 7.28 (3 weeks)
Acceptance Emails & Feedback: 7.29 - 8.08 (1 week)
Paperwork: 8.09 - 8.15 (1 week)
Creation Period (Apr 2019 - Sep 2019)
Script: 8.16 - 9.15 (4 weeks)
Feedback/Edits: 9.16 - 9.29 (2 weeks)
Thumbnails: 9.30 - 10.20 (3 weeks)
Feedback/Edits: 10.21 - 11.03 (2 weeks)
Pencils: 11.04 - 12.15 (6 weeks)
Feedback/Edits: 12.16 - 12.29 (2 weeks)
Inks: 12.30 - 1.26 (4 weeks)
Feedback/Edits: 1.27 - 2.09 (2 weeks)
Toning & Shading: 2.10 - 3.01 (3 weeks)
Feedback/Edits: 3.10 - 3.15 (2 weeks)
Lettering: 3.16 - 4.05 (3 weeks)
Feedback/Edits: 4.06 - 4.19 (2 weeks)
Final Files Due: May 3rd, 2020
Kickstarter (May 2020)
Payment (June 2020)
Compensation
Contributors will be compensated at a rate of $107/page plus any Kickstarter bonuses unlocked through stretch goals. Contributors also receive a minimum of 10 complimentary copies of the anthology, royalties on all digital sales proportionate to their page-count contribution, and royalties on any future print runs of the anthology after the first printing sells out.
“Writers Only” will receive $42/page, with bonuses, comp copies, and royalties split evenly between themselves and their artist.
“Artists Only” will receive $65/page, with bonuses, comp copies, and royalties split evenly between themselves and their writer.
All contributors have the right to purchase additional copies of the anthology at 50% off the cover price for as long as the anthology is in print.
Rights
Creators will cede exclusive first worldwide print and digital rights to their stories for a full calendar year from the date of publication, and non-exclusive worldwide print and digital rights (in both the English and Spanish languages) in perpetuity. Ownership remains with the creators.
What We WANT:
Comics (not illustrations, not prose, not poetry).
Previously unpublished stories.
The protagonist (or POV character) must be Latinx or Latin American.
Writers who have a connection to the country they choose as their setting (either from there, born there, parents or grandparents born there, lived there for many years, etc.)
Speculative fiction: How has technology changed? How has society changed? How have politics changed? The natural world? Fashion? The thoughtfulness of your world building will make or break your pitch.
Informed fiction: We want stories whose ideas about the future are rooted in an understanding of the past and present. For example: we’re less interested in whether flying cars exist and more interested in whether the Amazon rain forest makes a full recovery (and what that means for Brazil).
Optimism: your vision of 25th century Latin America doesn’t need to be utopic (although it can be) as long as themes of improvement, empowerment, growth, or problem-solving predominate.
Peaceful stories, sad stories, triumphant stories, funny stories, failure stories, action stories, philosophical stories, love stories – the full spectrum of humanity is welcome. The catch: it must end “positively.” Everything doesn’t have to work out, but we prefer stories end on a note of hope, new understandings, resilience, etc.
What We DON’T Want:
No fan works. No auto-bio. No prose. No one-off illustrations.
Comics that are already finished or that you’ve already started drawing.
Hacking the Mainframe: Unless you really, really think you can “WOW!” us with a highly original take, avoid “hackers take down the mega corporation” as a plot (because it’s been done to death).
Fantasy: We want science fiction and/or speculative fiction based in the real physical laws of our universe. However, certain elements of magic realism can work for us (e.g. in an otherwise realistic setting, a character speaks to a long departed ancestor, experiences old gods in a vision, or watches their life unfold out of sequence).
Ahistorical Takes: any stories that erase, deny, or revise the real-world histories of Latin American peoples will be rejected.
Horror: Your story can use fear and danger as plot elements, but if instilling fear/existential dread in the reader is the overarching goal, this is the wrong anthology.
Cursing is permitted as long as words aren’t used literally (i.e. “Shit, you scared me!” as opposed to “Let’s go shit in the woods!”) and are used very sparingly when used at all. In general, we’d prefer not.
No porn. No references to specific sexual acts. No explicit nudity whether sexual or non-sexual (sorry, folks). “Consensual fade-to-black sex between legal adults” is fine.
No depictions of abuse (sexual, physical, psychological) whether pictorial or written. Characters may vaguely reference (in non-graphic language) abuse that they have suffered in the past if doing so serves the story or is integral to the character.
No gore. People can get hurt, bleed, die, etc, but not in a grossly over-the-top way that fetishizes violence.
No slurs, no racist statements nor imagery, no misogyny, no transphobia, no ableism, no xenophobia, and no white supremacist nonsense in general. Since this anthology is about Latin America’s future, these topics can be broached in your story, but we urge you to tackle such subjects in a more creative way than “[insert drawing of some guy yelling a slur].”
Ready to pitch?
“SOLO CREATORS” APPLY HERE.
“WRITERS ONLY” APPLY HERE.
“ARTISTS ONLY” APPLY HERE.
Here’s what you’ll need to complete each form:
SOLO CREATORS:
A working title and page count for your comic (doesn’t have to be exact).
A synopsis of your story, including a beginning, middle, and end. Spoil everything, but try to keep it under 300 words.
Preliminary sketches associated with your pitch: character ideas, environment concepts (the latter is especially important if your portfolio lacks strong examples of background art), etc. These don’t need to be final or polished pieces! Just clear enough to give us an idea.
Links to any relevant publishing credits. Self-published works and webcomics count as credits! Choose examples that best reflect the style you intend to use for this comic. You may simply include a link to your portfolio if you have no pre-existing credits, but please note that folks with sequential storytelling examples will receive preference.
Tell us about yourself, your cultural and creative background, and why you want to be in MAÑANA. Short and sweet is best!
WRITERS ONLY:
A working title and page count for your comic (doesn’t have to be exact).
A synopsis of your story, including a beginning, middle, and end. Spoil everything, but try to keep it under 300 words.
Links to any relevant publishing credits. Self-published works and webcomics count as credits! You may simply include a link to your writing portfolio if you have no pre-existing comics writing credits, but note that folks with comics writing experience will receive preference.
Tell us about yourself, your cultural and creative background, and why you want to be in MAÑANA. Short and sweet is best!
ARTISTS ONLY:
Links to your portfolio and/or any relevant publishing credits. Self-published works and webcomics count as credits! You may simply include a link to your portfolio if you have no pre-existing credits, but please note that folks with sequential storytelling examples will receive preference.
Tell us about yourself, your cultural and artistic background, and why you want to be in MAÑANA. Short and sweet is best!
More Questions?
Check out the FAQ. If your answer isn’t there, Ask away!
“Starring Angely Gaviria as Carmen, the show focuses on the young girl who is tried as a witch and sentenced to death in 17th century Columbia. Just as she’s about to be burned at the stake, Carmen is transported to modern day Cartagena and therein lies the conceit of this unexpected and anticipated series. The core idea of a witch out of time instantly makes Siempre Bruja standout and offers an apparently original entry to what looks like a CW-esque teen drama filled with magic, mayhem and the potential for romance as Carmen attempts to reconnect with a loved one, all while avoiding the looming threat of modern day witch hunters.
Another way in which Siempre Bruja looks to challenge the established nature of witch-based entertainment is with the centering of black women. Often, contemporary witch stories are lacking diversity whereas Siempre Bruja is not only led by an Afro-Colombian actress but is also rooted in historical fact. Cartagena — where the show is set — played a large part of the period’s barbaric slave trade, and was home to the Court of the Holy Office which oversaw the gruesome acts of the Spanish Inquisition. This included a vast and far reaching witch hunt that saw hundreds of people, including a number of Black slaves tried and found guilty of witchcraft at the so called Palace of Inquisition.“ [x]
Can’t wait to watch this!! Hope the representation is truly good 🙏🙏🙏
I’ve already seen a lot of posts on my dash about this, but since I reblogged this poster right before it came out, I just want to put it out there that now that I’ve seen it, I don’t support this show or recommend anyone to watch it.
I’m really disappointed because of the “romantic” pairing between Carmen and her slave master. Um, there’s nothing romantic about that, it’s just sickening. They also try to turn him and his mother into sympathetic characters… but there’s just no way to actually spin that without being problematic af and making us descendants of slavery hella uncomfortable and upset to watch it. Nope x10000.
For those of us who want to protest this, I do recommend writing comments about the show in the Netflix website or app to explain why you dislike it and are against it and specifically mention that this is about the fucked up colonialist and racist overtones and that it’s not because we don’t want more media that stars Afro-Latine actresses and centers around Afro-Latine culture and traditions. Don’t trust Netflix to understand without spelling it out!
What’s the mexica movement or “atzlanista”?
A mess. A fucking joke.
Atzlanistas are A bunch of disconnected mestizes, usually multigen chicanes/tejanes/californies/nuevo mexicanes etc etc, maybe some first gen Mexicans who grew up in the US midwest and (unfortunately) some indigenous people who bought up that ethnocentric propaganda that the US SW belongs to Mexico and should be united to create an ethnostate called “Atzlan”, which, depending on who you ask, includes all the US states that were formally part of Mexico or— it includes the US SW, Mexico and Central America (let me die).
Their deal is that they all think that they’re “Aztec” no matter…how….wrong they can be especially if their ancestral region was never under the political influence of the triple alliance. They continuously speak over indigenous people in the US SW and mexica/Aztec/indigenous people who’s ethnic groups were historically oppressed or conquered by the ‘aztec empire’ and don’t wanna deal with that shit by US Mexicans since in mexico they already have to. It’s all a mess and many indigenous people have called them out for it.
The mexica movement on the other hand is like….similar to what aztlanistas believe in but cranked up to 100. I’ll just leave this so y’all can read this whole mess for yourselves. They’re antiblack, antisemític, and they dismiss the criticisms many North American indigenous people have called them out for.
Twitter has me reliving 2014 diaspora tumblr discourse where this mexica movement person/atzlanista went up to me and a Mexican mutual about not ‘loving ourselves’ bc we used mestize to id ourselves instead of ‘indigenous’ (they were clearly not indigenous but pretended to be) despite both of us repeatedly saying that we literally have no connection to any indigenous culture bc our families have been assimilated for generations and literally there is no point in claiming something we’ve never lived as and then they called my mutual a dumbass for using ‘latina’ to also describe herself.
Whew.
hi im ro/roza/ or rozatli and im a 32 y/o disabled autistic mexican trans girl living in texas struggling to pay a stack of medical bills that just keep piling up.
one of the 4 medical institutions i owe to passed my debt to a collection agency bc i been having trouble paying things for a while now (second time now). im barely able to scrape by pls help me im very desperate and things keep getting worse and ive just had a 6th and 7th (gastro and hemo) dr added to my list of medical bs. the ones i have arent able to figure my stuff out (granted 3 are for mental health stuff; and their attempts to “help”/treat me have also been making things worse too but yeah)
i dont have health insurance so im self pay and also my computer just broke in december (which was the biggest way i made my money)
my paypal is:
Go to paypal.me/rozatli and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
pls ignore the deadname and tysm for any help
Poet Natalie Diaz speaks with NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji about being selected for a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. Her work focuses on social justice issues and her Mojave and Latina heritage.
With 66,000 Latinos turning 18 every single month, that force is vast enough to transform the political balance of our governments.
Martine Gutierrez explores her identity as a trans Latinx woman of indigenous descent with a 146-page fashion magazine she published entirely by herself.
To kick off Hispanic Heritage month, Sarah Cahlan of NBC Latino talks with high school and college students from Brooklyn and Queens about how their American experience has defined their identity at a time when Latinos, ages 18-34, are part of one of the largest and fastest-growing youth populations in the country.
Today marks Es Mi Cultura's 3rd anniversary!! We're celebrating by presenting you with a special Afro-Salvadoran issue, curated by Zaira Miluska.
Actor Madeleine Mantock opened up about playing the eldest daughter on the "Charmed" reboot and what she hopes audiences take away from the new CW series.
Welcome to Native Land. This is a resource for North Americans (and others) to find out more about local Indigenous territories and languages.
This is really cool, and it fully includes Mexico and the Caribbean (and parts of Central and South America).
The town of Santa Clara del Cobre in the Mexican state of Michoacán is celebrated for the copper craftsmanship of the indigenous Purépecha people.
Always great to see traditional indigenous craftsmanship getting recognition. VIDEO HAS ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
Excerpt:
Its reputation for copper production dates to pre-Columbian times, and the craft still dominates the local economy today, with some 80 per cent of the town’s workforce active in the trade. In Mexican Handcraft Masters: Copper, a workshop led by the renowned coppersmith Abdón Punzo Ángel fashions striking objects from recycled copper scraps, a process that requires brute force and finesse in equal measure. Born of a long line of coppersmiths, Punzo Ángel hopes that his children will dedicate their lives to the family tradition, even as he acknowledges that he’s still learning. The film is part of the Mexican director Mariano Rentería Garnica’s short documentary series on artisans in Michoacán.
The Department of Homeland Security announced that Haitians living in the United States since a catastrophic 2010 earthquake will have to return to their home.
El vampiro / ICE
El vampiro torce la ley. Como arroz, es blanqueado de compasión. No llega cuando prometas, y entra sin permiso.
¿Cuál depredador se anuncia? El sanguinario caballero lanza la voz; dice que es policía, vecino, amigo. Roba tus padres y les transforma en criminales sobre el papel.
No es posible razonar con el vampiro. La única solución para él es clavar la estaca en el corazon.
The vampire loves the law. Watch him count rice on the doorstep, grain promises. He does not arrive unless invited, or at least, he does not come in.
Like a predator, the sanguine gentleman announces himself. He has no need to throw his voice. The doctrine of his castle is orderly as stone; he takes nothing he is not authorized to take.
The vampire is reasonable. If you don’t want him to steal your blood, simply don’t answer the door.
P.S. Raices Texas, New Sanctuary Coalition. Call your congresspersons and tell them it’s time to abolish ICE.
First off: holy fucking shit. You have outdone yourself again. This is an incredibly powerful piece.
Secondly: my attempt at a translation, under the cut.
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Thanks to @signed-me-again for this translation! I mean, I know what I was trying to say, but as ever, it’s such a beautiful gift when people engage with the text in this way and show me what they took from the Spanish.
A-B-O-L-I-S-H I-C-E
Minor addition: the line that @signed-me-again translated as “does the honors” could be translated more literally as “practices ventriloquism,” which I’m sure most folks could guess because “practica ventriloquia” is cognate with it lol, but I just wanted to point it out because it’s a really sinister and powerful metaphor.
“Practica ventriloquia” doesn’t appear in the Spanish, though? The relevant phrase is “lanza la voz,” which is, as far as I can tell, a lot more ambiguous.
I’m not saying I didn’t take liberties with it, but I’m not seeing what you’re mentioning.
My fault! I edited the original, actually as a result of @signed-me-again doing a fab translation that highlighted some genuine (unintentional) mistakes on my end.
Carry on you poetic diamonds.
