#MOLAA Latino Comics Expo

Save the date: Latino Comics Expo Saturday, November 23 & Sunday, November 24, 2024! 

Established in 2011, the Latino Comics Expo is the premiere event to connect with Latinx and Latin American comic artists and animators, experts, and fans. This year, the Latino Comics Expo in collaboration with MOLAA, will be held in the Viva Event Center and runs from November 23th and November 24th! This event is included in the regular MOLAA Admission fee on Saturday and free of charge to the public on Sunday.

Comic Book Vendors and Illustrators
Food trucks & Beer Tent
Children’s Chalk area
El Verde Performance
Drawing Workshop
Cosplay!

PROGRAM

COMING SOON!

Panel Program and Meet & Greets TBA

F.A.Q.s

We are excited to welcome you to our 2024 Latino Comics Expo on November 23th and November 24th!

Important to note the following:

Access to the event is included in MOLAA’s Admission fee on Saturday, November 23rd and FREE on Sunday, November 24th. Reservations are not required. Walk-ins are welcome.
Backpacks and large bags are NOT allowed in the Museum; please leave oversized items at home or in your vehicle (Limited small lockers available).
Bike rack space is available (limited); Skateboards, scooters, and roller skates are NOT allowed in the Museum, and storage is NOT available.

If you have any questions, please call us at 562-437-1689 or email education@molaa.org

Featured Artists

Jorge Gutiérrez - Saturday, November 23rd

Emmy-winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer and director. A CalArts Experimental Animation BFA & MFA graduate, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture. Gutierrez was Director & Co-Writer of the Guillermo del Toro produced animated feature The Book of Life, which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon. Gutierrez most recently created, wrote, and directed the event series Maya and the Three for Netflix which won 4 Emmys. Gutierrez is currently writing/developing the animated feature I, Chihuahua with Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias.

Lalo Alcaráz - Saturday, November 23rd

Lalo Alcaraz is the creator of the nationally syndicated daily comic strip, "La Cucaracha”. He is also an award winning editorial cartoonist. A Finalist for the 2020 and 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning and winner of the 2022 Herb Block Prize, Lalo is also a writer, producer, and Cultural Consultant. Credits include Pixar’s Oscar winning COCO, Nickelodeon’s “The Casagrandes”, (nominated for 3 Imagen Awards) and FOX’s animated series, “Bordertown”, plus writer for the video game Forza Horizon 5 on Xbox. His latest books are “Latino USA: A Cartoon History, 25 Year Anniversary Edition” and the forthcoming “Poquita’s Garden”, a children’s book about urban gardens and foodways. Lalo is currently Artist In Residence for Arizona State University’s California Center in Los Angeles and the ASU School of Transborder Studies. Lalo has a BA in Art, from San Diego State University and an Master’s in Architecture from UC Berkeley, and taught Illustration at OTIS College of Art & Design. He was born in San Diego to Mexican immigrant parents from Sinaloa and Zacatecas.

Maxi Rodríguez - Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th

MAXI RODRIGUEZ is a plus-size Latina who is a professional self-published cartoonist originally from Long Beach, CA but is currently residing in the small town of Norwalk, CA. Her works include Chronicles of a ChubbyBunny, Plus Size Girl Magic, BrownGirl Awkwardness, and ChibiBunny’s Rules of Boundaries. Maxi currently has two degrees, a BA in Graphic Design from CSU Dominguez Hills and an MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts. When not working on comics or art, she is either being smothered by her two dogs (lol), her cats or trying to revise ChubbyBunny’s “No Bunny Suit” clause in her contract.

Jaime Hernández - Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th

Meet featured artist Jaime Hernandez! As a young, aimless Latino punk rocker in Oxnard, California, Jaime Hernandez, along with his brothers Gilbert and Mario, self-published the first issue of LOVE AND ROCKETS in 1981. It was picked up by Fantagraphics Books in 1982, and he has been doing comics since. He has also done illustrations for album covers and magazines and has won numerous awards, including being inducted into The Eisner Hall of Fame.

Pepe Moreno - Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th

Pepe Moreno is a world-renowned author, artist, designer, and gaming entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in traditional and digital art forms and entertainment media. He is a digital pioneer and is best known as the creator of Batman: Digital Justice, the first-ever digital graphic novel and the second-best-selling in comics history. He has also been responsible for many other industry firsts, and his works, such as Rebel, Gene Kong, and Generation Zero, have been published in magazines and newspapers worldwide. He is the President of Digital Fusion Inc., a design and development studio in Los Angeles, and the driving force behind BeachHead (beachhead 2000), one of the most long-standing cult video game titles of the last three decades. His creative impatience and integrity bring about an art aesthetic that is uniquely his own, both in content and form, and his artwork is sought by collectors worldwide. Whether digital or analog, it is the sum of it all that defines PEPE's art and brand.

Other Artists in Attendance: TBA

Workshops & Activities

Storyboarding Workshop with Sebastián Duran - Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th

Lead by Netflix’s Sebastian Duran, this drop-in workshop encourages guests to draw their idea as a sequence of moments and real-world interactions!

Children’s Chalk Area - Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th

Hosted by the MOLAA Education team and volunteer crew - create your own art right on MOLAA’s lot! Free and open to everyone!

El Verde Performance Group & Workshop - Sunday, November 24th ONLY

GET READY BOYS AND GIRLS FOR ANOTHER THRILLING EPISODE OF EL VERDE!

Meet mild mannered Arturo Sanchez. Born as an alien from the not so far away world of Mexico and raised in the good old U.S. of A; all Arturo ever wanted was to live an ordinary life but after a freak elote accident, Arturo became El Verde!

Now with powers that even he isn’t sure of, Arturo fights for truth, justice, and the Mexican-American way!

https://elverdeshow.com/

JOIN THE FUN - COME in COSPLAY!

Come in Cosplay! Random prizes handed out to the first 10 cosplayer of each day! Latino/a/x characters or characters by Latino/a/x creators and artists especially encouraged! Who will YOU be?