Frederick Luis Aldama | Author

Professor Latinx

Frederick
Luis Aldama

Author and scholar working across fiction, comics, and criticism, tracing Latinx storytelling from the page to the panel to the screen.

Frederick Luis Aldama

Comics, novels, criticism, and kids' books that put Latinx voices at the center of the story.

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Latinx Fandoms

The first book to theorize the intersection of fandoms and Latinx identity.

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Latinx TV

An accessible and critical guide to television both by and about Latinxs, tracing representation from the 1950s to today.

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Comics Studies: The Key Concepts

An accessible guide to the central concepts and debates that inform the field of Comics Studies.

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Frederick Luis Aldama
Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, UT Austin

Born in Mexico. Raised on comics and stories from both sides of the border.

Frederick holds the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at UT Austin, where he is founder and director of the Latinx Pop Lab and BIPOC PoP, and editor of Latinx Pop Magazine. He has published dozens of books, including the Eisner winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, the bilingual children's titles The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie and Con Papa, and graphic novels including Pyroclast, Through Fences, and Labyrinths Borne.

"Similar to Professor X, who locates muties with his cerebro, I knew the whereabouts of Latinx comics creatives worldwide."

He is inducted into the National Cartoonists Society and the Texas Institute of Letters, and serves on the board of The Academy of American Poets. His next comic, Shakespeare Reimagined: A Latino Comix Remix Vol. 1, arrives from Arte Publico Press in spring 2027.

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Oct 10

Super! Latines Making Comics at New York Comic Con

Panel discussion with Edgardo Miranda Rodriguez, Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, and others at the Javits Center, moderated by Ram Devineni.

Spring '27

Shakespeare Reimagined: A Latino Comix Remix, Vol. 1

Forthcoming from Arte Publico Press, illustrated by Miguel Angel Hernandez.

MELUS '26

MELUS 2026 Conference

Readings, panels, and appearances throughout the conference season.

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