Friends of LCAF Interview - Santa Monica Comics Company

Today we highlight two amazing friends of the Latinx Comic Arts Festival in an interview. 

Kristen Parraz and Eddie deAngelini are the owners of Santa Monica Comics Company as well as creators in our community. Find out more by watching the video interview below.

You can connect with Kristen and Eddie at LCAF on April 3 and 4, 2026 as well as through the contact information below.

Kristen@smcomicsco.com
Eddie@smcomicsco.com
IG: @comadresycomics, @smcomicsco, @eddiedeangelini
www.smcomicsco.com
www.comadresycomics.com
www.collectorscomic.com

Thanks to Kristen and Eddie for being amazing supporters of our festival!!!

Interviewed by Brandon Schut, LCAF Advisory Board Member.

Lowrider Exhibition Saturday 4/4! Poster Reveal and Invitation

One of our favorite things about the Latinx Comic Arts Festival is the Lowrider Exhibition on Saturday from 11am - 3:30pm. This year we will feature an early cruise at 10:30am. The lowrider celebratory cruise-in is an event unto itself: Artful, dramatic, beautiful. 

Join us in lot 208 outside of Mary Stuart Rogers before LCAF opens at 11. 

Enjoy this exclusive poster with new illustrations by 2026 Poster Artist, Javier Cruz Winnik. Thank you to all participating car clubs and solo riders. We'll see you at the Festival!

Location: 

Modesto Junior College, West Campus 

Mary Stuart Rogers Building / Lot 208

2201 Blue Gum Avenue

Modesto, California

The 2026 LCAF Poster Reveal!

Poster Arti: Javier Cruz Winnik

We are pleased to share this year's mega poster by New York City cartoonist and educator, Javier Cruz Winnik. Winnik’s art boldly illustrates a vision of Latinx Futurism, inviting viewers to imagine a world where community strength, pride, and futuristic innovation transform the landscape of tomorrow.

 

Latinx Futurism (or Latinofuturism) is an artistic and cultural movement that boldly reimagines Latinx life through science fiction, speculative storytelling, and visionary art. Inspired by Indigenous roots and ancient traditions that continue to influence Latinx communities, it weaves past, present, future into a powerful story of resilience, creativity, and technological innovation. In comics, illustration, film, and other visual forms, it centers Latinx communities as imaginative, brilliant architects of the future.

 

This year’s Latinx Comic Arts Festival poster captures that spirit. Through bold design, cultural symbolism, and speculative imagination, it celebrates our creativity, our histories, and the futures we are actively shaping.

 

Enjoy, share the poster, and join us for the 2026 Festival April 3-4, 11am – 6pm in the Mary Stuart Rogers building on the Modesto Junior College West Campus.

LCAF '26 Volunteer Interest Form

The 2026 LCAF Volunteer Interest Form is LIVE! Join us for this year's Festival as a volunteer. Click on "INTEREST FORMS" in the tabs above. Also enjoy another sneak peak at one our new poster characters for this year's event! This form will close March 20.  

New Food Vendor Interest Form is Up!

Interested in becoming a food vendor for the 2026 Latinx Comic Arts Festival? Click on "INTEREST FORM" in the tab above for information on our review process. 

The Festival Returns April 3-4, 2026! Who is our poster artist?

 

The Latinx Comic Arts Festival returns April 3-4 (Friday and Saturday)! Save the date and get ready for our most EPIC event yet. Our Grand Poster Reveal is coming soon! Enjoy this sneak preview designed by our top secret 2026 poster artist....

SAVE THE DATE!

The Latinx Comic Arts Festival returns for our 6th year Friday and Saturday, April 3-4, 2026. 

This is a curated show with a waiting list. Interested comic arts exhibitors may click on the INTEREST FORM tab above.