Our own festival Director, Dr. Theresa Rojas gave an interview with Insight about the significance of the Latinx Arts Festival, including a brief history of how it all began.
"The medium of comic books has often been a place where artists imagine what the distant future could look like. And that tradition continues at this year’s Latinx Comic Arts Festival in Modesto as they explore a theme of Latino-futurism."
Listen to the entire interview by clicking here or on the image below!
Today we highlight an interview with Kristen Parraz and Eddie deAngelini, the owners of the comics shop Santa Monica Comics Company and friends of the Latinx Comic Arts Festival. Kristen is one of the hosts of Comadres y Comics and Eddie is the creator of Collectors. Together they own Santa Monica Comics Company and exhibit with us every year.
See the full video below!
Connect with Kristen and Eddie at LCAF on April 3 and 4,
2026, and through their contact information below.
Kristen@smcomicsco.com
Eddie@smcomicsco.com
IG: @comadresycomics, @smcomicsco, @eddiedeangelini
www.smcomicsco.com
www.comadresycomics.com
www.collectorscomic.com
Thank you to Kristen and Eddie for their outspoken support of the Festival.
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!
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.
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.
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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.
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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....
