The graphic novelist, who released two new covers to commemorate the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, talks about how his independent studio is supporting the archipelago through stories and direct grants to organizations. Showtime
Miranda-Rodríguez has since produced five more volumes, including a collaboration with DC Comics called, in which La Borinqueña teams up with heroes from the DC canon to help a ravaged Puerto Rico recover Hurricane María.earned Miranda-Rodríguez the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at the 2019 Eisner’s. He also decided to put sales fromtoward grants for non-profit organizations based in Puerto Rico.
I had a conversation with my partner, Kyung [Jeon-Miranda], who is actually the founder of our grants program. Even though there is this power crisis, this political corruption, this corporatization, this gentrification, there still is a lot of love in Puerto Rico, and that’s what sometimes people don’t understand. When they think about the work that we’re doing, they think, “Oh my God, when you get to Puerto Rico it’s going to be a disaster.
It’s amazing they took that direction. I think that’s what I try to do with this because a lot of the stories that resonate most with POC in mainstream stories, whether it’s film, television, or graphic novels, unfortunately, are all in fictional places. One character, Sofía, has an interesting arc. At the beginning, she was dismissive of activists. Two volumes later, she becomes one of the leaders of the protest groups. I think that’s reflective of the arc some young people have had the last four or five years on the island.
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