A comic exploring my relationship to Black expats for Believer Magazine, issue 135 (April/May 2021). You can read the full 7 page comic here.
An ode to Alice & John Coltrane. My contribution to The BAYlies Anthology.
I was the 2020 artist for the Free Me Fast youth poetry workshop series, which seeks to amplify the poetry and voices of high school students incarcerated in the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Facility. I worked with the students and the program lead, Maddy Clifford, to create illustrations to accompany their work. Free Me Fast is led and designed by educator and musician Maddy “MAD Lines” Clifford. Our work was featured on NPR Morning Edition and in 48 Hills.
A preview of the one shot comic I contributed to LAAB #4: THIS WAS YOUR LIFE! (2019 issue)
A speculative piece reflecting on the true accounts of Blacks who defected to the Filipino Insurrectionists during the Pacific war.
This comic was originally produced as part of my 2018-19 fellowship with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
I recently revisited this 1971 conversation between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni. I find that drawing while listening to conversations (recorded or in person) can transform my engagement with the dialogue and help me remember/meditate on the parts that really resonate. I’ve included a few panels here from moments that really struck me, though I encourage everyone to listen to it in its entirety.
Originally published on The Nib. Written by Nestor Castillo and illustrated by me. A short comic exploring the history of Black Marxists.
