Where-To--Go Wednesday - ¡Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics

What: ¡Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics 

Where: New York Public Library 

             Stephen A. Schwartzman Building

             476 Fifth Ave.

             New York, NY

Who: All ages

When: Through March 8, 2026

The current exhibit at the New York Public Library, Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics presents an overview of a large number of Puerto Rican artists now working in the genre, as well as at least one or two who previously worked in the genre. While many of them were born and raised in Puerto Rico, others were born and/or raised in New York but are of Puerto Rican descent.  Through their work, many of these artists share and explore cultural, historical, and political, as well as other facets of their heritage.

Other included artists explore and address such universal issues as the historic exclusion of women writers from the world of comics and the need for positive LGBTQ+ representation.  Some artists' work is more nonsensical, lighter in tone, and mainly meant to amuse. The latter includes comics featuring cute anthropomorphic animals and other objects, among other things. There is even one artist who rebooted Wonder Woman and gave her a new origin story.

And that's our view. For more about ¡Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics, visit www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/wepa

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