Catrina's Caravan: Catharsis

Catrina's Caravan is a horror anthology series featuring stories by the best Latinx writers of horror as told by Catrina, a suspicious harbinger of darkness on the run from a violent priest. Leading a caravan of misfits and marginalized folks, Catrina goes from town to town, one step ahead of her rival, giving the local residents gruesome lessons they will never forget through the mechanism of immersive storytelling. The frame of each story reveals a little more about the past and twisted mission of this mysterious, gaunt and seemingly unaging figure.

In three harrowing tales by Latine authors, we peer into the dark corners of the modern world and witness a horrifying, winged retribution for those who abuse refugees at the border. We join an overwhelmed mother on a Chicago subway just in time to see her lucha-libre-obsessed child be tempted by a demon, and we watch as an ancient yet beautiful predator in southern Mexico sates her hunger with the flesh of crude tourists. While crafted in the tradition of great horror anthology comics, this spine-tingling new series taps into the particular darkness of Latino cultures, drawing forth a rich fount of horror with textures and nuance that will reward readers in the know and make fans of those who don't.

Author: Hector Rodriguez, Cynthia Pelayo, V. Castro
Publisher: Chispa
Published: 09/17/2024
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 10.19h x 6.63w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781639690053

About the Author
Hector Rodriguez is an award-winning Chicano comic book creator and a native of the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas. Hector created the long-running indie comic El Peso Hero and co-founded Texas Latino Comic Con. He also works as the co-editor-in-chief for Chispa Comics, the first direct-to-market Latino comic book publishing house, working in collaboration with Scout Comics. Additionally, Hector serves as Director of Development for Masked Republic where he oversees the creative development of Masked Republic Lucha media properties.

Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author and poet. Pelayo's work blends genre and explores grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, and The Shoemaker's Magician, among many others.

V. Castro is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated Mexican American writer from San Antonio, Texas, who now resides in the UK. She dedicates her time to her family and to writing Latinx narratives in horror and science fiction. V. Castro's most recent releases include Rebel Moon, Part One - A Child Of Fire: The Official Novelization (Titan Books), Alien: Vasquez (Titan Books), and The Haunting of Alejandra (Del Rey).

David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from South Texas. Among his multiple award-winning titles are The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas, My Two Border Towns, and They Call Me Güero. He is the writer for two graphic novel series: the Eisner-nominated Clockwork Curandera and the critically hailed Tales of the Feathered Serpent. David presently serves as the vice-president of the Texas Institute of Letters and co-editor-in-chief of Chispa Comics.

Eliana Falcón is a Puerto Rican author, illustrator, storyboard artist, and animator whose work, Cosmic Fish, has earned two Tintero awards and honorable mentions in several festivals. From other comics she's worked on, two have earned Eisner Anthologies awards, Lion Forge's Puerto Rico Strong and SomosArte's Ricanstruction. Eliana has also worked on storyboarding for films and commercials and has animated segments for several documentaries as well as for educational children's TV shows on local television. Her largest focus is on the interpretation as well as the preservation of Puerto Rican culture and folklore and aims to expand the accessibility and understanding of her and her people's heritage. She currently resides in Puerto Rico as a freelance artist.

Guillermo Villarreal is a freelance comics illustrator from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

Chema is a freelance comics illustrator from San Luis Potosí, Mexico.