03/10/2025
We're incredibly proud to announce that our comic book COQUÍ will be part of the "¡Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics," which opens October 4 and runs until March 8, 2026, in NYPL The New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building! will be headlining with other amazing comic books by Puerto Rican creators!
"In the category La Isla (the Island), visitors will meet Coquí, a hero who survives an accident when he is saved by a coquí tree frog that grants him powers. It is a derivative superhero origin, sure, "but in terms of quality, it could absolutely be published by Marvel," Carter said. Carbajal noted that the comic reflects how many of the younger generation speak today. "He's constantly making jokes in Spanish or starts in English and finishes in Spanish," she said."
Manuel Martínez Nazario is a man on a mission: to share stories of Puerto Rico in comic book form. “I
