For this Latinx graphic novelist, superheroes can be real. They can even be family
Graphic novelist Henry Barajas is finding success by incorporating Mesoamerican history — and his own family's past — into his work.
Updated January 10, 2022 at 7:55 PM ET
Henry Barajas laughs when he describes how he pitched his recent Latinx fantasy book, Helm Greycastle.
"What if Mordor had a southside?" Barajas says. "What if the world of The Lord of the Rings had a southside?"
The 32-year-old graphic novelist imagined a world where the Aztec Empire still stands and a group of misfit comrades come to the rescue of the last
