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Kevin Garcia

@kevingarcia.bsky.social

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He/him Comic book writer/public speaker/teacher/journalist/former Marvel researcher! Co-host of @myprimospodcast ! More stuff here: https://linktr.ee/kevingarcia_com

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · Oct 25

Waas sapening #BlueSky? My stuff, past and future! #Teoatl is set before the founding of the #Aztec empire featuring historical figures! #DragonLee is a pre-teen #luchador fighting #Mexican myths! #WorldsWarComics is a new look at #WWII heroes! #Coneja is an optimist #Chispa hero fighting a killer!

Covers of four works by writer Kevin Garcia. Worlds War Comics #1 featuring superheroes from World War II based on characters published in the Golden Age. La Dinistia Muñoz: Dragon Lee, a young reader novel about teenage luchadores fighting monsters from Mexican mythology. The Thirteen Origins: Coneja #1 featuring a new teenage Latina hero from Chispa Comics. Teoatl #1, featuring Aztec warriors preparing for battle.

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! Here’s the link! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AM3vqh/

Let’s look at the #Mesoamerican #Mythology of #Marvel ‘s Mexico and Central America for #HispanicHeritageMonth ! Shirt by @Chicome Itzcuintli ! Comics by @Marvel Entertainment ! #ComicTok

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 8d

I'm wondering the same thing, Sue. I'm wondering the same thing.

Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, attacks a Nazi while being frustrated that she still has to fight Nazis so long after the end of World War II.

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 8d

And thank you! By the way, I made a video today (on TikTok and Instagram) about the depictions of Mesoamerican gods at Marvel, and I included Chaac and Tlaloc from your book!

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 8d

I interviewed Jane Goodall years ago. She sat in the center of the room while reporters circled around her and asked questions.

I think she treated the reporters like chimps, avoiding eye contact and speaking softly so as not to alarm the herd.

Honestly, I get that.

She should never be forgotten.

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 10d

The only problem with #MarvelVoices #AvengersAcademy ? It was stuck in a place where only longtime fans would see it. The #MarvelUnlimited app is great, but this comic is EXACTLY what it would take to bring in new readers. #Marvel is on #Webtoons now. This should be THERE.

The teenagers heroes of the best teenage hero book Marvel has had in decades! Marvel Voices Avengers Academy!

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 10d

I have been saying since #MarvelVoices #AvengersAcademy began, this was one of the best written comics currently at Marvel. Outstanding art. Engaging characters. It made me laugh out loud or weep openly every issue — sometimes both.

Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you all so much.

AVENGERS ACADEMY:

Warning! Major spoilers for #60 follow...please do not swipe til after reading this week's issue.

And so we come to the end.

It has I confess come upon us sooner than we thought and more sudden than we hoped – but that, I suppose, is the nature of all life’s endings.

[section of thanks abridged for character limit]

Comics will mend your heart, if you let them. When I was a scared, lonely, closeted kid, the Marvel universe’s heroes were there for me when very little else was. That is a debt I can never pay back, but one I’ve tried with great travail to pay forward. I want to believe we have afforded a little of that same refuge to those who sought it. I hope you saw yourself; please know you were seen. Til we all meet again (and may it be soon), may you find each other. May you find yourself. Remember that there’s always time – but waste no time. And what is broken is still beautiful.

Above all, remember love. It is all that lasts.

Anthony Oliveira

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 10d

Agreed!

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 11d

It’s is, sorta. That’s the Red Skull in a Steve body as president in What If # 28 (1991)

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 11d

Good thing such an administration would never act like this…

What If…? #28 (1991)
President Steve Rogers seems suspiciously out of character as a shoots a member of his cabinet who suggests anything is less than perfect… while saying “You’re fired!”

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 11d

Dang, but the Storm book by @ayodelemurewa.bsky.social is uncannily good!

Storm of the X-Men fights an enemy who says, “OUR LIVES ARE
BUT PARCHMENTS--COMICAL BOOKS IN THEIR ENDLESS LIBRARIES.
OUR SUFFERINGS AND TRIBULATIONS ARE MERE AMUSEMENTS FOR THEM TO MARVEL AT.
WE ARE PAWNS IN THE HANDS OF THESE CREATORS.”

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 11d

Bucky sayin’ like it is.

Captain America’s partner Bucky Barnes, carrying a dead Nazi, while saying that anyone a Nazi wants dead could be a friend.

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · 22d

@gailsimone.bsky.social just wrote the most important piece of dialogue any Marvel writer ever could for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Thank you.

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · Aug 10

Frickin’ sweet! I was at the Texas Latino Comic Con today and I tried not to buy anything, but some stuff looked too good!

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · Aug 9

I’d say pace yourself, but Last Unicorn merch is worth it!

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · Aug 9

Helluva good job!

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · Jun 11

Walt Kelly’s Pogo inspired many.

Characters from Walt Kelly’s Pogo comic strip discuss what America’s aspirations were.

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 22

That is a legacy!

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 4

It’s kind of… squicky… to commodify PTSD

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 4

Marvel, this is a weird way to market your new movie.

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 3

Not gunna lie, at this point I’d CONSIDER it

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 2

You should check out some of this storyline then. Doom basically gives everyone free education, free healthcare, and ends all international military conflicts. The only trade off is that there's no freedom of speech, no right to privacy, and you have to worship him.

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 2

#MarvelVoices #AvengersAcademy does #OneWorldUnderDoom right. @meakoopa.bsky.social

The White House with Doctor Doom's flag flying over it as a reporter comments, "I'm Sorry everyone. America has fallen. God help us all."

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Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 1

This looks flippin’ SPECTACULAR!

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 1

I’m not caught up on Andor yet, but those are actors who took over roles from others.

Kevin Garcia @kevingarcia.bsky.social · May 1

That is GORGEOUS! I need to check this out, it’s one of my favorite parts of the book!

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