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This land is our land a Blue Beetle story  Cover Image Book Book

This land is our land [graphic novel] : a Blue Beetle story / written by Julio Anta ; art by Jacoby Salcedo ; colors by Francesco Segala ; letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

Anta, Julio, (author.). Otsmane-Elhaou, Hassan, (letterer.). Salcedo, Jacoby, (illustrator.). Segala, Francesco, (colorist.).

Summary:

As high school student Jaime Reyes has begun to realize he and his border community in El Paso, Texas, are being used as pawns in the immigration debate, he finds an odd bug-like artifact and begins feeling different, even having surreal dreams showing the real danger are actual aliens known as the Reach.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781779522825 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 184 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2024]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 13-17.
Grades 10-12.
Subject: Blue Beetle (Fictitious character) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Hispanic American superheroes > Comic books, strips, etc.
Hispanic American teenage boys > Comic books, strips, etc.
Extraterrestrial beings > Comic books, strips, etc.
Noncitizens > Comic books, strips, etc.
Superheroes > Comic books, strips, etc.
Ability > Comic books, strips, etc.
El Paso (Tex.) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Mexican-American Border Region > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Graphic novels.
Science fiction comics.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch YA Anta 31681010391704 YADULT GN Available -

Julio Anta is the author of many graphic novels and comic books for young readers and adults, including Frontera, his young adult debut illustrated by frequent collaborator Jacoby Salcedo, and Sí, Se Puede, a non-fiction graphic novel illustrated by Yasmín Flores Montañez. Julio was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and currently resides in New York City where he works to tell narratively rich stories about a diverse range of Latinx characters for readers of all ages.

Jacoby Salcedo, is a comic book illustrator who is based in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-creator of the HarperCollins YA graphic novel, Frontera with frequent collaborator, Julio Anta. He is also the artist on Dark Horse mini-series, It’s Only Teenage Wasteland. Jacoby has also been featured in multiple comic anthologies such as DC's Legion of Bloom, Panel X Panel, Graphic Mundi's Covid Chronicles, and the GLAAD award winning Young Men in Love from A Wave Blue World.


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