"Aldama's Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics is a short yet exhaustive account of Latinx representation in mainstream comics, one that highlights how Latinx readers demand and deserve better and ultimately expresses optimism in how creators and readers might continue to co-create meaningful Latinx narratives."--Maite Urcaregui, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics "Reel Latinxs is an invitation to re-think the problematic history of misrepresentations, to evaluate contemporary texts, and to imagine possible future in which Latinx are represented in yet more complex and nuanced ways."--Manuel G. Aviles-Santiago, The Journal of Arizona History "Smart and engaging, accessible and comprehensive, this is the best starting place to learn the history of Latinx representation in U.S. film and television. Indispensable!"--Charles Ramírez Berg, Joe M. Dealey, Sr.

Professor in Media Studies at University of Texas at Austin "When media representations remain problematic and often violent in their engagement with growing U.S. Latinx populations, Reel Latinxs offers useful cartographies and thoughtful analyses, shedding light on the strengths and shortcomings in current visual and media culture. In engaging with questions of genre, body, gender, and race, this book provides a vital departing point for necessary conversations regarding Latinxs and media."--Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.