Carpetas. | 1. Vuelo Blanco

Authors

Heciel Nieves-Bonilla

Files

Digital Publisher

VCU Libraries

Publication Date

1-2025

Comments

Entry in the 2025 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest sponsored by VCU Libraries

Description

Honorable mention in the 2025 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.

Set in a time when Puerto Rican nationalist sentiments were strongly suppressed and an FBI surveillance program known locally as "Carpetas" was carried out on the island, the children of censored and imprisoned artists, musicians, and poets navigate their restricted personal and communal identity.

Keywords

comics, contest, censorship, Puerto Rico, COINTELPRO, Carpetas, surveillance, nationalism, FBI, art, student art

Date of Submission

March 2025

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest