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\n\t“La Borinquena” (Puerto Rican woman) is a superhero with a costume in the red, white and blue colors of the Puerto Rico flag. And a cape, because superheroes have capes.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew York comic book artist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez told a University of Washington Bothell audience how he created "La Borinquena" on Tuesday at the Activities and Recreation Center.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut one member of the audience wanted to know more about the main character’s sidekick, La La Liu, a Chinese Dominican who wears a black jacket, red pants and has a star tattoo on her neck. What about La La? asked Tai Yang, cosplaying the character with an identical look.<\/p>

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\n\tYou’ll have to read the next comic book, laughed Miranda-Rodriguez. Yang, the director of governmental relations for the Associated Students of the University of Washington Bothell, contacted Miranda-Rodriguez after seeing herself in the La La character. <\/p>\n

\n\t“I thought it was really fun. I myself happen to be Chinese Dominican. I was really excited because she looked like me, she felt like me,” Yang said. “I’m excited to bring in an artist that embodies a lot of ideals of UW Bothell – intersectionality and interdisciplinarity – and being able to showcase visually what it means to be a person of complicated identity and all of the struggles that come with that.”<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ASUWB and Campus Events Board sponsored the lecture and book-signing.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiranda-Rodriguez created the comic in his own studio last year after the positive reaction to a Puerto Rican character he added to a Marvel comic he co-wrote. He hoped “La Borinquena” would cast a positive light on the Caribbean island and U.S. territory as it dealt with a debt crisis. His story about the 21-year-old woman of color who draws her super power from Puerto Rico sold out. <\/p>

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\n\tInspired by women in his own family, Miranda-Rodriguez, says he’s using the comic book to raise awareness of diversity, feminism and LGBTQ. He’s found an audience outside traditional comic book marketing.<\/p>\n

\n\t“I feel I’m making more impact at an event like this than sitting at a comicon with 200 other comic book creators,” he said.
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