Frederick Luis Aldama

Frederick Luis Aldama, aka Professor Latinx, is an award-winning author of over 50 books, including novels, children’s books, comics, graphic novels, and scholarly works. He is an inductee of the National Cartoonist Society, Texas Institute of Letters, and Ohio State University's ODI Hall of Fame. He is the founder and director of UT Austin’s Latinx Pop Lab, Editor-in-Chief of The Latinx Pop Magazine, and Editor-in-Chief of FlowerSong Press. His recent comics and books include The Absolutely (Almost) True Adventures of Max Rodriguez (English and Spanish editions), Labyrinths Borne (English and Spanish editions), and Pyroclast. His Steampunkera Chronicles multiverse (comics, cartoon, action figures, and videogame) is forthcoming in 2025. He holds the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin.