Arte Breenache

Thanks to the organizers and volunteers of @spxcomics for making this weekend hella fun and memorable for both of us. It was especially amazing to see my partner working his healing magic on all the folks who came thru to the panel and to his table. And to all the local Central Americans and qtpoc who came to spot me out, it means so much to me that y’all came out to say hello and to have a lil charla about our complicated ass existence as a people. Let’s keep building community! #spx2018 #smallpressexpo #comics #blackandbrownunity #blackartists #afrolatinx https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzuFVrh-zL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kydbleapxn4t

Walked outta here with some sweet desserts 😜🍨🍰🍦🍪 #spx2018 #smallpressexpo #comics #zines #enamelpins https://www.instagram.com/p/BnztD-ghhVl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p6g3qbknxffi

We out here @spxcomics for the very first time! Come and say hello and get some original comics my me and my classmates from the MFA in Comics program. 🤓 #SPX #spxcomics #mfaincomics #gradschool #selfpublished #comics (at Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnwH04BhZvW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yzhpndxpxbjr

Sometimes I like my thumbnails... here’s a flashback scene from my thesis that takes place in Half Moon Bay. #gradschool #comics #mfaincomics #thumbnails #memoircomics https://www.instagram.com/p/BnprhTsh4pe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u7it3rfjmqgm

Uuummm, that’s sooooooo many people!? But a million thanks yous for sticking around to see me grow as a comic artist and for taking the time to share your positive affirmations! I’m just a nerd who wants to do their best to share stories that mean something to that little girl who didn’t see herself or her community depicted in comic books. I hope y’all know how much your readership means to me and I’m so pumped to keep on pushing with my master’s thesis! Mil gracias! #cartoonist #nerdsofcolor #cuir #afrolatinx #centralamerican (at Luckyduck Bicycle Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bno8SDlhuNx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fx4eb2kcea1z

My loverly partner and I are going to our ever first comics fest out in Brooklyn, NYC! YEEEEE! #comics #zines #comicartsbrooklyn https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnlz-vchaqe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14pkhaou1nqvs

Hey fam there’s a new organization on the rise in San Francisco and they’re called @efniksdotcom They just invited me to share my stories of being a Central American cartoonist from ze Bay Area and it’s open to the public! Come out to meet other Latinx folks who will also be sharing their experiences within the diaspora over some free pupusas, tamales, aguas, and some tunes! We’ll be kickin it at The Strut on Castro Street on September 20th. 💖🌈👋🏽🔥💙 #afrolatinx #centralamerican #latinx #bayarea #efniks #cartoonist https://www.instagram.com/p/BnjgYtgB54C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ay9dnkqwxmli

Thanks so much y’all for supporting the first round of “Being Half Guatemalan” at SF Zine Fest! I got copies left over from today’s Bay Area Queer Zine Fest and they’re available on my Etsy shop. The link is in my bio. Tell yer frenz! 🇬🇹💖 #zines #comics #autobiocomics #guatemalan #afrolatinx #etsysellersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BniSP6NBWpH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qyxav0nngkcm

Being an awkward dork at the Bay Area Queer Zine Fest. 👋🏽😅🌈😎 #zines #baqzf2018 #nonbinarywomxn #afrolatinx #centralamerican #salvi #guatemalan #cuir #comics (at Humanist Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnhkivjBRnL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18pgicgcqify4

A new zine making a debut at the 2nd Annual Bay Area Queer Zine Fest at Humanist Hall in Oakland! Here I begin to share a little more about my feelings towards my complicated relationship with Christianity while growing into my black-brown queerness. P.S. I know it’s got grammatical errors because it was kind of a stressful process, lol. And my English will always suck because I do experience some processing issues. Anywho! Come by to the zine fest today! We will be here til 6pm. #baqzf2018 #oakland #zines #comics #memoir #afrolatinx #centralamerican #nonbinarywomxn #qtpoc (at Humanist Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bng-JfZBCXL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qc50owhhry12

It’s officials, your friend with the Afro poof is going to SPX and rep the MFA in Comics program with my dope ass classmates and teachers! I’ll be there at the table on Saturday morning and Sunday evening. This will be my first ever SPX and it’s so amazing that @lawrencelindellstudios will be one of their special guests alongside some badassery in comics. #spx2018 #mfaincomics #gradschool #comics #diy #zines https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZSvHtBKM_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s9v84k2kpfad

I just stole a bunch of pictures cause I’m terrible at documenting events, I just have too much fun to remember to bust out a camera and archive these things. Big ups to the @sfzinefest crew for always doing the most to get the City of San Francisco excited about zines, art, and creative writing. I always feel right at home at this special place because I always feel so encouraged to feel making zines for my community and allies who want to gift my zines to their Central American friends. This time of year always feels like a family reunion and this chosen family of zinesters and weirdos has uplifted my spirits during some of these heavy times we’ve been facing as a qtpoc. I definitely always feel the affirmations and love from these lovely folks. P.S. My newest zine is pretty much sold out! Thanks to everyone who came and supported this new mini-comic I busted out a day before the fest and it goes to show how supportive y’all are. Thanks for the fun times as always 💖🌈✨🇬🇹🇸🇻 #zines #sfzinefest2018 #reflections #comics https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRfZ4AhdTf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b2x3gnmmqo41

If y’all didn’t catch me at SF Zine Fest yesterday there is still the cute Bay Area Queer Zine Fest happening this coming weekend. It’s just gonna a summer of ziney love out here in the Bay Area. 💙🇬🇹🇸🇻 📚 Flyer Design by @lawrencelindellstudios #zines #comics #afrolatinx #latinxcreate #qtpoc #nonbinarywoman (at Humanist Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRbtKIhdKJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ofesh7ncr5vv

A new mini-comic ready for @sfzinefest this year! A few illustrations that celebrate all of the things and feels we go through as Guatemalans living in the U.S. I’m hella excited to share this with y’all tomorrow! 🇬🇹🌈✨💖🌺🍅 #zines #sfzinefest2018 #comics #autobio #centralamericanart #guatemalan #chapin #chapina #latinxcreate https://www.instagram.com/p/BnNsUboBzjm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ulzrp21loicb

Yaaaa my hand’s feeling better after resting it! But I still gatta be better about wearing my wrist brace. Anywho, I’m a masochist who’s gonna make another zine about being half-Guatemalan. Here’s a sneak peak. #zines #comics #sfzf2018 #sketches #guatemalan #latinxcreate #chowmein https://www.instagram.com/p/BnM9v3qhi8s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s45r3oicfgr

#fbf to the first week of my second summer season where we printed our zines/comics for our grad student exhibit at CCA. It was also an excuse to make tiny illos of some nature based in Izalco, ES and South City. The actual preview zine will be sitting at my table for his year’s @sfzinefest so don’t forget to grab a copy this Sunday! #zines #comics #gradschool #sfzf2018 (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnLHdrKBTGH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14xmmph45o8qj

Back to where it all began, the one zine fest that gave me the motivation to create my own zines and one-off comic books. I’ll be seeing y’all there, but don’t forget to come to the SF Public Library at Civic Center for Thinking Captions this Tuesday (8/28) from 6-8pm and listen to some of us read our work and bask in some of @nidhiart’s radness as the special guest for this year’s SF Zine Fest! #zines #comics #illustration #perzines #sfzf2018