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03/10/2026
April 3-4, 2026 | 11am- 6pm | MJC West Campus, MSR Student Center
Save the date (Friday and Saturday) and get ready for our most epic event yet! The Latinx Comic Arts Festival (LCAF) is the California Central Valley's only celebration of Latino comic arts creators and friends. We showcase some of the most talented people in the country, featuring Latinx cartoonists, writers, artists, animators, storyboard artists, comic arts educators, and more!
LCAF takes place on the West campus of Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California, and is an all-ages, free, family-friendly event that is open to the public. LCAF features two days of exhibitors, 10 panels and workshops, a virtual art gallery, and a lowrider exhibition on Saturday.
In support of the mission of an HSI, LCAF expands the educational opportunities for Latinos and other underrepresented populations by directly addressing the need to develop more programming for our growing Latinx student body (now over 54%) and the larger Modesto Junior College and Central Valley communities.
We are pleased to share this year's mega poster by New York City cartoonist and educator, Javier Cruz Winnik. Winnik’s art boldly illustrates a vision of Latinx Futurism, inviting viewers to imagine a world where community strength, pride, and futuristic innovation transform the landscape of tomorrow.
Latinx Futurism (or Latinofuturism) is an artistic and cultural movement that boldly reimagines Latinx life through science fiction, speculative storytelling, and visionary art. Inspired by Indigenous roots and ancient traditions that continue to influence Latinx communities, it weaves past, present, future into a powerful story of resilience, creativity, and technological innovation. In comics, illustration, film, and other visual forms, it centers Latinx communities as imaginative, brilliant architects of the future.
This year’s Latinx Comic Arts Festival poster captures that spirit. Through bold design, cultural symbolism, and speculative imagination, it celebrates our creativity, our histories, and the futures we are actively shaping.
Contact Festival Director, Dr. Theresa Rojas at rojast@yosemite.edu or call 209 548-5857.