October 2021 • Hello Barkada Comics #2

"Family Reunions" by Angel Trazo

Four panel comic strip by Angel Trazo, illustrated in black and white. Panel 1 shows two people holding boba drinks and laughing. Panel 2 shows a light-haired femme person scratching the head of a dark-haired femme person on a bed. Panel 3 shows to femme people facing each other in conversation in a car. Panel 4 shows two people hugging. A black eucalyptus leaf falls across panel 1 to panel 3, from right to left. The comics text flows from panel 1 to panel 4 and says, "No matter how much time passes between us, we pick up the chismis as if we'd never put it down."

© Angel Trazo

ABOUT THE ARTIST


Angel Trazo (she/her) is a Filipina American author, illustrator, and PhD student based in Northern California. In 2019, she published the children's book "We Are Inspiring: The Stories of 32 Inspirational Asian American Women." Her scholarship has been published in Amerasia, Intersections: Critical Issues in Education, and ASAP/Journal, and her visual artwork has been featured on PBS and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.


Trazo received her Bachelor's in Biology and Studio Art from Colgate University and her MA in Asian American Studies from UCLA. She is currently a PhD student in Cultural Studies at UC Davis. 


Find @angeltrazo on Instagram, @angeltrazoart on Facebook, and @angel_trazo on Twitter.


Support Angel Trazo by:


EDITOR'S NOTE: Many thanks to Trinidad Escobar (@escobarcomics) for recommending Angel for this series!

TAGS: COMICS

Cartoonists are commissioned for an original comic to the Hello Barkada Comics series. Hello Barkada pays for first online rights, non-exclusive archival rights, first North American serial rights, and first anthology publication rights. Help us extend this opportunity to more cartoonists in 2023 by becoming a Barkada Backer today!


If you would like to be considered for publication in 2023, please reach out to the email address listed in our footer with a link to your portfolio site. Cartoonists who are BIP/WOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and/or disabled are encouraged to reach out. Please note that consideration does not guarantee a commission.

Text in black says "You May Also Like" followed by a black line break.
White text says, "Hello Barkada Comics #9. Each edition of our comics series features a new emerging or established cartoonist. In our second comic of 2023, nonbinary Diné cartoonist Julie Fiveash makes an appeal to think before asking in 'Bad Questions!'" Text on a darkened black and white illustration of the first panel of the comic, which features a clothed anthromorphic bunny with eyes closed and arms folded in exasperation.
White text says "Collectively 2022 Packs. Two new product packs are now available from the Hello Barkada Shop. Supplies are limited, so get yours soon! Proceeds from each support the Hello Barkada Comics Series and Guest Writer Series." Text on a darkened photo of zines and buttons on a crocheted afghan.