V•G1GANTE

by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez

Award-winning graphic novelist and philanthropist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez debuts another La Borinqueña spin-off comic book: V•G1GANTE! This heroic giant robot will meet their match when a Kaiju attacks from the Puerto Rico Trench!

A portion of the sales from these comic books support their La Borinqueña Grant Awards which have awarded over $200,000 to non-profits throughout Puerto Rico.

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#The Story

V•G1GANTE is the mecha created and piloted by Brismar Besosa Crúz, a computer science undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. She made her first appearance in La Borinqueña #2 and then as V•G1GANTE in La Borinqueña #3. Now in her first solo adventure one-shot comic book, learn how experiments conducted on her and other students led to many of them developing into Potentes, people with superhuman abilities. Brismar’s powers allow her to read the code that makes up chemical compounds, physics equations, and binary codes. With this she created her very own sentient mecha that she pilots, V•G1GANTE.

In her first solo adventure she balances life as a college student struggling to pay her tuition while facing the threat a Kaiju that has emerged from the Puerto Rico Trench which may lead to catastrophic destruction. Will the combined powers of Puerto Rico's champion La Borinqueña, the bioluminescent Endo-warrior Lúz La Luminosa, the Cocobalé master of martial arts Oro El Coqui Dorado, the agile and high flying Iguaca, and V•G1GANTE be enough to defend Borikén?

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#Bio

Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez continues to be recognized widely for his work on NBC, CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR and numerous other media outlets for having already produced in addition to his own series La Borinqueña, graphic novels with Darryl DMC McDaniels (from RUN DMC), Emmy and Tony award winning writer John Leguizamo, and Grammy award winning artist Rubén Blades. He has also written for Marvel Comics critically acclaimed anthology, Guardians of the Galaxy: Tales of the Cosmos.

As part of his national tour, he continues to speak on such topics as diversity in comic books and current socio-political issues related to Puerto Rico. The Smithsonian, The American Museum of Natural History, Gates Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, PEN/Faulkner Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Princeton University, Colgate University, Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, New York Comic Con, Rhode Island School of Design, Viacom, Hasbro and many other institutions, libraries and events invite him to deliver keynote presentations and talks to audiences that range from elementary school children to graduate students.

#Charity

A portion of the sales from these comic books support their La Borinqueña Grant Awards which have awarded over $200,000 to non-profits throughout Puerto Rico.

#Timeline

The comic is in production and should be ready to go to the printer within 4 months after the campaign is over. Printing and shipping should take another 3 months after that, so delivery of rewards is expected to be done around November 2025.

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