MEET THE MONSTERS OF THE BRONX. They're beautiful, emotionally troubled, and perfectly monstrous reflections of us all. Groundbreaking cartoonist Ivan Velez brings together an assorted list of talented artists and writers to create their own terrifying and edgy love letter to the Boogieman Bronx. 176 pages in a brand new paperback brings edgy and terrifying poetry, short stories, comics and illustrations that shine a light on the terrifying parts of our urban American mythology.
Ivan Velez Jr. (born 1961) is an openly gay Latino American cartoonist, writer, museum educator, and teaching artist, known for creating the groundbreaking comic book series Tales of the Closet, and for his work with the DC Comics imprint Milestone Media, and with Marvel Comics. He was born Ivan Velez Jr. in the Bronx, New York in 1961 to parents of Puerto Rican descent.