![]() ![]() The text is direct, straightforward, and conversational (“The boss…cut my hours. His illustrations employ many of the conventions of sequential as well as Mixtec art, including well-paced panels and vignettes, with his signature two-dimensional figures seen in profile. 9/16) effectively uses a two-sided accordion-folded format inspired by Mixtec codices. He and Li rally their coworkers, and they file a legal complaint to gain just benefits and compensation. Li, a waitress, points out that he and his fellow undocumented workers are not being paid minimum wage or receiving benefits, although they work grueling hours. He lives “in a poor neighborhood where los polis sometimes harass you for no reason,” and works at a restaurant. Juan is an Indigenous man from “a small village in Mexico” who crosses the Mexico–United States border (on a second attempt, after being caught and beaten the first time he tried). “You don’t know our names but you’ve seen us.” The accompanying illustration is of Juan, an undocumented immigrant, with one hand raised in a fist and the other holding a megaphone from which the text and the subsequent illustrations appear to flow. ![]() Middle School, High School Abrams ComicArts 24 pp. ![]()
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