Nicky is a disabled, queer Puerto Rican comic artist, flatter, and colorist. She is the creator of the ongoing webcomic, The Unlucky Ones and the Edge of Nowhere, and the illustrator of the award-winning Con Papá/With Papá, authored by Frederick Luis Aldama. Her zines and comics explore mental health, the impermanence of time and memory, existential ennui, and the meaning of home. Nicky specializes in bold colors, the depiction of heartfelt emotions, and animated and expressive characters in her work and is primarily interested in illustrating new adult/upper YA and adult graphic novels and comics.
Things she loves to work on: slice-of-life, road stories, existential horror, Puerto Rican and Caribbean stories, queer stories (preferably not didactic), volleyball stories
Preorder/Purchase
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Con Papá / With Papá *Honorable Mention for the Alma Flor Ada Best Latino Focused Children's Picture Book Award from the International Latino Book Awards*
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Labyrinths Borne
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Latinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Approaches
"Nicky Rodriguez’s illustrations are vibrant and whimsical."
- Daniel A. Olivas for LARB for Con Papá/With Papá
"Beautifully illustrated." - ILBA judges for Con Papá/With Papá
"A lovely bilingual picture book about the support of a father and how this endless support helps a child gain confidence to soar."
- Selenia Paz for School Library Journal for Con Papá/With Papá
"...In these vivid, lush images, we witness a father’s love fostering a child’s infinite imagination to soar...Con Papá treasures and celebrates young Latinxs, the queer, the maligned, the forgotten, and erased." - Cristina Herrera for Latinx spaces for Con Papá/With Papá
Writing
Workshops/Talks/Panels
If you would like to inquire about potential engagements please reach out using the contact page.
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Reframing Disability and Reclaiming Agency, January 2025, Sequential Artists Workshop (recording)