We are proud to celebrate Dr. E C Dukes’ Cholx Counterstory winning Silver for Best eBook, her contribution to Somos Xicanas earning Silver & Bronze medals, and our 15-year-old mentee Marcos Molina’s The Dino Dudes receiving Honorable Mention at the 2025 International Latino Book Awards.
Comics con Corazón y Comunidad. A creative workshop centering Xicanx & BIPOC voices through storytelling, drawing & guided prompts. No experience needed—just bring your corazón & create comics that honor identity, uplift community & inspire change. About us: dukescomics.com/about-us/
Image description: "I WANT YOU" hand-drawn pencils, digital inking and coloring by Ronnie Dukes. This image is inspired by the Army recruitment image of Uncle Sam for the World War featuring the text I Want YOU with Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer. This image is of an African American / Black woman with a large brown afro hairstyle wearing a top hat like Uncle Sam and pointing directly at the viewer. Her top hat is blue with a red band above the brim depicting the star of the Juneteenth flag and steampunk goggles. Pinned to the front of the hat is an updated version of a patriot’s medal from the American Revolution depicting a silhouette of the original Lady Liberty holding a lantern. She wears a purple leather jacket with the sleeves torn off exposing her muscular arms. Her right hand is tipping her hat and the left is pointing at the viewer. Her jacket is adorned with current day buttons / badges depicting revolutionary sentiments like: “The revolution will not be A.I.” and “All power to the people.” The right shoulder of her jacket has spikes inspired by Spider Punk and Prince’s Purple Rain jacket. In her earlobes she has golden gauges and, on her neck, she has a large silk bow tie inspired by Uncle Sam and a white t-shirt.
If you have a product mock-up, book cover, comic book, or image of a loved one that you've always wanted to create, but not the opportunity...now is your chance. Take advantage of this small window of time before we go into production on DUKEScomics's next award-winning graphic novel! Constanter!
This time-lapse video shows Ronnie Dukes's inking process to adding color to his hand-drawn illustration. Are you interested in acquiring original hand-drawn art? Commissions open.
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Award-winning Illustrator Ronnie Dukes Customizable Services:
• Hand-drawn art
• Illustrations for comic books & children’s books
• Short 2D animations
• Book covers
Online gallery with samples:
dukescomics.com/gallery/
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The DUKEScomics Mentor Program presents the Sun City Children and Teens Comic Arts Festival! Save the Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 1-5PM at Old Sheepdog Brewery in El Paso, TX, featuring the comic book debut of 14-year-old Marcos Molina from the DUKEScomics Mentor Program.
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Thank you to Jack and Jill of America, Inc., El Paso-Southern New Mexico Chapter, for inviting DUKEScomics to speak with your students about being a C.E.O. and business practices, as well as sharing our personal journey. We had a great time.
The DUKEScomics Mentor
Program is thrilled to announce our first mentee comic book launch. Meet 14-year-old Marcos, a high school student from El Paso. We'll be hosting a special event to unveil Marcos's comic on May 3. More details coming soon. Sign up for our newsletter at DUKEScomics dot com.
Our Ody is a calming friend and will be 9 this year. We’re blessed to be his kahu and grateful to the inspiration he gives to be better and healthy.
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This is Daizee with her service dog and best friend Ody. He's always there with her to support her on her tough endeavors. He is based on our real life little bestie.
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As we move into 2025, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be debuting a new graphic novel, an animation, and some other exciting news. Stay tuned, and thank you for being part of our story!
Swipe through the slides to see what we accomplished in 2024, and a huge thank you to everyone who supported us along the way!
From comic cons to workshops, awards, publications, and more, we’ve had an amazing journey connecting with communities, creating stories, and inspiring future creators.
Updated some work I did for DUKES comics! Go check them out if you haven't seen their work before.
The original had the car zoom in and the people inside animated, but never felt finished to me. So when I had some free time, I added reflections, speed lines, and animated the background elements.
I'm grateful to 71-year-old Tonio, a military veteran and Cholo veterano, for giving me the opportunity to interview him for my ebook, Cholx Counterstory. This animation illustrates some of his experiences.
Artwork by Ronnie Dukes
Animation by Augment El Paso
Link to free ebook in previous post.
Ronnie Dukes 🙌🏽 created this stunning illustration for my short story "Chola Heroes and Cholo Saints" in Somos Xicanas anthology edited by LUZ SCHWEIG Riot of Roses Publishing House. I'll be reading from my piece & will share recording.
Pre-order:
www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com/product-page...
Dr. E.C.-Dukes & Mr. Ronnie Dukes co-authors w Melissa Wholeben & Robert McCreary of Developing a Trauma-Informed Care Graphic Narrative Educational Tool for Emergency Trauma Nurses in Intl Emergency Nursing peer-reviewed journal.
Limited time free access:
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