E.C.-Dukes, Ph.D., M.F.A. (Elvira Carrizal-Dukes)
@doctor-e-c-dukes.bsky.social
Intl. award-winning graphic novelist & Xicana scholar | CEO of DUKEScomics | Writer of multilingual, culturally rooted stories | Intl. Latino Book Award winner | Featured at Tokyo Comic Con & FIL Guadalajara | Mentorship + workshops for youth & communities
Congratulations to all the writers and artists recognized by ILBA.
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.
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Congratulations to all the writers and artists recognized by ILBA.
Register here for comics workshop in October: www.mexicanos2070.com/fall-2025-pa...
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/
September 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Register here for comics workshop in October: www.mexicanos2070.com/fall-2025-pa...
We have a new comic published in this anthology. XICANXFUTURISM: GRITOS FOR TOMORROW/ CODEX I Edited by Scott Russell Duncan and Jenny Irizary drops in two weeks, Tuesday, September 16th! Brought to you by Riot of Roses Publishing House.
Order your copy at
www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com
Order your copy at
www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We have a new comic published in this anthology. XICANXFUTURISM: GRITOS FOR TOMORROW/ CODEX I Edited by Scott Russell Duncan and Jenny Irizary drops in two weeks, Tuesday, September 16th! Brought to you by Riot of Roses Publishing House.
Order your copy at
www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com
Order your copy at
www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com
Join us for fall workshop with Palabras del Pueblo. Comics con Corazón y Comunidad
With Dr. E C Dukes and Ronnie Dukes. Online. October 4-5, and 11-12, 9am to 1pm Pacific Time. Save the date! Applications open! No experience necessary.
www.mexicanos2070.com/fall-2025-pa....
With Dr. E C Dukes and Ronnie Dukes. Online. October 4-5, and 11-12, 9am to 1pm Pacific Time. Save the date! Applications open! No experience necessary.
www.mexicanos2070.com/fall-2025-pa....
September 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Join us for fall workshop with Palabras del Pueblo. Comics con Corazón y Comunidad
With Dr. E C Dukes and Ronnie Dukes. Online. October 4-5, and 11-12, 9am to 1pm Pacific Time. Save the date! Applications open! No experience necessary.
www.mexicanos2070.com/fall-2025-pa....
With Dr. E C Dukes and Ronnie Dukes. Online. October 4-5, and 11-12, 9am to 1pm Pacific Time. Save the date! Applications open! No experience necessary.
www.mexicanos2070.com/fall-2025-pa....
Commissions open for a limited time. Cover art, comic books & children's books, and much more. DUKEScomics.com. #handdrawn #BIPOC
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.
Refer a friend and both enjoy a discount on their frst paid order.
Please share. Thanks🙏🏽
#timelapse #artdemo
Refer a friend and both enjoy a discount on their frst paid order.
Please share. Thanks🙏🏽
#timelapse #artdemo
August 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Commissions open for a limited time. Cover art, comic books & children's books, and much more. DUKEScomics.com. #handdrawn #BIPOC
Illustrator Ronnie Dukes commissions open.
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/
Contact us for affordable pricing:
dukescomics@dukescomics.com
• Hand-drawn art
• Illustrations for comic books & children’s books
• Short 2D animations
• Book covers
Online gallery with samples:
dukescomics.com/gallery/
Contact us for affordable pricing:
dukescomics@dukescomics.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Illustrator Ronnie Dukes commissions open.
Sun City Children & Teens Comic Arts Festival: The Future of Comics Starts Here.
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.
#SCCTCAF
#SCCTCAF
April 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sun City Children & Teens Comic Arts Festival: The Future of Comics Starts Here.
Author Insights: International Latino Book Awards Author Interviews. We're so grateful for our Silver Medal award for our graphic novel Daizee & the Dukes of Chuco. Thank you, ELF, for this incredible recognition.
#dukescomics #graphicnovel #internationalaward @dukescomics.bsky.social
#dukescomics #graphicnovel #internationalaward @dukescomics.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Author Insights: International Latino Book Awards Author Interviews. We're so grateful for our Silver Medal award for our graphic novel Daizee & the Dukes of Chuco. Thank you, ELF, for this incredible recognition.
#dukescomics #graphicnovel #internationalaward @dukescomics.bsky.social
#dukescomics #graphicnovel #internationalaward @dukescomics.bsky.social
Last year in San Diego, CA, DUKEScomics recorded season two of our podcast. We are sharing these two-minute snippets to give a glimpse of how we collaborate, what we value most in our work, and our upcoming projects. Thanks for listening. youtu.be/aUrk75DSBTg
@dukescomics.bsky.social
@dukescomics.bsky.social
DUKEScomics Season 2 Podcast from ALA San Diego part 1
YouTube video by DUKEScomics
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Last year in San Diego, CA, DUKEScomics recorded season two of our podcast. We are sharing these two-minute snippets to give a glimpse of how we collaborate, what we value most in our work, and our upcoming projects. Thanks for listening. youtu.be/aUrk75DSBTg
@dukescomics.bsky.social
@dukescomics.bsky.social
This is my review of the book Carmelita by Meagan O’Toole Pitts, illustrated by Ashton Kaleigh.
This illustrated book, intended for grade 5 and up, is based on the true story of a 17-year-old border heroine, Carmelita Torres, who inspired the 1917 Bath Riots.
CarmelitaTorres.com
This illustrated book, intended for grade 5 and up, is based on the true story of a 17-year-old border heroine, Carmelita Torres, who inspired the 1917 Bath Riots.
CarmelitaTorres.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is my review of the book Carmelita by Meagan O’Toole Pitts, illustrated by Ashton Kaleigh.
This illustrated book, intended for grade 5 and up, is based on the true story of a 17-year-old border heroine, Carmelita Torres, who inspired the 1917 Bath Riots.
CarmelitaTorres.com
This illustrated book, intended for grade 5 and up, is based on the true story of a 17-year-old border heroine, Carmelita Torres, who inspired the 1917 Bath Riots.
CarmelitaTorres.com
Our graphic novel Daizee & the DUKES of Chuco received this wonderful review written by Scott Russell Duncan for LibroMobile. Here is the link: bit.ly/4gMX9pt
Thank you, Scott, for reading and writing about our book. We appreciate you!
#gratitude #bookreview #DUKEScomics
Thank you, Scott, for reading and writing about our book. We appreciate you!
#gratitude #bookreview #DUKEScomics
January 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our graphic novel Daizee & the DUKES of Chuco received this wonderful review written by Scott Russell Duncan for LibroMobile. Here is the link: bit.ly/4gMX9pt
Thank you, Scott, for reading and writing about our book. We appreciate you!
#gratitude #bookreview #DUKEScomics
Thank you, Scott, for reading and writing about our book. We appreciate you!
#gratitude #bookreview #DUKEScomics
Honored to present at Yorkville University & Toronto Film School's SoTL Showcase with Dr. Tommy Mayberry. Grateful to my husband & creative partner Ronnie Dukes (DUKEScomics) for leading illustration exercises. Thank you for this opportunity to share our work across genres!
#SoTLShowcase
#SoTLShowcase
December 11, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Honored to present at Yorkville University & Toronto Film School's SoTL Showcase with Dr. Tommy Mayberry. Grateful to my husband & creative partner Ronnie Dukes (DUKEScomics) for leading illustration exercises. Thank you for this opportunity to share our work across genres!
#SoTLShowcase
#SoTLShowcase
Augment everything and let Augment El Paso do it for you! This is what they did for the cover of my ebook, Cholx Counterstory.
Excited to share the animation of Low Rider by Paola Rascón, for the webAR enhanced cover of Cholx Counterstory by @doctor-e-c-dukes.bsky.social . Link: tinyurl.com/2zyf6zj7
#AfterEffects #AR #webAR #Cholo #Art #Painting #MoGraph
#AfterEffects #AR #webAR #Cholo #Art #Painting #MoGraph
December 6, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Augment everything and let Augment El Paso do it for you! This is what they did for the cover of my ebook, Cholx Counterstory.
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.
Artwork by Ronnie Dukes
Animation by Augment El Paso
Link to free ebook in previous post.
December 5, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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.
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...
Pre-order:
www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com/product-page...
December 4, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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...
Pre-order:
www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com/product-page...
This is an excerpt from the Chicanofuturism panel. For the next few weeks, I'll share my responses to panel questions from our host, Scott Russell Duncan. Panelists include Valderas, Apaxu Maiz,
Jaime Javier Rodriguez, Angela Acosta, Martin Hill Ortiz,
R. Ch. Garcia, and E.C.-Dukes.
Jaime Javier Rodriguez, Angela Acosta, Martin Hill Ortiz,
R. Ch. Garcia, and E.C.-Dukes.
December 3, 2024 at 4:18 PM
This is an excerpt from the Chicanofuturism panel. For the next few weeks, I'll share my responses to panel questions from our host, Scott Russell Duncan. Panelists include Valderas, Apaxu Maiz,
Jaime Javier Rodriguez, Angela Acosta, Martin Hill Ortiz,
R. Ch. Garcia, and E.C.-Dukes.
Jaime Javier Rodriguez, Angela Acosta, Martin Hill Ortiz,
R. Ch. Garcia, and E.C.-Dukes.
The Somos Xicanas anthology is coming out Dec. 14th. Published by Riot of Roses Publishing House w the brilliant editor Luz Schweig. I wrote a piece called Chola Heroes and Cholo Saints. Pre-order at this link: www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com/product-page....
#Xicanas #anthology #newbook
#Xicanas #anthology #newbook
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
The Somos Xicanas anthology is coming out Dec. 14th. Published by Riot of Roses Publishing House w the brilliant editor Luz Schweig. I wrote a piece called Chola Heroes and Cholo Saints. Pre-order at this link: www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com/product-page....
#Xicanas #anthology #newbook
#Xicanas #anthology #newbook
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:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kBBx_,3-U....
Limited time free access:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kBBx_,3-U....
November 29, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kBBx_,3-U....
Limited time free access:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kBBx_,3-U....
Reposted by E.C.-Dukes, Ph.D., M.F.A. (Elvira Carrizal-Dukes)
I worked with @doctor-e-c-dukes.bsky.social to enhance elements of her new ebook Cholx Counterstory!
"This free ebook spotlights global Cholos & Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide."
manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...
"This free ebook spotlights global Cholos & Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide."
manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...
November 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
I worked with @doctor-e-c-dukes.bsky.social to enhance elements of her new ebook Cholx Counterstory!
"This free ebook spotlights global Cholos & Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide."
manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...
"This free ebook spotlights global Cholos & Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide."
manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...
✨ Excited to announce my new ebook Cholx Counterstory! ✨
This free ebook spotlights global Cholos and Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide.
📖 Read it here: manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...
This free ebook spotlights global Cholos and Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide.
📖 Read it here: manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...
November 25, 2024 at 3:21 PM
✨ Excited to announce my new ebook Cholx Counterstory! ✨
This free ebook spotlights global Cholos and Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide.
📖 Read it here: manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...
This free ebook spotlights global Cholos and Cholas as agents of positive social change, celebrating their resilience and impact on communities worldwide.
📖 Read it here: manifold.as.uky.edu/projects/cho...