Work samples

  • Epistle

    This 6-page comic about longing, writing letters, and fighting for what you believe was written by Barbara Perez Marquez with art by Tuisku H.

  • Knightly Resolve

    This 10-page comic explores the friendship between two new recruits and what it can take to live up to expectations, written by Barbara Perez Marquez with art by Lancer Rodríguez-Alarcón. File also includes original script and additional exploration art.

  • A Hard Shell to Crack
    A Hard Shell to Crack
    Mikey's excited to volunteer at the shelter today! That is, until he realizes that Bell has already done most of the chores. It's a good thing that there are some jobs that only Mikey can do. You can find the story in print as part of Animal Rescue Friends: Learning New Tricks!
    Available for Purchase

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About Barbara

Baltimore City, Baltimore City - Highlandtown A&E District, Baltimore County

Barbara Perez Marquez was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, now she lives in the USA. She’s a queer latine writer with an MFA in Creative Writing and writes short stories and fiction.

During her career, she has also been an editor, translator, and even a sensitivity reader for several publications and projects. Her work was first featured in a student collection in the 7th grade, which inspired her desire to become a writer. Since then, she's been featured in a number of… more

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Paulina and the Disaster at Pompeii

Part of the Girls Survive Graphic Novel series, Paulina and the Disaster at Pompeii brings a defining historical event to life: Twelve-year-old Paulina is delivering bread to her new friend Fabia’s home when the air begins to fill with smoke and ash. Mount Vesuvius is erupting! Fabia’s father leaves to help fellow Pompeii residents evacuate, telling the girls to make their way to the port where they can board boats to escape. But Paulina cannot leave her family behind. The two girls make their way through the city, helping others where they can. Will they escape the volcano disaster and be reunited with their loved ones?

Learn more about this book HERE.

  • Paulina an the Disaster at Pompeii
    Paulina an the Disaster at Pompeii
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  • Paulina Sample Page
    Paulina Sample Page
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    • Por La Sombrita

    How do you process the parts of yourself that weren’t allowed to be? In Por La Sombrita, explore a coming of age through fractured glimpses that form a whole and an imperfect family life yearning for connection. Using a combination of written pieces and companion photographs, this chapbook explores a childhood in the Dominican Republic while being queer, and the moments that form an individual.
    Disjointed and at points bittersweet, pushing the stream-of-consciousness to its limit. Find the pieces to build a window into the things that connect us beyond our personal lived experiences. The line of the comfortable and the uncomfortable blurs in order to show lived experiences, not as a perfect recollection but as an imperfect segment of a larger whole.

    You can get a copy of the chapbook HERE.

    • Por La Sombrita
      Por La Sombrita
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    • 24 de Diciembre_Sample EN
      24 de Diciembre_Sample EN
    • 24 de Diciembre_Sample SP
      24 de Diciembre_Sample SP
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    • The Cardboard Kingdom

    I'm one of the collaborators for The Cardboard Kingdom, an Eisner-nominated graphic novel series about kids, creativity, and cardboard!

    You can learn more about the books here: The Cardboard Kingdom

    • The Cardboard Kingdom
      The Cardboard Kingdom
      Available for Purchase
    • Amanda The Mad Scientist Sample Page
      Amanda The Mad Scientist Sample Page
    • The Cardboard Kingdom: Roar of the Beast
      The Cardboard Kingdom: Roar of the Beast
      Available for Purchase
    • Roar of the Beast Sample Page
      Roar of the Beast Sample Page
    • The Cardboard Kingdom: Snow and Sorcery
      The Cardboard Kingdom: Snow and Sorcery
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