Among the presenters will be Mike Towry, co-founder of San Diego Comi-Con
Indigenous comics are part of continuing rich traditions of Native storytelling. The Indigi-Con Creator’s Symposium features Indigenous comic authors and artists and showcase their work. It takes place next Saturday, February 7, on tribal lands of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians near San Diego, at Harrahs Resort Southern California, 777 Harrahs Rincon Way, Funner CA 92082.
The event is free and open to the public, and family-friendly. Registration is required. To register and view the complete program and list of presenters, go to https://eyaayahuunfoundation.org/indigi-con/
Indigi-Con is presented by the Eyaay Ahuun Foundation and Original Voices, in collaboration with Indigenous Futures Institute – UC San Diego, Preby’s Foundation, and The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians.
“Comic book art is an important creative medium for Native people,” said Chag Lowry (Yurok, Maidu and Achumawi), Executive Director of the Indigenous Futures Institute. “We have always use sequential art to tell our stories, pass down our histories, and share lessons for future generations. Indigi-Con brings together Native artists from a vast range of cultures from this region and across the country, showcases their work, and honors them as storytellers they are..”
“Supporting young Native artists who are putting in the work, learning from their elders, and sharing our stories for future generations is the critical path forward. They are keeping the culture alive!” said Laurie Gonzalez of The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians.
Mike Towry, co-founder of San Diego Comic-Con, the world’s largest convention of its kind, is among the featured creators presenting at 2026 Indigi-Con. “I’m proud that 2026 Indigi-Con will present the works of Native storytellers,” he said. “Comics offer them an ideal medium to tell the stories that they need to tell, and that we need to see and hear, just the way they want them told. The recent publication in San Diego of the first comic from the Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project (KSVP) is a milestone in the practice and growing public awareness of this important Indigenous art form.”
“Supporting and uplifting the next generation of artists is what it is all about,” said Johnny Bear Contreras (Kumeyaay), Sculptor & Cultural Bearer Johnny Bear Art, founder Eyaay Ahuun Foundation, and tribal member of the San Pasqual Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. “The Eyaay Ahuuyn Foundation is deeply honored to support and co-present 2026 Indigi-Con, and to help celebrate Native American heritage through comics.”
At Indigi-Con, the Eyaay Ahuuyn Foundation will unveil its comic “Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightening Was Born” which depicts the revitalization of the Tijuana Estuary.