An Ocular Tangent

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Alexandra Beguez is an illustrator, designer, and cartoonist based in New Jersey. | About / Contact - Alexandra Beguez : Illustration & Comics All images © Alexandra Beguez Illustration Picture Books Comics About / Contact Instagram Substack Support My Work WHAT IS AN ALEX? Alexandra Beguez (she/her) is a Cuban-American illustrator and cartoonist. Her family’s immigrant history informs much her narrative work. As a child, she would sit and listen attentively for hours as family members recounted stories from their youth. She felt an urgency to her act of listening; it was very important to witness their recitation. Now, she feels it’s her duty to preserve and carefully document these stories. The need to chronicle stories extends to her fictional work, where she faithfully

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