GRAYSCALE LA EPISODE 2: PABLO LEON

In this episode of Grayscale LA, host Alex Narvaez sits down with author and artist Pablo Leon, a Guatemalan-born, Los Angeles–based creative whose work lives at the intersection of comics, animation, and cultural memory. Many audiences know Pablo for his work illustrating Miles Morales, but his career extends far beyond mainstream titles. He is an Eisner Award nominee and an Academy Award–recognized artist, with collaborations spanning Marvel, Disney, Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon.

The conversation explores Pablo’s original comic The Journey, which tells the story of an unaccompanied child traveling from Central America to the United States — a narrative that feels increasingly urgent as Los Angeles and communities across the country continue to grapple with the realities of i ...