He was nine years old when Castro's government called his family "gusanos," worms, for wanting to leave. Edel Rodriguez took the label and turned it into WORM: A Cuban American Odyssey, the graphic memoir that traces his path from a farm outside Havana to becoming the artist behind some of the most iconic anti-authoritarian imagery of our time.
This October, SE CLT and McColl Center bring Edel Rodriguez to Charlotte for Fall of Freedom 2026, a national movement of galleries answering repression with art. Book signing. Original work on display. One rare Charlotte appearance.
He was nine years old when Castro's government called his family "gusanos," worms, for wanting to leave. Edel Rodriguez took the label and turned it into WORM: A Cuban American Odyssey, the graphic memoir that traces his path from a farm outside Havana to becoming the artist behind some of the most iconic anti-authoritarian imagery of our time.
This October, SE CLT and McColl Center bring Edel Rodriguez to Charlotte for Fall of Freedom 2026, a national movement of galleries answering repression with art. Book signing. Original work on display. One rare Charlotte appearance.