El GLOBO

EL GLOBO #2

2011-10-19T01:25:00.000-07:00

EL GLOBO #2 está en proceso...

'Peace Cloud'

2010-10-11T13:45:00.001-07:00

Pages from my short comic story 'Peace Cloud', which will be included in the next issue of the comics anthology 'Decadence', issue #8- Futures Weapons.

Look out for the Decadence stand at the MCM Expo in London, the end of this month.

For the scenes of physical struggle, depicted in my 'Peace Cloud' comic strip, I looked at Utagawa Kuniyoshi'd print illustrations for the fourteenth century Chinese Novel 'Stories of the Water Margin'.

The novel tells the story of a legendary criminal organisation that fought against corrupt officials and, who's members were seen as a kind of peoples' heroes. The 108 'honorable outlaws' that made up the gang were from all walks of life and, often, once respected officials that had been banished out of the rigid feudal society of the time. Talented individuals are sometimes persuaded to join the gang by blackmail or by the members eliminating obstacles to them joining- including family members and lovers.

Kuniyoshi began the prints series in the 1820's. The illustrations depict some of the 108 outlaws written about in the novel. Each villain had a special talent or was capable of super human abilities.

I particularly like the expressive way in which the gesture of the figures in Kunyoshi's prints seems to impose on the anatomy of the characters; like the force of the action distorts the physical. The general composition often reflects the tension of the movement.

The character depicted in this print is Kojoso Jisen, also known as "flea on a drum"; a common thief of dogs and chikens, but who has the super human ability to jump amazing heights.

2010-08-27T13:57:00.001-07:00

By clicking on the picture below you can see the drawing which will be the four page spread for the 'interlude' in issue 2 my comic 'EL GLOBO'.
Al apretar en la imagen de abajo puedes ver lo que será el desplegable de cuatro páginas para el "interludio" en mi cómic EL GLOBO-capítulo 2.

EL GLOBO#1 online

2010-06-25T04:50:00.000-07:00

La primera edición

2010-06-17T03:44:00.000-07:00

EL GLOBO #1-¡¡¡ la primera edición ya se puede comprar en Barcelona y pronto a través de Internet!!! La edición hecha a mano todavía se pueden comprar en Vallery y Ras.

EL GLOBO #1- the first edition can now be bought in Barcelona and soon over the internet!!!
The hand made edition can still be bought from Vallery and Ras.

2010-06-17T03:39:00.000-07:00

EL GLOBO #1

2010-05-20T02:07:00.000-07:00

Estoy en el proceso de cambiar el formato de EL GLOBO # 1 para imprimir como un comic de 32 páginas. Estará listo en un par de semanas. La edición hecho a mano de 20 páginas (ahora una edición muy limitada), se puede comprar de Ras y Vallery en Barcelona. Pronto avisaré mas sobre la disponibilidad de EL GLOBO, de librerías y sobra la web, y una edición en inglés.

I am currently in the process of changing the format of EL GLOBO #1 to print as a 32 page comic book, which should be ready in the next couple of weeks. The 20 page hand made, and now very limited, edition is available to buy from Ras and Vallery in Barcelona. I will add more details of the availability of EL GLOBO, from bookshops and the web, and an English edition in the near future.

2010-05-20T01:57:00.000-07:00

He incorporado en las viñetas de 'Camino Interminable', en El Globo, una adaptación de un cómic que creé en 2005 Para el comic Decadence # 5, que se puede ver aquí.

I have incorporated into the narrative of 'Camino Interminable' in EL GLOBO an adaption of a comic strip I created in 2005 for Decadence #5, which you can see here.

El Globo #1

2010-04-21T01:37:00.001-07:00