Entonces, ¿qué hay reservado para TMW?

Estoy haciendo la edición impresa desde cero debido a varias circunstancias, así que estoy planeando hacer ediciones comerciales, llamándolas la Edición de La Verdad de cómics de la historia. No es un simple remake panel por panel, voy a cortar si necesito cortar, y extender donde necesito extender. No es sólo una nueva edición brillante, tendrá contenido que es nuevo y que importará a la historia.

¿Estás trabajando en otros proyectos en este momento?

¡Siempre! Estoy escribiendo Project: New Wave para Manuel Carmona, soy freelance como escritor así que tengo algunas cosas que salen de Silver Island Studios, también tengo un montón de webcomics y cómics que tengo bajo mi manga para TC. 

¿Algo más que quieras compartir con nosotros?

Ser indie, no te detienes. No tienes las restricciones de las empresas más grandes y no tienes a nadie más que a ti mismo y a tu audiencia para ser responsable. Así que experimenta, diviértete, ve tan oscuro, tan serio, o tan tonto como quieras, pero CREA.

   As our star colorist Francisco J. Rivera begins sending in the pages for Project: New Wave #2 we find ourselves at a loss for words, somehow he outdid someone who' we never thought he could; himself! Issue #2 is scheduled to be released around August, just in time for Plastic City Comic Con in Fitchburg, Massachussets; but we decided to give the fans a sneak peek of the interior art and get some feedback from all of you. We hope you like the artwork as much as we did and remember... keep it Truthful!

​   With just these three names alone should be understood that Kirby is, and always will be the most important and influential creator in comics, but the list doesn't end there, there are hundreds of creators who specifically point to Jack Kirby for their inspiration and view him as a teacher of the medium, and to say that a book drawn by Kirby wouldn't sell in this day and age is not only ridiculous, but also incredibly disrespectful. Another ridiculous statement is that art has gotten better with the years, to which I say not really. The art in comics specifically has gotten flashier and more colorful, but not necessarily better. 

Hey, everyone, Lance Danger here once again, and I'd like to write briefly about going back to school to learn my craft better. It was back in 2014, when I decided to go to SVA, it was decided that the only way really to get there was going through KCC first in order to have the credits necessary and the grades necessary since my high school messed up my transcripts a bit.
I had to take a test to get in, which was a bit nerve wracking since I hadn't taken a test in forever. And I also had to write an essay on the spot as part of the test. Thankfully, I passed with flying colors, and this new adventure began.  
I majored in an associates degree in fine arts. I took as many classes relevant to compliment the art classes. I started with figure art and painting.
The figure drawing class was the first time I ever drew with models and forcing myself to draw objects I had never done or wasn't too bothered with trying. And it was amazing. To be in a room with other artists, drawing the same thing at the same time and yet seeing so many different styles and interpretations was really inspiring to me.
With the painting class, it was more difficult because my experience with painting was, in a word, lacking.
But the professors were top notch and really knew their thing. I was doing great. Until I fractured my right hand close to finals!
So, I had to do art AND paintings finals with a fractured hand. So, I used mainly my left hand because I did not want to quit, I couldn't, I had come too far to just give up. Sometimes I'd even still use my right hand through the cast. Sure, t did eventually slow down my healing, but I had a few weeks to heal after the semester ended and the special winter classes began. 
As a result, I got one of my paintings from my finals to be exhibited at the student exhibit at the campus museum, and I passed my classes with better grades than I would have thought considering, you know, having a fractured freaking hand.
Then for the second semester, I took the advanced drawing and painting classes along with sculpture. Sculpting was completely new to me, so that was interesting, and luckily enough, I got the hang of it pretty fast! I was in a good upswing in my drawing and painting classes....and towards finals again, I fractured a finger on my LEFT hand.
Again, I battled through the pain, and one of my sculptures was selected for the student exhibit as well! Hey, I'm an artist, it's natural to work through pain!
In my final semester I took modern art and social art, where one of the mock posters I made for the book "Just Mercy" was presented in a big screen and I spoke of the inspiration behind it during a panel at campus discussing the book and it's cultural impact. I had NEVER seen my art displayed on something so...large. Also, no broken bones at the end of my journey through KCC, so, yay!
I ended up graduating with honors and having had my art exhibited at an actual museum, which is MIND BLOWING to me. If you're young and wondering if you want to go to art school, definitely give community colleges a try at least to save up on money compared to starting from scratch at a big art school like Cal Arts, RISDI, or SVA.
I wouldn't trade my experiences at KCC for anything in the world, and I actually still in contact with some friends I made in my time there, talented artists in their own right.
And if you're reading this, this is my message to you:
Don't stop pursuing your dreams, your happiness. If it's something you're passionate about and you truly believe in, you have an obligation to yourself to share those talents and dreams to the world. Lose, draw, or win, it's better to try and let the chips fall where they may than not try at all.
-Alvaro 

Hello, everybody! Your pal Lance Danger here, been a while!
So, let's talk indie, ok? On Wednesday I was lucky enough to go to the release party for the crossover comic Tales of the Night Watchman/The Red Hook at my LCS, Anyone Comics. That in itself was a blast, but to make it even cooler, writer Vita Ayala popped up and randomly did and impromptu signing! This guy right here got the new James Bond #1 signed by her and the artist, SWEEEET!
Tales of The Night Watchman I have been following for a while now. I first saw the comic at Strand Book Stores. I didn't get it at the time but I was always curious. Then when I enrolled at SVA, I saw it in their library as well! I didn't get to flip through it because I was always swamped with work. Then when I moved and happened to run into the comic shop Anyone Comics, I ran into the comic AGAIN, and I got it. I've had it on my pull list ever since.
The Red Hook is a comic I found through the announcement of this crossover. The announcement came . out about the time volume 1 of the webcomic came out through Image Comics. I've been a steady reader on Webtoons ever since. 
This release party was amazing! The creative team for the book was on board as well as the respective creators. It was a night of comics, drinks, and camaraderie that makes me feel happy and proud to be a geek. I got my copy from my pull list (of course) and got my stash as well, so I'm going to be well read over the next few days.
Activities like this are important for the creative community and I'm so happy that places like Anyone Comics exists and gives a space to indie creators like this.
If you want to check out these comics, check out  www.sowhatpress.com/  and www.webtoons.com/en/super-hero/the-red-hook/list?title_no=643&page=1
Enough words, though, check out the pics! And until next time, see ya' when I ya'! -Lance Danger

   Last week Manuel A. Carmona (Project: New Wave) promised to reveal the finished cover art to Project: New Wave #2 for the first time on Thanksgiving Day 2019 as a thank you to all the fans who have shown support to him as well as Truthful Comics in general. Manuel illustrated the cover and colors extraordinaire Francisco J. Rivera digitally colored the cover. Project: New Wave #2 will be written by Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr., illustrated by Manuel A. Carmona and colored by Francisco J. Rivera as are the subsequent issues. Issue #2 is scheduled to be released in early 2020. Stay tuned to be informed as soon as the release date is announced. Now, without further ado... 

   
​   La semana pasada, Manuel A. Carmona (Project: New Wave) prometió revelar por primera vez la portada terminada de su comic Project: New Wave #2 en el Día de Acción de Gracias como agradecimiento a todos los fanáticos que le han dado su apoyo tanto a él; como Truthful Comics en general. Manuel ilustró la portada y el extraordinario pintor Francisco J Rivera la pintó digitalmente. Proyecto: New Wave #2 fue escrito por Álvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr, ilustrado por Manuel A. Carmona y coloreado por Francisco J. Rivera al igual que los números posteriores. El comic #2 está programado a ser publicado para principios del 2020. Manténgase en sintonía para estar al tanto tanto pronto se anuncie la fecha de lanzamiento. Ahora, sin más preámbulos...

I've been watching horror movies for as long as I remember. By the time I was 12, I had already watched The Shining, Salem's Lot, It, Carrie, Christine, Pet Semetary, Cat's Eye, and, yeah, I guess there is a pattern right there.
Stephen King pretty much defined my childhood. And of course, later on, I started reading the novels. I actually have a first edition of Doctor Sleep. So, after writing super hero stories, slice of life comics, philosophical, and comedy/satire,  I realized one thing I grew up on I never really tackled: horror.
I have some horror elements from time to time on Warlord and DTF6, and a smaller extent Exorcist, but nothing full blown horror/suspense. I've always had ideas, but they never went as far as a daydream of a story. But I got the bug while being a student at SVA two years ago.
I had to draw an original story for Klaus Jansen's storytelling class. To stretch out of my comfort zone, I decided to do a short suspense/ghost story that was floating in my head for years. I was actually really encouraged to try my hand at doing more writing than what I do, and it started turning the wheels in my imagination.
"What if I do an actual mini-series, or a novel?" A title came to mind while I was daydreaming again: "Hell Beneath You". But with like other ideas, it never really got out of the daydream stage. 

That is, until this past summer. I saw that while we are having great success with the newly released Project: New Wave by brother and co-founder, Manuel Carmona, and Warlord hit a HUGE milestone reaching chapter 25 and celebrating 13 years on the internet, I felt a calling. An itch. And I thought to myself "well, horror is one thing we don't have at TC yet, so, who knows, maybe it's time." And not too long after, the first trailer for Doctor Sleep came out.
I was mesmerized by it. The clips combining clips from The Shining conjured up all those childhood memories of watching the Torrence family disintegrate at the Overlook Hotel. All those emotions as a child watching Danny running through those halls and that maze came back. I was a kid again in a small apartment in Williamsburg watching horror movies in a cold winter night with snacks and hot chocolate. And so, I thought, "it's time."
Hell Beneath You has finally gotten out of the daydream stage and into the pre-production stage. The story tree, titles for the issues, beginning, middle, and ending, have already been visualized and drafted.  
Two promotional posters are already up, and I made an exclusive image that will only be here on the blog (at least for a long while). Warlord, Exorcist, DTF6 are my love letters to the super hero comics I grew up with. The Cannon Girl is my love letter to the indie comics that expanded my horizons. Weepaman y Weepito and Stupid the Cat were my love letters to irreverent comedy.
Hell Beneath You is my love letter to horror. It's the kid in me that watched all those Stephen King movies, and for good measure, other movies like Witch Board, Halloween, Hell Cop, Silent Night Deadly Night, Nightmare on Elm St, Hell Night, The Exorcist, CHUD, Alien, and many, many others.  
My hope with story is not just to scratch that horror itch I've had for a while, but that who knows, maybe one day, somehow, some kid will happen into this story, become a family thing to talk over hot chocolate, and maybe even help them bring out stories of their own some day. And I can't wait for those stories to come out long after I'm gone.
To those that read all of this, as always, thank you for reading my ramblings, and I hope to spook you soon!
-Lance Danger

​   Yesterday I was one the authors invited to be a part of this year's Indie Author Day at Slover Library in beautiful Downtown Norfolk. The authors invited were as diverse as the genres they write about which was refreshing and so good to see and be a part of. I was the only illustrator featured at the event, which made me feel a bit nervous; but honored as well. I did realize that I have to be more sociable at events and actually make an effort to approach the other authors, granted I don't stay at my table because I'm arrogant; it's just that honestly I don't know exactly how to approach other creators without coming off as a weirdo. LOL! 

​   A few of the creators approached me and we had some good interactions. A few of them actually reached out because they need a cover artist for their upcoming books, so being the only illustrator there gave me a good opportunity to (hopefully) land a few cover art jobs in the near future; as well as make. Another author is writing an all ages book and needs, not only cover art; but the interior art as well! What's even more exciting for me is that the topic is one I've never done before. The attendance wasn't crazy like a comic book convention, it was rather calm and relaxing (it was inside a library after all), which allowed me to catch up on my Inktober sketches; but people still came in and I managed to sell a few books in the process. All in all it was a cool experience and I wouldn't mind being a part of it again. -MC

 
​   Ayer fui uno de los autores invitados a ser parte del Día del Autor Independiente en la Biblioteca Slover, en el hermoso centro de Norfolk. Los autores invitados eran tan diversos como los géneros sobre los que escribe lo cual es refrescante ver y ser parte de ello. Fui el único ilustrador invitado al evento, lo que me hizo sentir un poco nervioso; pero también muy honrado. Me di cuenta de que tengo que ser más sociable y hacer un esfuerzo para acercarme a los otros autores, en realidad no me quedo en mi mesa porque soy arrogante; me quedo en mi mesa porque no sé exactamente cómo acercarme a otros creadores sin lucir un tanto molestoso. ¡lol! ​

​  Algunos de los creadores se acercaron a mí y tuvimos algunas buenas interacciones. Varios de ellos se acercaron porque necesitan un artista para ilustrar portadas para sus próximos libros, así que ser el único ilustrador en el evento me dio una buena oportunidad de (esperemos) conseguir algunos trabajos de arte en un futuro cercano. Otro autor está buscando escribir un libro de todas las edades y necesita, no sólo arte de portada; sino también el arte interior! Esto es muy emocionante ya que nunca he trabajado una historia sobre el tema. La asistencia no fue una locura como la de una convención de cómics, en realidad estubo calmada y relajante (fue dentro de una biblioteca después de todo), lo que me permitió ponerme al día con mis bocetos de Inktober; pero la gente siempre llegó y pude vender algunos libros en el proceso. Al fin, fue una experiencia genial y no me molestaría ser parte de ella en algún otro momento.
​-MC