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Hi! Im Renato Guerra, Comic book colorista at Graphikslava (Marvel, IDW, Stone Arch), graphic artist & wordsmith... [+]

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AMORETONES | Más de 70 carteles que rondan los conceptos del Amor en la Escuela de Artes Musicales, a partir del 9 de febrero.

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SEGUIREMOS SIENDO | 48 interpretaciones gráficas de la música de Café Tacvba en el Museo Universitario del Chopo, del 8 de febrero al 13 de marzo del 2012.

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ALPHA FLIGHT 08 | 32pgs, color, $2.99 dlls.

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ALPHA FLIGHT 07 | 32pgs, color, $2.99 dlls.

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Kara quick study

Kara (Black) is the main character in Benim Adım Kırmızı (My Name is Red) by Orhan Pamuk. This is just my first attempt to make a full illustration based in Pamuk´s book, that is my current favorite book. At the same time is part of the development for another idea influenced by turkish culture and pirates.

My Name is Red was my first novel by Orhan Pamuk (who was recommended to me by my dad), since then, I have read two books by the same author (Snow and The New Life), but My Name is Red is still my favorite.

Pages to read

::heavy metal::

This dying week, I bought two books (The New Life and Pedro Páramo) and the last Heavy Metal magazine. Original plan was bought The Black Book (as The New Life, by Orhan Pamuk) but after large visits to 3 bookstores, I dont find it and pick The New Life instead. The second book is Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo a pure literature classic, I keep a very old and dusty edition from the seventies so I bought a new one to replace and re-read.

And I bought the latest Heavy Metal issue because comes with Tempus Fugit, a 8-page story by my pal Abraham Martínez and artist Víctor Cantú. Small sample here:

::heavy metal::

Also I discover Fluorescent Black by M.F. Wilson, Nathan Fox and Jeromy Cox (amazing colors!) and they have a new fan.

GoodReads

::goodread.com::

Hi, sweet bastards! Im becoming a little addict to GoodReads site. Recently I left deviantart and as a long life reader (thanks to my parents) I join to GoodReads. Im currently reading Snow (Orhan Pamuk) and The Hollow Hills (Mary Stewart). If you have an account, add me as friend!

My Name is Red

My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

Written by Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red is about art and illustration… and yes, about murder, desire, romance and envy but over all themes My Name is Red is about art and illustration. In a general talk, my father said that in recent days he read this book and intrigued by some scenes I bought the most popular book by Pamuk and some days later Snow (another novel). Currently Im close to finish (maybe in a week) and Im not disappointed yet.

In a small free time I make this over Pamuk photo (found around the web) just for fun:

::orhan pamuk::

Sci-fi links

Vintage

David Byrne writes a post in his blog titled Planet of the Neanderthals that could work as an interesting sci-fi novel… well, maybe Planet of the Apes was his inspiration.

45 vintage “Space Age” illustrations. Retro-futurism illustrated; thanks to this link I discover this cool set of sci-fi novel covers in Flickr. The image above this text is from that set.

Aaand… next image is the amazing cover from the second Fast Forward sci-fi anthology by Lou Anders illustrated by John Picacio, I really love this cover.

Coraline trailer

Trailer from the upcoming Henry Selick movie based in Neil Gaiman´s Coraline book (one of my favs!)…

And here´s one of the first posters (I steal this from Gaiman journal)…

Coraline movie poster

From the Book Fair

Last weekend we visit the International Book Fair and I must say that is the first time when I find real treasures… or at least, real treasures to me. First, I was determined to find Neuromancer (William Gibson) but as every book fair that I attend… I couldnt bought (or find) it. Just bad luck, Im sure. In exchange, I find this:

::from book fair::

1.- The Technopriest by Jodorowsky and Janjetov.
2.- Short stories by Enrique Breccia.
3.- Oesterheld: In first person Héctor Germán Oesterheld book, a great latinamerican comic book writer.
4.- Xenocide by Orson Scott Card.
5.- Alcatena sketchbook.
6.- 2 cds and comic book bio of Louis Armstrong.

Of all that, this is the most valuable to me:

::from book fair::

The Secret Museum of Mankind

“Published in 1935, the Secret Museum is a mystery book. It has no author or credits, no copyright, no date, no page numbers, no index. Published by “Manhattan House” and sold by “Metro Publications”, both of New York, its “Five Volumes in One” was pure hype: it had never been released in any other form.
(…)
Presented here is the Secret Museum in its entirety, all 564 pages scanned and transcribed– nothing is omitted or censored. However, I’ve cleaned up the images somewhat, paginated, added thumbnail galleries, an index, and a copy of a 1942 magazine ad. Treat it as entertainment instead of education (don’t take it seriously and don’t believe a word it says!), adjust for the blatant racial bias of the time, and enjoy.”

The Secret Museum of Mankind

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The Iron King

::the iron king::

I finish this book today, a slow lecture because I use little free time on it (translation: I read this on the bathroom, he, he…). Writing by Maurice Druon, The Iron King is part of The Accursed Kings, a seven historical novels set in the Middle Age France about conspirations, romance and… oh yeah, templar knights baby!! I recomend this book? Yes, is almost serious and thats pretty good, youre not reading that DaVinci Code (or any similar) garbage.

I read this because I need research about royalty in hard times and the book (in fact, the complete saga) is a real help. In this first part, Philip IV (the Fair, le Bel in french) gives death sentence to the last templar knights after a seven years imprisonment. Before his death, Jacques de Molay curses the french royalty until the 13th generation…

…and thats the start point of the saga.
I need the other six books.

Medley

Ok, what can I say? what can I say?…

Perhaps I begin to update this thing the next week… no, a little while, perhaps before. I dont know. Meanwhile, check these three of my friends deviantart galleries:

- Andrés “darkiescout” Esparza: Hes drawing a comic called Nahuice.
- Tomás Hernandez: Kick-ass artist.
- Balta Cárdenas: The guy who see interporn in the mac on my left.

The last week I finished The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson, very good lecture, also I finished Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, the second part of Ender`s Game, I liked too, not at the level of Anderson`s novel but is better (in a literary level) than Ender`s Game. Now I have a pair of books of Italo Calvino and the Lord of the Rings series… I must say this: I fell asleep at the first five minutes of the film, so my expectations on Tolkien aren`t too good… but my girl give me the books and I will give a chance since she did the same with Dr. House (oh, I love that show!).