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Finally my short comic book is here! The work was done in partnership with my friend Juliana Azevedo and you can find out more stuff in here. We hope you like it!

This small project was a fun exercise to do and if you know really well comics you'll be able to tell my main influences in this work...

After working over time for my day job, freelancing on some extra projects, doing my chores at home and trying to have some family time with my daughter and wife I tried to manage to render this short story... the goal was to paint one frame per night until finish up the whole thing... and I just did it!!! :)

Cheers!

M.

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Batman The Dark Knight

It's not a movie about super heroes, it's about detectives, cops, criminals... a crime movie for sure...Last night I had the chance to watch the new Batman's movie with some friends at the IMAX theater in Richmond and must say I'm really enjoying this new "real life" approach for the Dark Knight's movies... The Joker is by far the best character in the movie, scary, terribly smart and after all... different. If you are not into the Batman's world but want a quick overview to better understand the movie... try to read first these comic books: Batman Year One, The Killing Joke, Arkham Asylum and of course The Dark Knight Returns... you won't regret. Cheers!

KRAZY!

Just came back from Krazy! The Delirious World Of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Many examples of original sketches, notes, concept drawings, final production drawings, animation cells, three-dimensional models and published works. I was almost touching the originals on the walls with my nose trying to capture every single detail of those panels, for more information about the exhibition check it out here.

Some colors

My short comic book story begins to have some color... the mood in the story begins to change and I hope to produce interesting compositions... it's just a matter of having more free time to focus on the project. Let's see...

Secrets are the very root of cool.

Just bought via iTunes the Spook Country audio book... the story written by William Gibson so far looks very interesting. Despite the heavy criticism on the story I also believe our present is the new future... who needs another Mars adventure when we live in the Google era... 

Syd Mead

On May 14, 2008 I had the pleasure to watch the legendary artist Syd Mead who took the stage to entertain us at the Vancouver ACM Siggraph. He's 75 and still talks full of passion about his work. Was truly amazing.  

Cops

I am currently working on an independent comic book project in partnership with my friend Juliana Azevedo (writer)... In fact it's just a short story but very fun to produce. Above you have a frame from one of many pages I'm illustrating at the moment. Cheers!