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Amigoman
in Baldo Comic Strip on October 11, 2009
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August
26th 2009 – Written By Strong Ave. Studios Staff
Amigoman Featured National Syndicated Comic Strip
Believe it or not - our beloved and Kansas City’s
own, Amigoman - The Latin Avenger comic book character
, created by KC's own "AO" is slated as one
of four artists across the nation to featured a one-time
only, Sunday, all color, comic strip with the world famous
and nationally syndicated "Baldo" comic strip.
This Amigoman comic strip project was produced by Amigoman
creator, Anthony "AO" Oropeza with his right
hand man - "Super Artist" Lorenzo Lizana from
St. Louis. This comic strip edition is slated to be published
on October 11th in over 200 syndicated nationwide Sunday
newspapers and on line at www.gocomics.com/baldo/
during the Hispanic Heritage month.
Here’s a few small interview quotes given by AO about
this huge event…
Q: How did you guys get the opportunity to be in the Baldo
comic strip slot?
A: Well, Mr. Hector Cantu, one of the co-creators of Baldo,
sent me an e-mail asking if we were interested in doing
a spot for the Baldo strip with Amigoman in it. I called
him back. We chatted. He asked if we would be interested
in taking a one-time only, full color, Sunday spot and
that the strip had to incorporate at least one of the
Baldo characters. All I said was basically, "WOW,
really? Yes! - then Thank You and What is the deadline?".
Then I picked myself up off the floor and got more details.
Q: Why did the Baldo creators select you and the Amigoman
comic book character?
A: Not exactly sure. I think they like what the Amigoman
character and story is all about. I also think they read
an interview from a newly published book that myself,
like them, were featured in named "Your Brain on
Latino Comics" by Frederick Luis Aldama, and then
I believe a friend of theirs, another great artist from
Texas, the creator of El Gato Negro, Richard Dominguez–
threw our name at these guys and BLAM! We got the call
the we got the gig! So I think the combo of the book interview
and Mr. Dominguez’s suggestion assisted in them giving
us a shout and a shot. Strange luck.
Q: How do you feel about the opportunity to showcase your
Amigoman in a nationally syndicated comic strip spot with
Baldo?
A: Are you kidding me? How often am I, or any other regular
Joe for that matter, gonna get the opportunity to submit
their own creation for national exposure? It’s like
throwing out the 1st pitch at one of the Royal’s
World Series games - you never think in your wildest dream
that it would happen, the throwing of it, let alone the
Royals getting to the World Series,- but if and when it
happens – it’s pretty darn special. Just having
our Amigoman character in print in any newspaper is pretty
special but this one will go down as one of my coolest
life highlights. (PS - Don’t get me wrong - I love
the Royals).
Q: When will the strip be published?
A: This Hispanic Heritage month – one of the Sundays.
Not really sure yet but once I know I will post it on
the site and send out some e-mails. Its gonna be cool.
(Just released: October 11th is the print date).
Q: Why just a one-time only spot?
A: Let’s not get greedy, now. First of all, Lorenzo
and myself were extremely honored to be asked. This is
huge for us. Second, we now know what it takes to put
out just "one" comic strip – WORK! It is
not as easy of a task as one might think. It takes a lot
of thought, time management, organizing and communication
– and this is just for a one day slot. Fortunately
for me – Lorenzo, who lives in St. Louie, and myself
are on the same page 99% of the time and plus, he had
the time in his schedule to knock this out with me by
the deadline. He is an awesome artist. Even with that
said, it still took us about a week to do this project
– since we both work other jobs.
Q: Why did it take you more than a few days to do the
project?
A: Because one, it was new to us. You know, it was a comic
strip – not a comic book. Two, we had to tell a big
story in a small space. Not an easy task. And three, we
live in different cities and our schedules are different
– you know, just regular grown up stuff to take care
of on the home. Plus, my first draft could have filled
10 comic strips – very wordy. So with some direction
from Mr. Cantu, we got it to where we could live with
it and then Lorenzo and I hit the art work. Lorenzo and
I hammered out the 5 or 10 roughs though and 3-4 day period
emailing rough thumbs (thumbnails) back and forth - and
once we had the final – BLAM! - He tightened up the
pencils, hit the inks and colored the strip and most importantly
– met the deadline. It was pretty cool. And working
with pros like Mr. Hector Cantu and Mr. Carlos Castellanos
was smooth and easy.
Q: Would you like to do a daily comic strip one day?
A: One day – maybe. Right now - No. I’ll leave
that work to the real pros.
Q: What's next for Amigoman – The Latin Avenger?
A: Kids books and possible for the first time in Strong
Ave. Studio history – video! We have a new kids book
(for Grades 1-3) coming out real soon and then hopefully
3 or for more to follow. And as for the video, a really
cool cat named Bryan, a 3D and illustration artist from
KC, is supposed to brainstorm with me about adding video
to our site. I can’t wait. All of that should be
a great learning experience. Stay tuned.
Info About the Baldo Comic Strip
Baldo is the brain child of writer Mr. Hector Cantú
and artist Mr. Carlos Castellanos. It is the first comic
strip that features Latino characters and themes. Baldo
lives with his parents and works at Auto Y Rod, Inc.,
selling car parts. Through his daily exploits in the world
of girls, cars, and little sisters, readers will learn
just how well they can identify with this teen. Both Cantú
and Castellanos have given us a comic strip whose warmth
and gentle humor will appeal to all Latino or not.
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The
Amigo-Reading
Rating System
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Strong Ave. Studios
firmly believes it is very important for parents to select
the right books based on the age and reading level of their
children.
That is why we created the the AMIGO-Reading Rating System!
We believe that
it is very important for us as the publisher of the Amigoman
– The Latin Avenger books to keep in mind the age of
our readers – tots to the big readers.
We also believe that it is very important for parents to keep
in mind their child's age when purchasing ours and any other
books.
We believe that even if a child can read above their age level,
we wish for them to understand the words, the story and the
plot.
We also wish for our readers, of all ages, to understand our
stories in both languages – English and Spanish.
We hope to make buying any Amigoman book as easy as possible
for parents and teachers alike.
And most of all, we hope to make all Amigoman - The Latin
Avenger books as fun as possible for all of our readers.
And as always, please contact us with your ideas or questions.
Thanks,
Strong Ave. Studios
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