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The
Origin Of Amigoman
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One
Day on the Way Home From School...
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Why
Not?
The origin of Amigoman - The Latin Avenger was
actually very simple. One day after class I
was in a comic book shop scanning the books
on this huge shelf at Clints Comics (shameless
plug) in KC, and noticed, there were only 1
or 2 minority titles and no Latin characters.
Being a communication major and after coming
from a communication class, I wondered why do
the Latinos not have a popular comic book character?
We (Latinos) buy and read comic books, don't
we, I thought. So on my way home that day I
thought, why can't I create my own character?
I knew nothing about the comic book industry
(Still till this day, I have much to learn).
Then I thought, why don't I come up with a character
myself? Why not? So on the way home the wheels
kept turning. The name....
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The
Name...
I wanted to come up with a universal Spanish name
but would create him as an American kid (early
20's), 3rd or 4th generation American, living
in his home town in the United States, similar
to myself and almost all of my friends. I decided
I would give him a Spanish name that almost everybody
knew. I narrowed it down to the word "AMIGO".
Everybody knows what "amigo" means and
it is a positive, universal Spanish word. And
then I added the "man" at the end to
pay homage to the superheros before him, plus
it gave it a comic book touch. Plus, it was kinda
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(Antonio F.
Alvarado) His Story (Background)...
I wanted my character to be like guys from my
neighborhood - blue collar with some the ambition
to do something with there life as being one
option and then the opposite as the other.
I ultimately would give him an American type
of story with a positive twist. Just like many
from my neighborhood my character would have
a difficult youth but eventually would be set
on a path to make himself a better person.
Just like many youth, there would have to be
a positive role model to teach and point him
in the right direction and for our character
Antonio Alvarado (AKA Amigoman), that came from
his father figure - his Grandfather (AKA Gramps).
Basically a transformation came about, from
boy to man, and Antonio learned certain things
a young man has to learn and endure to understand
certain lessons about life.
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