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The Origin Of Amigoman
One Day on the Way Home From School...



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....
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 catchy.

(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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