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Friday, May 22, 2009

Jar Jar Binks vs. Darth Maul. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 10th Anniversary.


Star Wars The Phantom Menace Jar Jar Binks vs. Darth Maul by IAMO

I love this movie, for better or for worse, and that is exactly what I wanted to represent with this drawing: the best and the worst of 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' I thought it would be ironic to show Darth Maul loose his cool and get so annoyed with Jar Jar that he doesn’t even bother to Force-choke him or ignite his lightsaber. Also, I never liked the logo they used for all of the prequels with the word "Episode" on it, since all the previous movies had their own individually styled logo. So, I made my own. This one is based on the 'A New Hope' logo from the 1977 movie posters.

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UPDATE: I got a couple of nice comments in the TheForce.net Fan Art Forum here.


Amo esta película, en las buenas y en las malas, y eso es exactamente lo que quise representar con este dibujo: lo mejor y lo peor de 'Star Wars: Episodio I -La amenaza fantasma'. Pensé que sería irónico mostrar a Darth Maul perder la calma y molestarse tanto con Jar Jar que ni siquiera pensaría en ahorcarlo con la Fuerza o encender su sable de luz. También, nunca me gustó el logo que utilizaron para todas las precuelas con la palabra "Episodio" en él, puesto que todas las películas anteriores tenían sus propios logos con estilos diferentes. Entonces, hice uno. Éste está basado en el logo de 'Una nueva esperanza', de los carteles de película de 1977.

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ACTUALIZACIÓN: Tuve un par de comentarios agradables en el Foro de Arte de Fans de TheForce.net aquí.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

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Hello! I'm IAMO (Ismael Alejandro Moreno Ozuna), Cartoonist and Character Designer.

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-IAMO


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Saturday, December 1, 2007

Christmas Eve Of The Dead


Christmas Eve of the Dead by IAMO

I made this doodle for Christmas. F. Torres, did the colors and I did the pencils. The idea came from shooting the shit with my friend, Adrian “The Insane One” Zambrano. We talked about what if the zombie apocalypse had reached the North Pole, and how Elves could not be turned into undead, since they are magical, but Santa Claus could be turned into a zombie, since he is human. The Elves would then make it their mission to keep Santa Claus alive, although he could pretty well kick ass all by himself. I had a lot of fun with this project.

An in a related note: Check out the book 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols' by Michael P. Spradlin.

Also, this looks familiar: 'The Last Christmas' by co-writers Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn and artists Rick Remender, Hilary Barta, and Michele Madsen.

Hice este garabato para Navidad. F. Torres, hizo los colores y yo hice el dibujo a lápiz. La idea vino después de una plática con mi amigo, Adrian “El Insaneo” Zambrano. Hablamos de qué pasaría si el Apocalipsis de los zombis alcanzara a llegar al Polo Norte, y de cómo los duendes no se podrían convertir en muertos vivientes, ya que ellos son mágicos, pero Santa Claus (o Papá Noel, como le llamen) sí podría ser convertido en un zombi, puesto que él es humano. La misión de los duendes, entonces, sería mantener vivo a Santa Claus, aunque él podría chingarse a los zombies bastante bien él solo. Me divertí mucho con este proyecto.


Como una nota relacionada: Busquen el libro 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols' por Michael P. Spradlin.

También, esto me parece conocido: 'The Last Christmas' por los co-escritores Gerry Duggan y Brian Posehn y los artistas Rick Remender, Hilary Barta, y Michele Madsen.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Rumsfeld's Dark Side Powers



I just saw this picture in The Onion of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about to shoot Force lightning to members of the press when he was lauding Iraqis' progress in making war.

Geez, do all politicians think they are Sith Lords now?

-Isma.

Monday, April 3, 2006

Critics Shmitics: Bitching About 'The Empire Strikes Back'... Really?


It seems that not even the best episode in the Star Wars Saga was safe from critics' negativity.

New movie audiences and people with fuzzy memories tend to think that everybody (or in this case, movie critics) loved the "Original Trilogy" and that everybody (or all critics) hated the "Prequel Trilogy" at the time each of the movies came out. Well, that's simply not true. All of the movies were torn apart by those pesky know-it-alls called "film critics." All of the movies, except Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, since critics hold it in such high regard. Or so I thought.

I was surprised to find a negative review for The Empire Strikes Back written by Vincent Canby for The New York Times, published on June 15, 1980. Not only did this guy not get the movie, he was bored by it:

"When I went to see The Empire Strikes Back I found myself glancing at my watch almost as often as I did when I was sitting through a truly terrible movie called The Island... It's a big, expensive, time-consuming, essentially mechanical operation."

He constantly complains that watching the movie is a waste of time. When a critic feels this way about such an amazing picture as The Empire Strikes Back, I truly believe that that writer is just bored with movies in general and should start looking for other stuff to write about.

Canby seems baffled by all of those things that I (and a lot of people I know) love about The Empire Strikes Back:

Its mind-blowing start and cliffhanger ending ("It has no beginning or end").

The AT-AT Walkers ("some awfully inefficient tanks that have the shape of armor-plated camels.")
The cool dialogue ("After one has one's fill of the special effects and after one identifies the source of the facetious banter that passes for wit between Han Solo and Leia (it's straight out of B-picture comedies of the 30's), there isn't a great deal for the eye or the mind to focus on.")

The acting ("The other performers are no better or worse, being similarly limited by the not-super material.")

Oh, his review also included a cheap shot towards the droids. Canby wrote, "Even the appeal of those immensely popular robots, C-3PO and R2-D2, starts to run out." Yeah, I guess that's why the last time we saw the droids in a movie was, uh, last year.

Did this guy even try to enjoy the film? Or at least pay attention to it?

He wrote, "It's a measure of my mixed feelings about "The Empire Strikes Back" that I'm not at all sure that I understand the plot... I'm not as bothered by the film's lack of resolution as I am about my suspicion that I really don't care."

Well, I think that the term for that is "short attention span."

He also did not understand why everybody loved the film except him:

"I'm also puzzled by the praise that some of my colleagues have heaped... Perhaps my colleagues have information denied to those of us who have to judge the movie by what is on the screen."

As I have mentioned before, I do not think that film criticism is restricted to mere opinion, a movie can very well be analyzed for "what is on the screen." But Canby did not do that, as he claims. Didn't he say that his "mixed feelings" were involved in his review? In this case, his feelings were boredom and apathy, and he let them get in the way of his review.

I guess George Lucas was right. Critics have not liked any of the Star Wars movies.

-Isma.

Friday, March 31, 2006

¡Lucharán!


In light of the recent hoopla surrounding debates about what the US Senate should do about border security and illegal immigrants, and if employers who hire them should be penalized, I found an article at TheOnion.com titled "WWE: Illegal Mexican Wrestlers Taking Smakdowns American Wrestlers Don't Want" that I thought was funny.

Feel free to read it.

Cool pics there too.

This just shows a different aspect of an issue that is usually associated only to "fruit-picking" work on agriculture fields.

-Isma.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

The Galactic Empire protects the Golden Gate Bridge


After watching the new X-Men: The Last Stand theatrical trailer, where you can clearly see that Magneto, the master of magnetism, is doing something really insane to the Golden Gate Bridge, I said to myself, "I've never visited San Francisco... I've better go there soon before The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants strikes the city... Gotta see that bridge."

So, I took a couple of days off from work and last weekend I stayed in San Francisco. I have to say, it's a very cool city. I had a really good time. The public transportation system they have there is great. You can take an electric trolley bus (or light-rail vehicles, or the world-famous cable cars) and get around and go anywhere you like in the city/county quickly, without any problem, and without having to walk a long distance to get to your destination. It is light years away from what we have here in Tijuana, or even San Diego. Public transportation is a pain in the ass around here.

I also enjoyed visiting the SF Museum of Modern Art and the Asian Art Museum. I noticed that there are a lot of artists, and art galleries, and art academies, and a lot of places where you can listen to good music. It just has an amazing art environment. My dad was fortunate to study art in the Bay Area some time ago (I'm guessing that was in the 60's) and I always wanted to go there.

I noticed that SF is the most tolerant city I have ever visited. You can go through any street and walk by people from all different cultural backgrounds and economic status. During my whole stay I didn't get any stupid remarks like, "Well, you don't sound Mexican", or, "You're coming here to work, aren't you? Why do I get the stinkin' feeling you are lying to me?", as a friendly US immigration officer once told me when I was crossing the border to go to the San Diego Comic-Con.

I even got to see a very big protest starting at the Civic Center Plaza which lasted all weekend. Something against the president of the US, and something about the third anniversary of the war, I don't know, I was just passing by.

I did visit all of the usual tourist attractions (Fisherman's Whorf, Alcatraz, China Town, Haight & Ashbury), but the biggest surprise I had was at the Golden Gate Bridge, where I saw a blue Imperial logo sticker on a sign that read:

INJURY OR DEFACEMENT
OF THIS BRIDGE
IS A MISDEMEANOR
VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED

I guess that the Galactic Empire arrived at the Golden Gate Bridge before Magneto and his henchmen (and henchwomen) did.

That's a relief.

-Isma.