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• 1991-10-31
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• 2006-06-05
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• High school student (junior year)
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• Matt
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• Reaching junior year in high school, getting the position as Saturn on the Megaman V Team, the Cosmic Gladiators, forming a Megaman X5 Team named Critical Mass and being a member of theO for more than three years (over three accounts)
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• I was only seven when Pokémon first came out (didn't know it was anime back then, but still…)
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• Gantz, Ronin Warriors, Bleach, Yu-Gi-Oh GX, InuYasha, Ranma ½
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• Learn Japanese and Portuguese, graduate high school, major in fine arts, get a career as a pro comic artist and buy a huge house some place sunny and by the water
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• Drawing, manga and anime, video games, comic making, writing, video production, international kinds of food (mostly Italian, Chinese and Japanese,) Mega Man-related stuff, money, tae kwon do, hanging out with friends and chatting on the internet
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• I write, draw, scan and color my own comics one page at a time
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Story movin' along
WEll, I think I'm really startin' to get the ideas for this thing down. I've even made the first picture of one of my characters and put it on theO. It's called: "Quiet Night in Ipanema? Madness!" Enouf said— it's just to wild of a place in Fantasma Cidade. Speakin' of which, just so y'all don't forget what it's about, I've put up the briefin' again:
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--FANTASMA CIDADE-- (Literally means "Ghost Town")
Over 250 million "Casa dos Sonhos" lottery tickets were sold, but only three people would win. What was up for grabs wasn't cash, however, but a pricy mansion in sunny Rio de Janeiro. People in the Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and the United States were all praying for this season's dream house. When the final numbers were drawn on January 16, 2007, three older teens were ecstatic when their tickets' numbers were announced as the winners. The winners' names were Vicente Cavalcante, Adriano Baricelli, and Tânia Nakamúra, and they packed their things and jumped on the planes for Rio immediately.
Everything seems fine until weird things begin to happen at night. The oscillating clock on the end table in one of the kids' rooms suddenly begins to spin rapidly and stops just as fast. Blank stares are exchanged (as in the eyes are completely white.) Candles go out without being blown out. Mist enshrouds the house and areas on the outskirts of the city at night. Bulges appear in the walls— in the form of faces!— and wind screams on rainy nights. Apparently, nobody knew that the house is haunted by evil spirits— or the entire big city, for that matter! These spectres seek revenge, causing bad luck and trouble everywhere they go. The kids will have to stop them— but with barely any experience and millions in opposition, the chances of prevailing look slim to none.
I haven't made too many characters yet, still workin' on names for many of them. But here's the main characters:
Vicente Cavalcante— A Portuguese Brazilian-American writer from Boston who never believed in any legends other than "Legends of the Hidden Temple." He speaks Brazilian Portuguese fluently, but is nervous when he has to speak it instead of English. Once he gets over this, however, he stays cool and laid back unless the goin' gets tough. Vicente gets on Adriano's nerves a whole lot of the time, but havin' Tânia there to break things up might be good after all.
Adriano Baricelli— A black Brazilian sports fanatic from Belo Horizonte (Cape Verdean mother and Italian father) who’s also tryin' to invent a new martial arts style. He frustrates easily, which may be his biggest flaw— his aggressive personality rushes him into really bad situations (or just another fight with Vicente.) Vicente and Adriano tend to clash— aggressive Adriano apparently just can’t seem to put up with laid back Vicente. If he doesn't make it to a World Cup-winning soccer team someday, he at least wants to create the best martial art since Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Tânia Nakamúra— A Japanese-Brazilian glamour gal from cramped São Paulo who’s just glad to be able to move out of her tiny apartment and into a huge house. She is a slave to fashion— she can't seem to keep a hairstyle for more than three months before she thinks it's gettin' old. There's no limit to how many reais she'd spend in one sitting (unless she winds up bankrupt, of course.) Tânia’s glad to be there to help Vicente, a newcomer to Brazil. She’s also the superstitious member of the group and collects tribal masks, thinkin' they would keep evil spirits away. She has a major flaw, however— one pretty face can knock her for a loop, makin' her completely forget what she was talkin' about only a second ago.
And I've planned to make it like a TV series in that each book represents exactly one episode. For now I'm thinking of making just 40:
Episode 1: Welcome to Dead House
Episode 2: The Masks
Episode 3: Grudge
Episode 4: Hide and Seek
Episode 5: Monster Blood
Episode 6: Pulse
Episode 7: Poltergeist
Episode 8: The Scorpion King
Episode 9: The Mask of the Red Death
Episode 10: Zuleica
Episode 11: Nightmare in the House of Dreams
Episode 12: Scream
Episode 13: Thirteen Ghosts
Episode 14: The Beast Within
Episode 15: The Exorcism of Vicente Cavalcante
Episode 16: Deep Trouble
Episode 17: The Cabinet of Doutor Cabral
Episode 18: The Invisible Teenager
Episode 19: Night of the Flesh-Eaters
Episode 20: Blood and Gold
Episode 21: I Walked with a Zombie
Episode 22: Lost Souls
Episode 23: A Kiss of Shadows
Episode 24: Interview with the Vampire
Episode 25: The Midnight Beauty
Episode 26: Caro
Episode 27: Bag of Bones
Episode 28: The Wolf’s Hour
Episode 29: Servant of the Bones
Episode 30: Pet Cemetery
Episode 31: The Face of Fear
Episode 32: Midnight
Episode 33: All the Rage
Episode 34: The Eyes of the Boi-tata
Episode 35: Misery
Episode 36: The Jewel of Seven Stars
Episode 37: The Language of Fear
Episode 38: Created By…?
Episode 39: Queen of the Damned
Episode 40: The Fall of the House of Nakamúra
Yeah, you got me— with only one or two exeptions they're all named after horror movies or books (but with any names replaces with those of the characters in Fantasma Cidade, of course.)
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Well, I should have pictures of Vicente and Tânia up pretty soon, and hopefully an Episode 1 will follow. Still workin' on typin' it up and editin' it down, but once that's outta the way, I think I'll be able to draw and ink it.
Question about the Fan Manga section: do they care if you color it or not? Just wanna be clear before I color the pages when they're scanned in. But either way, hopin' you'll give me some feedback and suggestions on the story briefin' if ya can. And til next time, this is the Sarge relievin' ya. DISMISSED!
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