Context As a citizen of the World who is always trying to balance information from all the different places I’m in contact with, working (with or for) or experiencing different cultures is one of the challenges I enjoy in my line of work. I’m still recovering from the last convention of the year, which happened here in my hometown of São Paulo and is one of the biggest conventions of the World, bringing people from all over the globe in all areas of the entertainment business, and in situations like this I often find myself interacting with creators from both the mainstream and the indie/alternative spectrum, and it’s sometimes weird to realize how I have so much in common with both. I was talking with
Love SLOW HORSES, so much so that after watching the first season on Apple+, I've blasted through all the Slough House novels and novellas since it ended. Highly recommended.
I think 2022 was the year I tried not to make the threat of a virus the most important aspect of my life. I started consuming everything that made me feel something good! I watched more movies, listened to more songs, went to quite a few concerts, and read a lot! My childhood passion was always reading comic books and I read again so many works I grew up with!
I decided going to CCXP less than 2 days before the day I was there, and it was a great way to see that the “childhood me” still exists inside me somewhere and getting to see so many talented artists together, some of whom I’ve liked for many years and people I just met was really great! If it was up to me, the artists’ alley would be the event, nothing else was necessary…
When I thought I had a great closure for the year, I was able to talk to you and your brother last Saturday on a comic book store and it was even better! Maybe I was a bit shy at first and didn’t say it aloud, but in my head I was thinking all the time that I must write and draw something even if nobody reads or likes it, and you guys were the ones who inspired me!
If someday I do something that’s good in comics, it’s thanks to you! If it’s a big piece of crap that has no quality at all, at least you helped me have the courage to do it!
Love SLOW HORSES, so much so that after watching the first season on Apple+, I've blasted through all the Slough House novels and novellas since it ended. Highly recommended.
I think 2022 was the year I tried not to make the threat of a virus the most important aspect of my life. I started consuming everything that made me feel something good! I watched more movies, listened to more songs, went to quite a few concerts, and read a lot! My childhood passion was always reading comic books and I read again so many works I grew up with!
I decided going to CCXP less than 2 days before the day I was there, and it was a great way to see that the “childhood me” still exists inside me somewhere and getting to see so many talented artists together, some of whom I’ve liked for many years and people I just met was really great! If it was up to me, the artists’ alley would be the event, nothing else was necessary…
When I thought I had a great closure for the year, I was able to talk to you and your brother last Saturday on a comic book store and it was even better! Maybe I was a bit shy at first and didn’t say it aloud, but in my head I was thinking all the time that I must write and draw something even if nobody reads or likes it, and you guys were the ones who inspired me!
If someday I do something that’s good in comics, it’s thanks to you! If it’s a big piece of crap that has no quality at all, at least you helped me have the courage to do it!
Thank you!
And Akira is awsome, btw!