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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 18h

I am building a website for my Coativille (Villa Pizote) comic series and realized I needed an expanded version of the comic's cover for a responsive background. Of course I can never settle for simple 🥲 so it has expanded into an A3-sized spread that can double as guard pages. Now on to coloring...

A3-sized double page spread for my Villa Pizote (Coativille) ongoing comic series, at its current inking stage. Coloring to emulate the original cover design goes next.

The original cover of my self-published comic.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yay for beanies, not so much yay for the empty eyes. Looks like he's possessed or something. 😅 I did create a mascot self persona a while ago and in fact I use it on my artist branding, but I still feel my OCs are funnier for avatars.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Même si j’aimerais de faire des choses de plus en plus “à l’ancienne“ , la bd est cependant hors question 🥹 maaaais j’ai commencé à essayer avec cettes miniatures-ci à l’aquarelle après d’années de faire rien en papier, ne me consomme pas trop de temps et c’est zen et fun ☺️

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The latest infringer IME is Youtube Music which I use since I'm paying a premium family plan. Well now they've got these stupid "refine with AI" buttons strategically placed so you can't NOT hit them, dark patterns all the way. I'm tired 😓

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been deeply influenced by Walt Kelly and the Belgian Marcinelle school artists, with their fat, expressive ink lines. Have tried the ligne claire style a la Tintin/manga, but I always feel something missing. But once I made my characters on a late friend artist's style —all thin lines— for fun.

Sample art of Pogo characters by Walt Kelly

Original ink art for cover of Boule & Bill Belgian comics compilation by Jean Roba.

A recent art of mine featuring my characters where I removed the color to leave only the linework. Managing different line widths is still tricky for me.

Felix Arburola was a local friend and famed children's illustrator, so once I attempted to parody his thin line styling with my characters.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So what am I doing? Trying to further push the designs of those critters that's what. All hail the chonky capybara.

My sketchbooks with attempts at further simplifying coati and capybara animal designs

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sabía que había visto esta foto en otra parte.

Portada de disco "The Ragpicker's Dream" de Mark Knopfler, lider de la banda Dire Straits, 2002

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Brb I'm taking the DeLorean to the 1920s kthxbye

Federal Schools correspondence course ad, presumably 1920s-1930s, with the catchphrase "Cartoonists Make Big Money" featuring big shot of the day Sid Smith

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

September is a month of many official and otherwise comics celebrations in my country and there is even a local awards ceremony where I know everybody. My own kid's comic, Villa Pizote (Coativille), didn't make the cut for this year and I understand that, but it feels weird not joining in - yet. 🥹

Display of copies of my Villa Pizote / Coativille book along with complimentary sticker pack and other sticker types on a water bottle

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Personally I don't give two poo-poos about dudes who think of comics only in grown-up terms. The guy at my right here is Dan Mora, one of the hottest DC/Batman comics artists today. And he got one of my comics for his two sons. I can't ask for more I guess.

A snapshot at the recent Costa Rica's International Book Fair, august 2026. Pictured: yours truly (right) alongside Dan Mora (left) holding a signed copy of my Villa Pizote kid's comic.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Distinguished artists who already have versioned Daniel: - ex-Disney animator Tom Bancroft - @bakertoons.com - @jonscrazyblues.bsky.social - @ryanestrada.com Who's next? I love to collect these. 😊

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Word has it Charles Schulz, who used Speedball pens for his drawing, bought a lifetime stash of the kind he used the minute he learned it was going to be discontinued by the company 🙃 Personally I have a fixation with these red leads and I know I’d do the same.

Mitsubishi Uni 2mm red leads and Staedtler Mars 2mm clutch pencil over one of my sketchbooks

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Besides being the tallest (in size) book in my library, Art Spiegelman's In The Shadow of No Towers is his own interpretation of being in the bullseye of it all. The huge size probably on purpose to evoke the long gone towers. And with the wit and references only Art could bring in.

Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers (2004)- cover page

Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers (2004)- inner two-fold page resembling a real size tabloid comic.

Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers (2004)- copy signed by Mr. Spiegelman himself.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Most every relevant Looney Tunes character appears in the film, even if on small, minor roles. Deciding which of them sided with the "good guys" or the bad ones must have been interesting to see. Character-wise, the massive shape of Foghorn Leghorn on a Don-like suit cracks me up. ⬇️

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Naming the Coyote's defendant law firm "Avery, Jones & Maltese" won't pass unnoticed to any animation buff - the last names of Tex, Chuck and Michael: key figures of Warner Bros. animation history. ⬇️

Coyote vs. Acme still featuring the Avery, Jones & Maltese law firm practice on the background and a billboard with the text "Injured by falling piano? Been in a cartoon accident? Call 1-800-0-Lawyer"

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Okay had to make some time but finally got to see it in theater. Worth a small thread I guess. It must have been quite a challenge to produce a script where the main characters just perform in pantomime and yet, while the plot drags on at times it ultimately finds its resolution while...

Trial scene of Coyote vs. Acme (2026). Wile E. holding an "Acme sucks" sign as the coyote never talks as a character.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎉 Last Friday, my most enduring "OC" Daniel, who is also the mascot of this profile, turned 31 years young. He definitely ages much better than me. So it was about time to make a detailed post telling his story, his changes over the years, and what's ahead for me and my troupe of characters.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

These enigmatic stone spheres play a role in the general plot of my Coativille GN/comic pitch. There is still a lot of mystery surrounding them. In fact you can see my kids here around a half-buried one. (This was a teaser cover, different from the one finally used for the comic's print run)

Teaser cover for my Stories of Coativille (Spanish: Historias de Villa Pizote) GN pitch. From top, against a volcano background, a mysterious forest spirit guard guards a golden frog. Atop a semi-buried big stone sphere we see (L to R): Elias, holding a tablet; Daniel, sat atop the stone; Susana, holding her pet coati; Zoé, Susana's older sister, in an earlier design, and a forest capybara, all of them playing important roles on the general story.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Well, last week I officially launched my first shot at an original, serialized comic/GN for children, whose name can be translated to English as "Stories of Coativille". An English version is being considered too. Years of creative work are being distilled into this venture, hoping for more 😊🤞

Top view of a stack of copies of my original comics story for children "Historias de Villa Pizote" (English: Stories of Coativille), along with one spread of said comic shown, a sticker pack sold in bundle with it, and some other, larger stickers displayed on a bottle container.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

For this, a self published children's comic, I took myself the liberty to place an anti AI manifesto on the indicia / info page - and with "stay human / natural intelligence" stickers to booth. These were quite sought after at the book fair. Don't know how much more vocal I can get.

Opening pages of my self published Villa Pizote comic. Over red-orange background, in Spanish: "No generative AI resources were used in the production of this work", below, a circular design featuring a hand holding a pencil, with surrounding words: "Stay human - natural intelligence". The same motif was released as stickers featuring four variations of the theme.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

At Costa Rica's international book fair (FILCR, in Spanish) I'm signing in European "dédicace" fashion my comic to all kids (okay, parents) who get it, because I could 🙃. No one else does it here so far. Being four days at this has been tiring, but a whole lesson for me in many fronts 📚

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So here I am doing the book fair thing again, let's hope the weekend helps. If you can't come in, your good vibes will be equally appreciated too 😊 (International Book Fair, Antigua Aduana, Costa Rica)

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm currently in full bookcon mode. Sales have been limping so far but here's hoping the weekend + payday + families combo works out. I have received plenty of great comments on my work though ☺️

The author's selfie in front of his humble booth at Costa Rica's international book fair 2026

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Here I'm having competition with anime-like things and handmade thothckes sellers. Again not a comic con thank heavens, but this is my booth view (that's the local B&N and they're a money making machine) :P

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So here goes nothing, first time at a major book fair hawking my stuff. I'm still learning the ropes of this. Manifesting sales (that would be nice) 💸

Selfie at a book fair booth, San José, Costa Rica

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Can’t say I’m familiar with Dolly Parton’s music or persona as a whole, but – if there were more people like her, using their wealth and fame to fund the arts and education instead of the Wall Street casino, we’d all be in a better place now. And look, it’s @chriseliopoulos.com ’s book at :45 🥲

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So, this is happening: My first self published #kidscomics story "Historias de Villa Pizote" (eng: Histories of Coativille) is debuting at Costa Rica's International Book Fair. 🇨🇷📚 I'll be present at the event's Artist Alley Thu 27 through Sun 30. Thread below: On how this all came to be 🧵⬇️

Official launch poster for my comic "Historias de Villa Pizote" (Stories of Coativille) at Costa Rica's 2026 book fair.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

But Bone being targeted a banned book is as old as time and no, I still don't get why either. Now, I got this CBLDF handbook on some convention years ago and well, there's not only all-American Bone on the cover, but it's also signed by Mr. Smith himself of course.

"Celebrate Banned Books Week" comic book sized handbook by the U. S. Comic book Legal Defense Fund, featuring Phone Bone waving an US flag, signed by Bone creator Jeff Smith.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So I owed @jonscrazyblues.bsky.social a #crazysummerblowup collab and this being a hyper busy week ahead for me I feared I couldn’t do the deed but planets somehow aligned and here it is. Just Bubble Fox excelling at his top expertise and my brats being their usual selves.

Picture description: On a beach shore, my characters Susana, Daniel and Elias frolic at the expense of a blown up Bubble Fox floating on the water, while Pepper his dragon son/companion looks concerned on the background. Susana lies atop Bubble Fox, relaxes and having a sun tan. Elias holds a hose tied to what seems a helium canister, while Daniel, leaning into Bubble Fox says with a smirk: “Good thing we got this new beach ball, isn’t it?”

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Current view of my wallet after paying up the print shop for the self-pub comics batch for the fair. This better be worth it. 🥹🤞

Actually it is the Barringer meteor crater in Arizona, but you get the idea.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I created the first of these guys like 32 years ago and it's taken that long for them to finally star on a real, printed comic debuting in a few weeks. The end goal is a full-fledged graphic novel and anything beyond, but for now I'll take what I can get. 🤞

An illustrative art featuring mascot me on a drawing board, surrounded by my own main original characters. Clockwise from top: Daniel, Elias and Susana.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

So, the final piece to finish my TBA comic before hitting the print shop was this cutaway volcano diagram. While searching references I had to wade through a sea of depressing, shitty AI slop. But my version won't be. This took me an hour tops to make. I'm even making anti-ai stickers. More later. 🌋

Photo of my tablet with Clip Studio open featuring a drawing of a cutaway volcano. On the right a series of Pinterest references, many of them AI, regrettably so.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm currently very fond of Ashwagandha tea. Anything to bring myself back to my safe places 🫖

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hace unas semanas ví esto por mi barrio, enciclopedias viejas destinadas a la basura, y me pensé que era tan signo de nuestros tiempos que debí tomar la foro. En otros tiempos era algo cotizado y caro tener una...

Tomos descartados de una enciclopedia al lado de una bolsa de basura

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

So this is how I'm tackling the size mismatch snafu: on far right, my original csp file. Left: the new, corrected one, copying as much as I can (yay big screen). I'm simplifying *greatly* my messy layer structure to get this done asap. This thing should already be at the printer. Wish me luck. 🥹

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Soo, major rookie mistakes were made. My comics' artwork wasn't made to the exact specifications of the chosen printer and here I am moaning about repositioning everything and remake most of the coloring. 😭 Fortunately it is just about twenty pages, but it still sucks. Lesson learned. 🥲

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Even if many kids have smartphones these days (they shouldn't imo) this got me in sort of a dilemma to resolve a remote conversation on my forthcoming comics work. I figured out they could have basic Nokia-like things for calls so I went with it. The sort of phone we all had in the 90s. #kidscomics

Panel sequence where Daniel, sent to his room with no internet nor games, phones in Elias (with glasses) for help with some homework. The answer isn't what he expected.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

So, for better or worse, here it is. Space above is for name and logo. I consciously try not to overdo these, yet Clip Studio's counter clocked in 15 hours from start to finish. Am I slow? 🐌 This is a story is aimed to 6-10 year olds. Would they want to see more? 🥹🤞

Cover page for TBA middle grade comics project. Some kids and teenagers are gathering around a volcano in the distance, on a rainforest setting. Clockwise from top: Tanya, Elias (with tablet), Susana (with Tizon, her pet coati), Daniel, Zoe (Susana's older sister) and Böwo.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today's duty: ink, color and hopefully finish the cover of my TBA selfpub comic. I'm convinced books DO get judged by their covers so I'm aiming for extra finesse on all details. 🤞

Snapshot of my tablet screen with Clip Studio and a fragment of a cover artwork I'm working on.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

So I just spotted this and I swore @meganroseruiz.bsky.social could have designed it ☺️

Ad image for a Nintendo Switch 2 carry-all, Pokémon themed, featuring a smiley I usually associate with Megan Rose Ruiz's characters.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Coming to think of it, this theme is quite present through Pixar/Disney’s Turning Red, which made it clearer for me it’s a wider cultural thing.

Still from Disney/Pixar’s 2022 movie Turning Red, where Mei and her mother are about to begin cleaning up the family’s shrine which is also a familiar business.

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I am in the last touches phase of this 28-page self-pub comic that I gotta have printed asap for a major book fair due next month, and after that attend a myriad other details concerning such event. If I could clone myself, I would. 🥲 🤞

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Alzamon | Middle Grade Comics & Artwork @alzamon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Well looks like France 🇫🇷 is out of the World cup, on Bastille day no less. Good thing they've got a comic for every occasion. ⚽ (Boule et Bill by Jean Roba. Summary in alt)

Summary: Boule's dad is feverishly watching a football game. Sudenly, a penalty against his team comes up, turns into a goal, the narrators says "we're out of the Cup! What a disgrace" Fuming against the match referee, Dad scolds Boule for reading comics instead of doing his homework.

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