Memoirs of Lord_Galvatron, Avatar of Unicron

Well, It's been some time.

2008-05-05T12:43:00.005-05:00

God, I almost forgot this Blog exist! I haven't accessed this page in a long time now. Well, I'm still alive, considering I was just diagnosed with Diabetes since last February.

I have to say this has been a life changing experience. I decided to fight this back. So far I have lost 32 pounds, eating better and taking care of myself. My original weight in mid-February was 252, now I'm 220! What a difference!

I also have a new job, working for a national Cell Phone Provider. I work in the Customer Finance Dept. It is not a bad job, but it is sometime very hard, dealing with people screaming because their phones were shut off!

I finally got myself a Prism E2 Stunt Kite in Citrus color scheme. It is a lot of fun to fly. Now all I need is a kite bag to hold all my four kites!

I'll see about writing more often. It's good to have a place to express myself and hopefully have people listen to what I have to say!

-Eddie

How things change...

2007-09-17T23:46:00.000-05:00

First, I'm sorry for the lack of posting. It's been a very hectic couple of months. A lot of bad things happened to me, but also some few good things. First the bad...

I was having a lot of money problems, still have them. My current job is not paying enough and I've had a lot of sleepless nights thinking about problems. Sometimes things can get very bad, specially if you can't stop to think about them.

Now for good news: I found a new job working for Nextel. The pay and benefits are way much better. I can probably be able to get my finances back in track and then be able to be more creative and write scripts again.

In the mean time I got 2 new kites for my birthday this past July. A Prism Micron (Red) and a Nexus (Blue)! With my other Nexus I could get a stack line set and stack those two! that would look great! I will add photos of these kites very soon!

Now all I have to do is somehow survive these coming month. 2 weeks on my old job and 2 weeks more for my new paycheck!

Ready or not...

-Edward

Happy July 4th!

2007-07-04T23:50:00.000-05:00

Sorry I've been silent for a looong time, but life has been hard lately. Let;s hope things get better for me.

I'll be back!!!!

September is a pain...

2006-09-19T21:31:00.000-05:00

A lot of things have gone wrong the last couple of weeks. For starters my short fan film will have to be postponed till new notice. Just when I had finished storyboards, I lost all contact with one of the most important persons in the group. I guess somethimg must have happened and he wasn 't going to be able to work with me. I sure wished he would have called me back and let me know. This happened just when things seemed to be going forward.

Next, my job is getting more stressful, with no benefits and no chance for advancement whatsoever. I'm starting to do jobhunting, but all I'm getting is closed doors and no opportunities.

I took my wife to the doctor today, good news is that she doesn't has Lupus. Now the doctor is not sure what is wrong with her. He is thinking she has Chronic Fatigue Sindrome. He prescribed Provigil 100mg. The damn thing cost $350.00 without health insurance. And to make matters worst my wife had to miss last week of work and the doctor ordered her not to return till next Monday (Sep 25). That would be 2 weeks without pay. And then, when I took her doctors orders to her job, they are asking her to quit due to her health problems!

Hope is starting to be something harder to hold on to. I can't quit. I HAVE to try to make my film, get something done. I HAVE to try to make my dreams come true. But it seems without money, I can't do anything.

I hate what's happening to me. This is killing me. A month ago, I thought I was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. At this moment that light has been pushed further away. I hate it.

But I have to hold on. Somehow I have to hold on.

Sorry if this saddens you all. Hopefully I'll be able to bring better news.

Just a few words...

2006-08-06T21:25:00.000-05:00

I think I've been having a lot of good things happening to me in the last few months. After my script was read this last month at the Austin Screenwriters Group I decided to find help in producing this fanfilm project.

A few weeks later I managed to get a Producer from Austin interested in this project. I will be directing based on my script. Hopefully we'll be able to start production in October!

I can't say what this project is about or what comic character Is based on, but this seems to be going at full steam! I've been working with a local artist from Killeen named Brazzy. We're doing storyboards and some early designs. They are looking great!

I hope this project comes out as I want it to be, this could be a huge thing, not only for me, but to the crew and actors who are interested in working for this.

Lets just hope.

Now, there's another thing happening that is not good. My wife is having health problems. I took her to the doctor a week ago. We do have to make some tests, but he's suspecting Lupus or some other thing like that. My baby is scared. I am too.

I pray to God that I can be strong in this matter. All I want is to make things better for her. I love my wife, and I need to take good care of her.

We'll know what is her ailment in about 2 months from now, when she has her next visit. Maybe she'll have a medical plan from her job. That will help us a lot.

Again... lets just hope.

See y'all later!

Austin Screenwriters Group

2006-07-02T21:24:00.000-05:00

If I could be any more happy, I guess I could be living in Cloud 9 right now.

I'm a regular visitor to the Austin Screenwriters Group meetings. They have meetings the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month at The Book People bookstore in Austin. In there we participate in reading scripts done by other members of the group. This helps in receiving a lot of input on your work and you get to hear your dialogs instead of just reading it by yourself.

I was forced to stop going after April due to finances, and the cost of gas alone is a killer, specially if you live 60 + miles away from Austin.

I was hoping to return to the ASG as things were more stable, with my wife's new job. I was expecting to start going around mid July.

Last week I received an e-mail from the ASG Yahoo Group. Nancy Smith, one of the members, left a notice that on the July 1st was going to be short script readings, due to an unexpected change in plans from the scheduled member who was going to present her work that day. The writer was not going to have her full script ready for the meeting, she was going to bring an unfinished draft and a short script. Nancy was asking all members who had a short script to include it on the schedule.

I wrote an e-mail to Nancy and said that I have one for my fanfilm project. She answered me back, saying that I was most welcome to bring it!

I had the copies made and I was at Book People early at 9:00 am. Some members started arriving at the conference area, including some visiting actors. I was selected to start first. I distributed the copies of the script, and one of the actors played my main character. The reading started.

It was one of the best experiences in my life. Just listening to the dialog! My characters came to life. All my fears and doubts that I had on my script were gone! The group laughed on the right parts, I glanced around seeing nods of approval from the members. Some were writing notes on the copies they had.

After the last line was read, there was applause. Then came the critiques. The overall story was great, they loved the dialog. I was suggested to add something for the beginning of the story. The thing that they suggested I could fix was the way I used some verbs and to break up the paragraphs, mostly technical aspects of the script. Otherwise the reaction to the script was very positive!

That was a great experience to have, it was my first script read by an audience. If you are a screenwriter, this would be a great experience.

Another good thing that happened that day was that the actor who read my main character is very interested in playing the part. Even though he is younger than what the character is supposed to be, but his presence and, most importantly, his voice was enough to tell me that he is my #1 candidate to play my hero. That and he is a good physical actor, rides horses and sounds like a very rough badass Clint Eastwood.

My little Western film is taking shape now.

Now comes the hard part... getting the money and finding a crew.

BTW. Happy 4th of July!

One step forward!

2006-06-09T23:21:00.000-05:00

This has been a great week. I've been hit hard because of my problems with finances. It was getting so bad I started to lose all hope. When you lose your hope... It's a horrible feeling. You feel alone and scared of facing each day. You don't want people to see you, you avoid your loved one.

Hope is a terrible thing to lose.

Just at the moment that you desperately cry for help... that moment that you feel so much on top of you, that's when it comes to you like a bolt from the blue.

At first, my wife started getting job interviews. One right after the other! She got hired today in a location that is 10 minutes away from my current job, she even has the same hours that I have! That will help us getting our feet back on the ground! That took off a lot of pressure away from me! We can start saving some money now, and we don't need to live by one paycheck.

Now the other event that made this a great week for me is something that will help me get my carreer as a filmmaker going forward. I've been planning to do a short film project for a few weeks now. I finished the first draft of the script, which is a fan film based on a comic book character. My problem was how to get this project rolling. I want to get some of the equipment, including camera, a computer for editing, movie making software and some other stuff. The rest of the equipment can be rented, like a steady cam harness and a crane. But seeing my huge money problem, I was loosing hope and feeling scared.

Out of desperation I wrote some e-mails to different people. One of them answered back 4 days later.

It was the Texas Film Commission.

They told me they want to help me and they want to read the script! This must be a sign from heaven! Even if they can't help me much, this means a lot to me.

I honestly feel that this is a step forward towards my goal. Pretty soon I'll be yelling "ACTION" and have my vision made true by the camera lense.

If this is the break I need, and probably it will be, I will announce it on this blog. I'll also announce who is the comic book character that my film will be about, and I will create another blog with details from pre-production, production, and post production.

In the meantime, I'll be working on a new draft of that script and get it ready to send to the Texas Film Commission.

It's just one step forward, one at a time.

I'm Back!

2006-05-30T22:38:00.000-05:00

I managed to get my computer problem fixed, thanks to a dear friend of mine. I'll write an update pretty soon!

Of all things!

2006-05-04T20:45:00.000-05:00

Well I hate to say this but it has not been a fun week. My job sucks, money is tight, and my computer's power supply just died. Just when I need a break. At least I'm passing resumes and I finished my short script. It is a fan film project and I need to find a way to finance it and find a crew.

I hope things get better.

And the script is... a Western?!?

2006-04-29T14:57:00.000-05:00

Howdy, pardner!

I took a break from my feature script, They Come in Darkness, to work on a short film script. The reason for this was that I talked to an independent filmmaker a few weeks ago and he suggested that if I want to direct my own movies, I should try making my own shorts.

I believe the guy is right, so I decided to do some research. At first I thought that I would have had to make a huge investment, buying equipment. After asking a whole lot of questions, I found out that most of the equipment I may need could be rented. I still want to get my own camera, like the Panasonic DVX100B (aprox. $3,500) a new PC for editing (aprox. $5,000) and Sony Vegas +DVD movie editing software and FXHome EffectsLab software (aprox. $800). With this, I could be able to experiment, and start shooting my own shorts films.

I think that I can try to apply for some grants to be able to get this, and to make a budget for my script. Donations wouldn't be a bad idea either! So if you happen to be a millionaire and have a couple of spare thousands...

The script that I wrote is eight pages long. I'm not going into too much details at the moment, until I can get closer to pre-production. I can, at least, say that it will be a fan film and it is a western. Why a western? Well, it is a setting that you don't get to see that often. It can be a fascinating theme... especially if you add a touch of... wierdness.

OK! I've said enough! I just hope this doesn't get hexed!

See y'all soon, compadres!

The first ten pages and some other stuff...

2006-04-18T13:03:00.000-05:00

Well, here's another day in my life. I'm currently doing the re-write to my script, They Come From Darkness, and it's going smoothly. I made changes to the first 10 minutes, which start with more action and hopefully it has the hook neededfor the first 10 pages of the script. I decided that the story needed to start with the menace and then introduce my hero in page 8.

Keep in mind, in the theory of screenwriting the first 10 minutes of your script are the most critical, since you have to be able to gain the interest of not just your audience, but also of your possible buyer/producer or agent. Something has to happen by page 10.

Take for example Dawn of the Dead 2004. The first 10 minutes of the movie before the title sequence happens to be a very effective way to use this rule. The movie starts in a hospital, where it seems to be a normal day in a nurse's life. There are some the latest talk is about some bite victims in a fight. Ana, the nurse, goes home, talk to het neighbor's kid on the skates, turn off the radio when there is a news report coming in. She makes love with her husband on the shower while the tv runs a national emergency news report. They're sleeping and it's 6 in the morning. The neighbor's kid happens to be inside the house. She rips the husband's throat! Ana pushes zombie kid out of the room, closes the door and tries to save the hubby. She was not a good nurse, husband croaks and comes back as a flesh eating zombie. Ana escape the house, the whole neighborhood... nay, the whole world is in chaos! She takes the car, drives out the suburb amid the violence and ends up going off the road. Once the nurses' car hits the tree and the title starts you're hooked to the story. That is an efective first ten pages!

In other things, I'm looking forward to Dissension, the third set in the Magic The Gathering Ravnica's block. It looks very sweet! Talking about Magic, I created this card. Being a huge fan of Joe Madureira I was inspired to do this... Enjoy!

For last, but not least, it's 2 days till my wife is back home. Looking forward to have her with me!

In a lonely room

2006-04-05T23:43:00.000-05:00

Well, today's my first night alone without my wife. After five years of marriage, you get used to have that other person with you. You get used to have that significant other around. You can feel that person's precense near you. You don't feel alone.

Today I took my wife to the airport. She's off to visit a friend of her and this morning was the last time I saw her. The next time I'll have her back will be in 2 weeks. In the meantime, it sure feels lonely over here.

In the meantime, I'll be waiting for her to call me just to know if she made it ok. Bad thing is that I hate to wait. probably as much as I hate roaches and bridges.

I hope to hear from you soon, honey.

UPDATE

A few minutes after posting this I received a phonecall from my wife. She made it safe and sound! I can sleep well tonight!

Oh well...

2006-03-24T14:04:00.000-06:00

I didn't get the job. It's sad, but I guess I'll have to move on to other projects. In the meantime I will try to have my script, The Key and The Guardian, ready for the screenwriting competition at the Austin Film Festival. Then keep on writing my next two story ideas, the first one a fantasy story and the second one is a biographycal story. Whose? Well that's gonna be a little secret at this moment. Let's say it will take a LOT of research to do, but I feel this is a story that must be told. I just hope to be the one to tell it.

Well, this is it for now. Tonight is FNM (Friday Night Magic) and tomorrow the weather looks great and the wind seems to be lovely.

I guess I'll fly my kite.

The Waiting Game

2006-03-10T13:29:00.000-06:00

Well, it's been a very interesting week so far. During one of the Austin Screenwriters Group meeting The President of the ASG told me that there was a video game company looking for fantasy writers. I looked up the information and I decided to try. I found out that the company is one of my favorites and they are well know for their RPGs. I e-mailed the contact for that company and I recieved a response from him asking for some writing samples and it included the usual paperwork for submitting those samples.

It's been a week now since I sent those samples and no word yet. I hope this is good news.

One thing for sure is that this would be a dream job. The idea that I can create something that millions of people can enjoy is simply outstanding! I believe that this could be a great opportunity for me and it will be a step closer for me to make my dreams of being a screenwriter and filmmaker come true.

The sad thing is that, like many people, I hate to wait.

In the meantime I guess I'll keep reading comics, playing games and start using my imagination to work on my re-write.

Hmmmm I wonder how that Marvel Zombies comic series is doing? Sounds like fun!

Sometimes we try...

2006-02-27T13:49:00.000-06:00

I know that things are difficult when you're struggling day after day to make your dreams come true. Recently my wife had a job opportunity at a company that would have been a dream job. She tried for it, and God knows we do need something like that. Sadly things didn't go as we wished.

I do believe that she did her best. I couldn't be prouder of her. She tried her best.

Sometimes we can't get what we want at the moment. As much as we want it to be otherwise. We try, we struggle, we lose. Thing is that we have another day to try, struggle and lose again and again and again... Until one day. That's the day that we try, struggle... and WIN. One day it will happen. Yes, things are bad now-a-days, with almost no income and debts, but who knows. My wife is a great writer. I believe that one day she will be published and she will be an acomplished writer. I believe in her dream as much as I believe in mine. One day we will live using our art to express ourselves, to entertain you, and to be what we have always dreamed: Winners!

Until then, the best I can do is to hold my dear wife and let her know this:

Honey, I'm proud of you, no matter what. You'll always have me, win or lose. Thank you for trying.

Ultimate Avengers

2006-02-23T13:15:00.000-06:00

Hey, true believers!

I just got Ultimate Avengers the other day. A few months ago I saw a preview of this movie online, and I've been excitedly waiting for it for some time now. I'm a huge fan of Captain America and my expectations were high for this movie to be good. Running about 71 minutes, it is kinda short, but considering the price (about $13.00) I think the lenght is not bad.

Now is the good enough for being Marvel Comics' first feature lenght animation? Well if you're expecting animation quality like a Disney feature like Beauty and the Beast, then you have your expectations WAY too high. The quality of the animation falls in between great to (sometimes) Saturday morning cartoons quality. The characters deasigns are great! Captain America 1940's design is one of the best in the whole movie. I also love the Wasp costume design and Iron Man's armor. The voice actors do a great job bringing to (larger than) life Earth Mightiest Heroes.

Some spoilers ahead:

The story is based on the Ultimates by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. At the end of WWII the Nazis are about to launch a nuclear weapon against Washington D.C. The technology was acilitated by a shape shifting alien race who helped Hitler rise to power and started the war. The United States Super Soldier, Captain America manages to stop the weapon sacrificing hmself and presumed KIA over the North Atlantic.

60 years later, General Nick Fury and his agency, SHIELD, finds the body of Captain America frozen and in perfect condition. Fury, with the help of Dr. Bruce Banner, has been trying to recreate the Super Soldier serum. Figurng that they had a dead body to make test with, Captain America wakes up and finds that his old life is gone, but his country still needs him. A menace from the past is rearing its ugly head and the only way to defeat the alien race from destroying the Earth is to unite a group of heroes (Iron Man, Thor, Giant Man, Black Widow, Wasp and the Hulk) with Captain America as their leader, but they may be doomed to failure, if they can learn to work as a team.

Personally I loved it. Granted, it has flaws but it does have a lot of good things going for it. The story is solid, especially how each character interacts with each other. You feel Bruce Banner's pain having his life destroyed by the Hulk. Captain America has a great scene as he is walking in modern day New York, showing him as a man out of time.

The DVD has a few good extras, the funiest one shows voice actors auditions for the parts. There is also a very good mini-documentary about the history of the Avengers, and interviews with George Perez and other great talents from the history of this series. There is also a first look at Ultimate Avengers 2.

This is a good piece for your collection. Now I'm looking forward for the next Marvel features, Iron Man and Dr. Strange

'Nuff Said.

Into the Wind

2006-02-21T13:23:00.000-06:00

I love the wind. Sometimes I can have my imagination soar above the skies in a display of speed and color. The sensation of the wind blowing on my face as I feel the tug on my arms is one of absolute freedom. My kite is in the air and I'm the master of the skies.

I can control the movement of my kite and respond to the force of the wind. At this moment I feel free. No more worries, no more fear, just the sound of the wind against my kite. A symphony of triumph, pain, sadness, happiness, sorrow, power, and glory all rolled up into one majestic cry.

And once again I am free. Free of bad thoughts, free of sadness, free of all fears. It is just me and nature in pure harmony.

In this time on my life, where things seems to be the darkest, I feel that I can survive.

I love the wind...

As much as I love games, comics, movies, etc. there is one thing that I love a lot, and it is one of the most simplest pleasures in my life. Just watching my kite fly is a thrill. The kite that I own is a Nexus by Prism. This is a great beginners stunt kite. Here is a video from last year while I was at Bolivar Peninsula close to Galveston.

This is one of my favorite hobbies.. It sure beats the heck out of fishing!

During the weekend...

2006-02-20T12:53:00.000-06:00

Hi there!

Well, this was an interesting weekend. On Saturday I went to Austin to be with the Austin Screenwriters Group. This group meets every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. In here you can have your script read and recieve a critique on your work. This is very valuable as a writer since you are getting feedback on your work. I recommend this as a great learning tool. For those of you who live in the Austin area and want to become a screenwriter pleas visi their website.

On other things, this was sure a wet AND cold weekend (for Texas anyway). With temperature on or about 30 degrees there was nothing much to do during the day, but to stay home. That translate to watching movies and reading!

The book that I read was Stephen Kings new novel, Cell. What else can I say but Mr. King has done a trully terrifying tale about the end of the world. this tale is dedicated to Richard Matheson (I am Legend) and Geaorge A. Romero (The Dead series of movies). This is a fine tale of survival horror with great characters, suspense and gore.

The action starts very fast. In fact all hell break loose in page 5! The etory is about an art teacher who has gotten a dream job working for Dark Horse comics. Less than a few hours of hitting the jackpot the whole world comes tubling down due to a phenomenon, known as the Pulse, a strange signal is generated inside cell phones and all who are using the devices turns into a crazed zombie-like creature, tearing and attacking whoever, or whatever, is in front of them. And considering how many millions of cell phones exist around the world, we have an event that may well be the start of the end of the world. Clay, the artist, and a group of survivors tries to escape from Boston, but with each passing moment Clay is reminded that he must return to Maine to find out about his wife and to deal with the nightmarish thought that his 12 year old son has a cell phone. And to make the situation worse, these creatures are evolving.

This sure was a page turner. I even finished it in one day! I guess being a zombie fan made me enjoy this book a lot. But even if you're not a zombie genre fan, you will enjoy this thrilling horror masterpiece.

On the movie department, me and my wife got to rent Doom with the Rock and Karl Urban. Ok... first things first. If you want to watch great cinema then go and rent Citizen Kane or one of the great movies. This movie is without any shame an action flick full of cliches, bad acting, sub-par dialog and no story development whatsoever. If you seen Aliens (a real classic) then you know the plot. A bunch of marines go to a horrible location in a bug hunt. Now if your just looking for a fun flick, then this will work for you. It has monsters, gore galore, zombies, and the most coolest thing in the movie, a five minute First Person View sequence just like the video game. For me this sequence was worth the experience of watching this movie. It feels just like the video game, from the weapon reloading to the hero shooting at his own reflection on a mirror. I recommend this movie for this sequence alone!

The other DVD was Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabitt. Being a fan of all the Wallace & Gromit shorts I was delighted with this one. It is a shame I missed it at the theaters. This is such a charming movie that I think all the family can enjoy. Wallace and his best friend, Gromit are pest control specialist who deals against the threat of rabbits eating all the vegetables in town. But when Wallace has an idea to eperiment with the rabbits to make them hate vegetables, things go rather bad when he unleash the Curse of the Were-Rabbit!

I just hope this one wins the Oscar this year!

Now this week is going to be interesting. the Ultimate Avengers is coming out tomorrow, Tuesday. It looks good so far and I've been wanting to see a good Captain AMerica animated movie for some time now. Let's see how this one comes out.

See you all later!

Changay - Making a Comic Book in Puerto Rico

2006-02-16T23:31:00.000-06:00

Hello there!

Sometimes it is funny when you go online and find a few things that brings a lot of memories. I remember a time in the early 90's when I was back in college at the Univerity of Puerto Rico, Arecibo campus (UPRA). I remember meeting somebody at the Radio studios inside the Communications department. His name is David Alvarez, he was doing a recording for a class project and he was there with another student name Jose Alvarez (no relation between the two of them) Jose was a very talented PR person, who at this time I think he may have gotten into politics.

David was a cartoon artist and he wanted to do a comic book. His cartoon Zacha y Anyelín was published at a local newspaper in his home town, Manatí. Funny thing was that I used to be a fan of the cartoon, butI didn't realized that he was the artist until a few weeks later. I told David that I wanted to be a writer and I was working on a Sci-Fi epic. David invited me to a reunion with some other collaborators who wanted to creat a studio named G.A.P. (Golden Artist Productions).

The day came that they all made a reunion to brainstorm ideas about what to publish. Let's just say it didn't go as planned. Some of the other artist wanted to do a serious super hero comic, David was more inclined for toons, and I? I didn't have an artist yet for my Sci-Fi epic. The reunion became a heavy argument and at the end the nameless artist (I want to keep his name secet... to protect the guilt... I mean innocent) yelled "All who want to be on my group, come with me!" Four guys went with this person, leaving David Alvarez and David Martinez (a very gifted inker) alone in one corner.

Alvarez asked me if I wanted to go with them since I could find an artist for my epic Sci-Fi thing. I thought about that for a couple of seconds. I looked at David and out of respect, since he was the one who invited me into this, I told him that I wanted to stay... maybe I could be of use.

The next week, he invited me to visit his studio. It was a very small room, on his grandmother's house, inside the garage. In there both Alvarez and Martinez showed me some characters that they were creating. The character was named Changay (in spanish "gay" rhymes with guy). There were a lot of great characters, both heroes and villains. The idea they had was to make a comic strip, but I believed that this could be much more. Ideas came by, lots of brainstorming sessions came and went. The first issue of Changay came in 1994 (if memory serves me well) and it debuted at the 809COLLECT Comic Con at San Juan, Puerto Rico. In that convention, we met Colleen Doran and Jo Duffy, who made a great impression on me and gave me a lot of pointers on writing.

On Issue #1 I served in helping with the plot, since the story is what David & David had before I joined the group.My credits as writer started from issue #2 to #6 (last issue). It is funny, since my writing style is not in the humorous, David A. and David M provided most of the jokes. I did come with a few of them, but the humor was all them! Changay was the union of serious storylines, with very funny toon comedy.

Julie, a young and idealistic scientist creates a battle armor to fight against the raging crime wave at Pheonix City. Her bosses, a group of scientist named Isaac, Gutierrez and Alfa Chevere, wanted her to prove her experiment. She says that a common man could be a hero. And she finds her common man in Arturo Mozambique, a foul-mouthed black bird who works for the Electrical Company alongside his pal Trigoberto McKein (who later in the series he's revealed to be the grandson of WW II superhero RocketTiger).

Arturo, thinking that he was chosen to go on a hot date with Julie, fails all the test that the scientist put him through. The scientists decides to pull the plug on Julie's experiment. While Arturo is dressing up on his civilian's clothing, a very depressed Julie is cleaning the mess in her lab, when she activates one of the test... a death trap! At the last moment Arturo saves Julie, that was proof enough for her that her common man could be a hero! Julie decides to fund the expriment for herself (thankfully, her dad is a very wealthy business man). Little does she knows that her hero, Changay, will face the greatest criminal mind in Pheonix City... The evil Muckarom.

There you have it, that is the Reader's Digest version of the first issue of Changay! During that time, we all had a lot of good things, bad things and all in-between happening to us. I've met one of Puerto Rico's most famous cartoonists Vicente Aviles and one of my dearest friends and colleague animator Reynaldo Leon.

This was a great time for me and I do miss them all. We were just a group of friends and at the end we became a band of brothers. To David A., David M., Jovany, Yoani, and Reynaldo: You were the best in my life.

I hope to see you one day soon.

In the meantime, I'll be working on my new stories... and who knows... Maybe there are more Changay stories to tell. God knows, I left it on one hell of a cliffhanger!

-Edward Santiago
AKA Lord_Galvatron
Screenwriter
and Writer of Changay

PS. I'll give more details about our work later on and give you more stories on how we did Changay, and why the character name is spelled CHANGUY in english. This is NOT over yet!

Changuy is copyright David Alvarez

Holy Terror, Batman!

2006-02-16T12:57:00.000-06:00

Frank Miller is king! All hail Miller!

I just read today that Frank Miller is writing a new Batman story in which his new enemy happens to be none other than Osama Bin Laden! I gotta say that he must be the bravest comic book creator living now. To do something like this, he gotta have a lot of cojones! Holy Terror, Batman! will be published later this year.

For those of you who don't know who Frank Miller is (and I hope there are not a lot of you who don't know), Miller is probaly one of the most gifted comic creator in history. His works includes the legendary Daredevil run of the early 80's, which gave us Elektra, Ninjas and Daredevil's mentor Stick. It also added The Kingpin as Daredevil's arch enemy. Before that the Kingpin was part of Spider-Man's rogues gallery.

He also worked on Ronin, a storty about a Feudal era Samurai transported into the future, I believe this was the basis for Samurai Jack. His most famous work happens to be Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, in which a 50 year old Batman comes back from retirement. Miller is also know for Sin City, which he co-directed the movie with Robert Rodriguez, and 300, basis for the new movie by Zack Snyder in which 300 spartans fight against an army of thousands.

Holy Terror, Batman! sure sounds like one to read.

If you want to read on overview of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns go here. Be warned... Lot of spoilers!

BTW - Batman and art is copyright DC Comics.

I'll be back later to have a few more comments!

See ya later!!!!

A hard day at work!

2006-02-15T14:07:00.000-06:00

Sheesh! I'm having one hell of a day at my job. Sure sucks a lot, but I'll manage with my insanity intact! Thank God for lunch breaks!

Anyway... I'm just winding down here for a while, having a lot to think about. First, I got to find a better job. Second, my wife needs a better job too. Am I seeing a patter developing over here, or is it just in my mind? I dunno.

Sometimes I think that life can be unfair. Having to deal with depression can be a factor in this too. I guess that you must believe that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, no matter what. If I don't, then I'll be lost. It is a simple as that, right?

On to better things:

I'm planning to do a major rewrite to my first script. There are many things that I'm planning to change. Hopefully this will improve the script. One of the problems that I'm facing is dialog. It seems that all the characters sound the same, which it is not cool. I also want to make some changes with some of the characters and the way the story goes. Hopefully I'll start later this week.

The title of the script is The Key and the Guardian. The story is about a criminal psychologist, Dr. Mike Robalo. He is an expert on studying criminal behaviour regarding the occult. His expertise leads him to debunk these "occult" angle from the committed crime. One day he recieves a call, his father, who he hasn't spoke too since his mom divorced him, is dying of cancer. Mike goes back to his home town, Heaven's Gate, to bury the hatchet with his father. The reason why he deson't speak with his father is that when Mike was a child, his father filled his head with stories about demons, monsters, and the occult. His father, Albert Robalo, used to tell him that his family are the key and the guardians to the gates of hell, and their responsibility is to guard these gates so they will never open. The reponsability is handled from father to child, generation to generation. Since the curse started on Roanoke Island during the 1500's.

Mike never believed this, but he will find out that all those stories his father told him are true. And it may be too late to save the human race from becoming demon fodder.

I'll give more details later... I only got a few seconds left!

Time to go!

PS. as a parting gift, here are a few screenshots from MTGO 3.0!!!

Sweetness!!!!!! Pics taken from Gamespy

See ya later!!

Valentines and other stuff

2006-02-14T12:52:00.000-06:00

Hi, people!

Here I am, killing time on my lunch break. Usually I'm just writing biographies on my characters for my screenplay, but I left my notepad at home.

If you're wondering, yup, that's me. This photo was taken in the late 90's back home in Puerto Rico. That used to be my old bookshelve inside my room. Notice the Star Wars novels and other books. Also check the ZZ Gundam model I built. It is inside the Gen 13's Rainmaker coffee mug. Damn, this brings lots of memories. I miss them all.

Right now I have like 20 minutes to go. Hopefully enough time to write down a few things.

Funny. I never kept a diary in my whole life. More funny is one that everybody can read. I guess I got to get used to that.

Well, right at this moment I'm at my job. It is a small print shop & sign place. It's not much, and it helps pay some bills. But God knows I need something better. having a college degree and getting paind $9:50 an hour it's not right.

Hence, that is why I want to become a filmmaker. It has been my dreams all life long.

I'll give more details about my first script later. Right now I want to get one thing straight. I'm not a perfect beign. I am human, unlike my namesake. I have done a lot of mistakes in my life, some I have got over with, some I still live with them day by day. I think the worst one I have done is that sometimes I'm very blind to the needs of the person I love the most.

Today in Valentine's Day I want to get this in RECORD:

Baby Princess, I love you with all my heart, and please forgive me for not seeing your pain earlier today. Sometimes I think too much about our situation. When that happens, I'm trying to fix a problem, but I tend to ignore everything else. For that I'm sorry.

Please forgive me for putting too much on you.

I love you.

There. It is done.

Soon I'll be adding a few things here, there, and everywhere. I'll give you all some insight on my work and a few other things!

See ya later!!!

To quote Obi-Wan: "Hello there!"

2006-02-13T22:03:00.000-06:00

This is my first Blog... I guess everybody is making one, so here's for joining the band wagon!

Well, let's start whith who I am. My name is Edward. You can call me Eddie or Ed. I'm a graphic designer working for a mom and pop printshop and I'm trying to become a screenwriter. I've writen a comic book titled Changuy back in the mid 90's in Puerto Rico. I used to have a website called Crossroads at the Outer Realms, but I stopped doing it ever since 9/11.

I've finished my first script and I'm on the rewrite process. Hopefully I'll be able to work out more screenplays soon.

Well, I'm a geek. There, I said it. I like Transformers. I like Star Wars. I love movies. I love video games, I love Magic the Gathering, I love books... I love a lot of things.

If you play MTGO (and if you do, you know what MTGO stands for) you can find me as Lord_Galvatron.

I'll keep posting from time to time.

See ya all later!

-Eddie