Manuel Alejandro Carmona was born on September 17, 1979 in Utuado, Puerto Rico. He left Puerto Rico when he finished High School and went to The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts in Dover, New Jersey. He came back to Puerto Rico and decided to further his art education by attending Puerto Rico's School of Plastic Arts. He currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia where he works on his art projects from his home studio.
Besides being an accomplished artist/illustrator Manuel is also the co-Founder (alongside longtime friend Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr) of his own independent comic book imprint Truthful Comics, he's the Founder of the Non-Profit initiative Comics For Christmas whose purpose is to provide comic books to kids in low income areas, hospitals, orphanages; etc. He was the co-host (alongside Aaron Hoover, Corey Gaitan, Rigz Jimenez, Corey Davis and Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr.) of the Truthful Comics Podcast, co-host of The Cosmic Portal 2.0 Podcast (alongside Carl W. Baber, Douglass Keone Foster, Cindy and Rick Wakefield and Phillip Hester), he a writer (Prose, Poems, Songs), Blogger and Recording Artist (Rap, Reggeaton, R&B).
Besides being an accomplished artist/illustrator Manuel is also the co-Founder (alongside longtime friend Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr) of his own independent comic book imprint Truthful Comics, he's the Founder of the Non-Profit initiative Comics For Christmas whose purpose is to provide comic books to kids in low income areas, hospitals, orphanages; etc. He was the co-host (alongside Aaron Hoover, Corey Gaitan, Rigz Jimenez, Corey Davis and Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr.) of the Truthful Comics Podcast, co-host of The Cosmic Portal 2.0 Podcast (alongside Carl W. Baber, Douglass Keone Foster, Cindy and Rick Wakefield and Phillip Hester), he a writer (Prose, Poems, Songs), Blogger and Recording Artist (Rap, Reggeaton, R&B).
Manuel is a Published illustrator on a number of projects for various companies throughout the United Sates such as:
- Illustrator on Life With Zombie (written by Matt Herring), a cartoon strip
about a zombie who has to deal with everyday life.
- Illustrator/Animator for Disenos del Arte Inc. (Ad Agency)
- Illustrator for Santillana Publishing (Educational Books)
- Graphic Artist for Iysis Skyline Clothing (Clothing Company)
- Penciller/Inker/Colorist on Phazer (Comic Book Series)
- Penciller/Inker/Colorist on Phazer/Captain Action One-Shot (Comic)
- Illustrator for Super Compacto Magazine (Magazine)
- Illustrator on RBA's Angels of the Seven Lights (Anthology)
- Cover Illustrator on Fred Peterson: The Mighty Warlord
Recently Manuel contributed his talents to RBA's Angels of the Seven Lights anthology, specifically a short story titled Rise inspired by Puerto Rico after the passing of Hurricane Maria. Manuel just published the first issue of his creator owned title Project: New Wave and is currently hard at work on issues #2 and #3. He's already contributing to a comic book anthology titled Truthful Comics Presents which is set to be rebooted in 2019, he's about to start working on a story that he describes as "his dream project" in which he'll be collaborating with the talented writer Darian Kovach. As if that wasn't enough, he's set to illustrate a ONE-SHOT story based on his superhero team Project: New Wave titled "The Dragon", not to mention doing at least three dozen illustrations for an upcoming novel based on the main villain of his creator owned series Project: New Wave.
about a zombie who has to deal with everyday life.
- Illustrator/Animator for Disenos del Arte Inc. (Ad Agency)
- Illustrator for Santillana Publishing (Educational Books)
- Graphic Artist for Iysis Skyline Clothing (Clothing Company)
- Penciller/Inker/Colorist on Phazer (Comic Book Series)
- Penciller/Inker/Colorist on Phazer/Captain Action One-Shot (Comic)
- Illustrator for Super Compacto Magazine (Magazine)
- Illustrator on RBA's Angels of the Seven Lights (Anthology)
- Cover Illustrator on Fred Peterson: The Mighty Warlord
Recently Manuel contributed his talents to RBA's Angels of the Seven Lights anthology, specifically a short story titled Rise inspired by Puerto Rico after the passing of Hurricane Maria. Manuel just published the first issue of his creator owned title Project: New Wave and is currently hard at work on issues #2 and #3. He's already contributing to a comic book anthology titled Truthful Comics Presents which is set to be rebooted in 2019, he's about to start working on a story that he describes as "his dream project" in which he'll be collaborating with the talented writer Darian Kovach. As if that wasn't enough, he's set to illustrate a ONE-SHOT story based on his superhero team Project: New Wave titled "The Dragon", not to mention doing at least three dozen illustrations for an upcoming novel based on the main villain of his creator owned series Project: New Wave.
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Anthony Illa-Cardona
Talent Manager
Cel. 757-354-9327
e-mail: anthonyilla@verizon.net
