Manuel Alejandro Carmona was born on September 17, 1979 in Utuado, Puerto Rico. Manuel left the island when he finished High School and went to study at The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts in Dover, New Jersey. When he came back to Puerto Rico, Manuel decided to further his art education by attending Puerto Rico's School of Plastic Arts. He currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia where he works as a freelance illustrator as well as on his own 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's also the co-founder of Buy Indie Comics Day (alongside Phil Buck) and last but not least; Manuel is the co-host (alongside Dodgy, Tracy and Paul) of the Comic Crusaders Exclusive Think Indie Podcast as well as The Sunder Katz. He's a little busy to say the least!
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's also the co-founder of Buy Indie Comics Day (alongside Phil Buck) and last but not least; Manuel is the co-host (alongside Dodgy, Tracy and Paul) of the Comic Crusaders Exclusive Think Indie Podcast as well as The Sunder Katz. He's a little busy to say the least!
Manuel A. Carmona is a Published illustrator, comic book artist and graphic designer whose work can be found on a number of projects for multiple companies all over the World such as:
-Illustrator for Super Compacto Magazine
-Illustrator for Masked D'Sires
-Illustrator on Life With Zombie
- Illustrator/Animator for Disenos del Arte Inc.
- Illustrator for Santillana Publishing
- Graphic Artist for Iysis Skyline Clothing
- Penciller/Colorist on Worlds of Phazer
- Penciller/Colorist on Phazer #6 (Ft: Captain Action)
- Illustrator for Super Compacto Magazine
- Illustrator on RBA's Angels of the Seven Lights
- Cover Illustrator on Fred Peterson: The Mighty Warlord
Recently he became one of the hosts on two indie comics centric podcasts: The Sunder Katz and the Think Indie Podcast, both are exclusive for the Comic Crusaders Podcast Network. Manuel also 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. He also published the third issue of his creator owned comic book series Project: New Wave and he's also contributing the sci-fi anthology The Avandrus Theory alongside various indie comic book creators from Virginia. They plan to add those characters and stories to the Public Domain in what Manuel describes as "a way to give back to a medium that has given us so much".
As if that wasn't enough, he's set to illustrate a "one and done" story titled "The Dragon" featuring his superhero team Project: New Wave, 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. Last but not least, Manuel is is currently working on issue four of Project: New Wave and is set to be released for the next Buy Indie Comics Day in May 2023.
-Illustrator for Masked D'Sires
-Illustrator on Life With Zombie
- Illustrator/Animator for Disenos del Arte Inc.
- Illustrator for Santillana Publishing
- Graphic Artist for Iysis Skyline Clothing
- Penciller/Colorist on Worlds of Phazer
- Penciller/Colorist on Phazer #6 (Ft: Captain Action)
- Illustrator for Super Compacto Magazine
- Illustrator on RBA's Angels of the Seven Lights
- Cover Illustrator on Fred Peterson: The Mighty Warlord
Recently he became one of the hosts on two indie comics centric podcasts: The Sunder Katz and the Think Indie Podcast, both are exclusive for the Comic Crusaders Podcast Network. Manuel also 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. He also published the third issue of his creator owned comic book series Project: New Wave and he's also contributing the sci-fi anthology The Avandrus Theory alongside various indie comic book creators from Virginia. They plan to add those characters and stories to the Public Domain in what Manuel describes as "a way to give back to a medium that has given us so much".
As if that wasn't enough, he's set to illustrate a "one and done" story titled "The Dragon" featuring his superhero team Project: New Wave, 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. Last but not least, Manuel is is currently working on issue four of Project: New Wave and is set to be released for the next Buy Indie Comics Day in May 2023.
