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 Carmelo Chimera and Phil Buck). Manuel was the co-host (alongside Aaron Hoover, Cory Gaitan, Rigz Jimenez and Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr.) of the Truthful Comics Podcast, he was the co-host of The Cosmic Portal 2.0 Podcast (alongside Carl W. Baber, Douglass Keone Foster, Cindy Wakefield, Rick Wakefield and Phillip Hester), he's a Writer (Prose, Poems, Songs), a Blogger and Recording Artist.
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 Carmelo Chimera and Phil Buck). Manuel was the co-host (alongside Aaron Hoover, Cory Gaitan, Rigz Jimenez and Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr.) of the Truthful Comics Podcast, he was the co-host of The Cosmic Portal 2.0 Podcast (alongside Carl W. Baber, Douglass Keone Foster, Cindy Wakefield, Rick Wakefield and Phillip Hester), he's a Writer (Prose, Poems, Songs), a Blogger and Recording Artist.
Manuel is a Published illustrator on a number of projects for various companies all over the United Sates such as:
- 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 Manuel became one of the hosts of an indie comics centric exclusive vidcast (and soon to be podcast) for the Comics Crusaders Podcast Network. 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.
- 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 Manuel became one of the hosts of an indie comics centric exclusive vidcast (and soon to be podcast) for the Comics Crusaders Podcast Network. 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.
Manuel Alejandro Carmona nació el 17 de Septiembre del 1979 en Utuado, Puerto Rico. Se fué de Puerto Rico cuando salió de la high para estudiar en la prestigiosa escuela de arte The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts en Dover, New Jersey. Cuando volvió a la isla decidió seguir sus estudios de arte así que estudio en La Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico. Actualmente reside en Norfolk, Virginia donde trabaja como artista freelance y tambien en sus proyectos personales desde su studio de arte.
Además de ser un consumado artista/ilustrador Manuel es también el Co-Fundador (junto a su gran amigo Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr) de su propia casa publicadora Truthful Comics, es el fundador de la iniciativa sin fines de lucro Comics For Christmas cuyo proposito es proveer comics a niños de bajos recursos, hospitales, orfanatos; etc. Es el co-fundador de Buy Indie Comics Day (junto a Carmelo Chimera y Phil Buck) Fue el co-anfitrion (junto a Aaron Hoover, Cory Gaitan, Rigz Jimenez and Alvaro Cortez Ortiz Jr.) del Truthful Comics Podcast, co-anfitrion de The Cosmic Portal 2.0 Podcast (junto a Carl W. Baber, Douglass Keone Foster, Cindy and Rick Wakefield and Phillip Hester), tambien es escritor, Blogger y Recording Artist.
Su arte ha sido publicada en un sin numero de publicaciones en los Estados Unidos como por ejemplo:
- Ilustrador en Life With Zombie
- Ilustrador/Animador para Diseños del Arte Inc.
- Ilustrador para Editorial Santillana
- Artista Gráfico Iysis Skyline Clothing
- Illustrador del comic Phazer
- Illustrador del comic Phazer/Captain Action One-Shot
- Ilustrador para Super Compacto Magazine
- Ilustrador para la antología Angels of the Seven Lights
- Ilustrador de portada del comic Fred Peterson: The Mighty Warlord
Recientemente Manuel se convirtio en uno de los animadores de un videocast exclusivo del Comics Crusaders Podcast Netwrok centrado en comics independientes. Manuel donó su talento para la antología Angels of the Seven Lights producida por Razor Blade Comics, en específico una historia titulada Rise inspirada en los dias tras el huracan Maria por Puerto Rico. Manuel acaba de publicar el primer ejemplar de su comic titulado Project: New Wave y esta trabajando arduamente en los siguientes ejemplares. Ademas espera publicar el revamp de la antología Truthful Comics Presents la cual tendra diferentes topicos en cada ejemplar y saldra al mercado en el 2020. Como si eso fuera poco esta en planes de publicar lo que llama "su projecto de ensueño" junto al escritor Darian Kovach. Tambien esta dando los toques finales a una historia contenida con sus personajes de Project: New Wave titulada "The Dragon", sin mencionar las dozenas de ilustraciones para una novela basada en el principal antagonista de su comic.
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