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Posted @withregram • @amatlcomix You’ve waited long enough‼️Amatl Comix #5 Jose Alaniz’s The COMPLEAT MOSCOW CALLING is live and available via our linktree here @amatlcomix #amatlcomix The Compleat Moscow Calling José Alaniz Paperback – February 24, 2023 AMATLCOMIX 2023 “Both wonderful and wonderfully demented. Also makes me strangely nostalgic.” Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan Now, from Amatl Comix! THE COMPLEAT MOSCOW CALLING, a lost 90s epic of expat life in Russia! Innocent abroad Pepe Pérez finds himself in a vibrant post-Soviet Moscow of colorful personalities, extreme contrasts, and a “mafiya” boss after his head. Worst of all, there's no Mexican food! José Alaniz's “Moscow Calling,” the first ongoing American comic strip in Russia, appeared in the English-language newspaper “The Moscow Tribune” not long after the wall fell. This collection gathers and concludes the strip along with additional material, including the unfinished sequel “Cassie's Turn” and the novella “Moscow 93.” Step back into a pre-Putin Russia of startling beauty and danger! Advance Notices! "The Compleat Moscow Calling makes for quite the culture shock with its tale of a Mexican-American's adventures in pre- Putin Russia. Remarkable, multilingual- a sequential arts achievement!" Hector Rodriguez, creator of El Peso Hero "Treat yourself to José Alaniz's idiosyncratic comics created in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. With a journalist's eye and a cartoonist's wit, he spins grand tales that interweave a talking bat and a motorcycle-riding Baba Yaga amongst his many other characters. Taking inspiration from such divergent sources as Dostoevsky, The Clash and Sal Buscema, Alaniz adroitly mixes fact and fantasy to serve up an entertaining visual Molotov cocktail. Heed the call!" Javier Hernandez, creator of the El Muerto graphic novel series https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpt6qOvu4g8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Rodriguez: "El Vino de la Casa"

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Rodriguez: "El Vino de la Casa"

“The Wine House” Chile is experiencing a popular rebellion against an unpopular economic model of President Piñera, which however many conservatives in and outside this country claim. The Chilean government has responded with a repression that recalls the times of the dictator Augusto Pinochet.

#Chile  #ChileEnResistencia  #ChileDesperto #19Oct  #Piñera  #chileprotest  #ToqueDeQuedaChile  #CHILESECANSO  #Cacerolazo 

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Lino print workshop

After creating our Lino prints last week, we took them to the workshop today to develop them further and see the message and textures they created. In this session we learnt the process of Lino printing through relief-press. 

The first step was to choose the colour we wanted to print in an then begin smoothing it out by rolling it using the print rollers. 

By making this smooth surface it meant that no lumps or dried ink would get on our Lino’s and we could start applying the ink onto them. 

The applying of the ink was easy, but you just had to keep to the area you was printing so that the negative space didn’t get covered. Above you can see that some ink got onto the carving lines, but I didn’t mind as I wanted some to show. If you didn’t want them you would have to go over the lines with a carving tool to make them lower than the surface of your design. 

The next step was to place our prints into the relief- press and lay a sheet of printing paper over the top of them for the print to be transferred onto. We also had to test the right amount of packing so that enough pressure was applied to the prints.

Above you can see the press being pushed down to put enough pressure to create a clean bold print. 

During this session I was able to produce three prints using different coloured ink. Within these three prints I can see many textures that may be useful in a texture pack for digital editing. 

The first print I made came out really solid and clean all over, the idea I had of some of the lines around the character coming through with the print, worked really well to help create that effect of horror and dystopia through chaotic placement and sharp cut edges. The fact that I was able to produce those themes enabled the character to suitably fit in with the Mexican culture of the ‘day of the dead’. 

Here you can see that this print didn’t have enough pressure applied as there are areas that are more faded than others. It has also not been cleaned properly as there is still some of the ink from the previous print left on it. In order to get a cleaner and bolder print I would need to use more packing by using more paper on top of the lino.

This print was a chance to experiment with the process and also the materials used. I did this by using two colours at the same time, rolling one colour on the top half of the print and the other on the bottom half. This made a bold transition from dark to light with the two colours mixing in certain places to create a dark green colour. As well as the experimentation side the other idea behind this was to demonstrate the concept of evil and darkness taken over the light similar to how they believe the dead take over one day a year in Mexico. 

Artemio Rodriguez

Artemio Rodriguez is a Mexican artist that focuses in printmaking. He produces many prints using the Lino cut technique. Rodriguez prints are grounded in the traditions of the Middle Ages while addressing contemporary issues in the social satirical tradition of Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada. He works primarily in black and white with a style that emphasises simplicity and clarity, the motifs so closely tied into Mexican Catholic culture.

From viewing the works of Rodriguez I noticed similarities between the design and concepts of my prints. A strong theme that emerges in Rodriguez’s work is the idea of death. This concept is not shown in a distressing way, rather more a humorous and intriguing direction. He uses skeletons to present this theme and adds lots of patterns and textures through different markings and carvings similar to the markings I carved out around my skeleton. In Artemio’s work his markings around the characters are a lot more round and softer on the edges. The fact that they curve around and don’t go in a certain direction, gives the idea that it is earth and soil, with the skeletons being underground, as buried bodies lurking around the realms of Hell.

Rodriguez clearly uses the anatomy of the human skeleton to get he’s proportions right, as by looking at the print below, although it is in a cartoon-like style the correct amount of bones as well as right shape of the horse can be seen. From looking at Artemio’s work I wish to use primary sources such as different anatomies to help create my characters. 

In his prints, you can see the gestalt principles that help to give his work that distinctive nature. In his work above there is a sense of continuation, as the viewers eye naturally follows a line or curve. Because his prints are so detailed, with many lines and curves, it causes the viewer to continue across the page seeing the image as a whole as opposes to looking at certain areas. The other principle that can be seen is figure and ground. This figure and ground is an unusual relationship as it is unbalanced with the eye finding it hard to differentiate the figure from its surrounding area. It is due to the background consisting of lots of shapes and silhouettes, just like the background. Rodriguez may of done this to add interest as the viewer will be intrigued to look closer at the image to see all the chaotic elements being portrayed. 

José Guadalupe Posada

José Posada was a Mexican political printmaker and engraver whose work has influenced many artists such as Artemio Rodriguez as well as plenty of cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness. His images of death come alive, symbolize Mexico's intimate and comfortable relationship with death, best expressed in the annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead ) holiday.

Posada’s Prints are created using different processes. The main processes he used were etching, engraving and lithography. Looking at Posada’s prints compared to Rodriguez, you can see a big difference in the style, with Posada using methods such a cross- hatching and shading to create detail and tone whereas Rodriguez takes the more simplistic approach making the image seem a lot more 2 dimensional. From viewing both styles, I feel my print falls under the style of Rodriguez more as they are very simplistic with little tone. I would like to see if I can get my print to have a satirical feel about it, possibly by enlarging the head to follow to concept of the ‘day of the dead’ and also add some humour. 

Many of Posada’s work was categorized under the name ‘The Calaveras’, deriving from the Spanish word for ‘skulls’, these calaveras were illustrations featuring skeletons. Most of these calaveras were published by the press of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo which produced inexpensive literature for the lower classes, including thousands of satirical broadsides which Posada illustrated. Through this focus on mortality, Vanegas Arroyo and Posada satirised many poignant issues of the day, in particular the details of bourgeois life and the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz.

In the print above you can see an example of one of the issues being illustrated. It looks as though the larger skeletons standing behind the table are representing the dictatorship over Mexico by portraying them controlling the smaller skeletons (the people of the country), getting them to do what they want and follow the orders on the lists.

As well as printing my lino, I also done some of my ink prints with my skeleton stamp I made. I decided to print a variety of them so that when putting the head and body together, I had a choice of different shades and textured heads. I also printed a few in different colours so that they matched the green and red prints I made.

My Next Step: 

I would now like to take this further by animating the character using a digital process on photoshop called puppet warp. As the head and body parts are all separate pieces I will be able to animate each individual piece, enabling the character to seem more life like and create that sense of disbelief that its just a character. I could do this by making it seem as though it is breathing. 

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Rodriguez: Merry Christmas, my dear friends and colleagues!

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Rodriguez: Merry Christmas, my dear friends and colleagues!

May this Christmas Eve be full of peace and joy for each of you and your loved ones. A big hug to all of you !! ?

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Rodriguez: Us and Them

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Rodriguez: Us and Them

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Rodriguez: "El Vino de la Casa"

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Rodriguez: "El Vino de la Casa"

“The Wine House” Chile is experiencing a popular rebellion against an unpopular economic model of President Piñera, which however many conservatives in and outside this country claim. The Chilean government has responded with a repression that recalls the times of the dictator Augusto Pinochet.

#Chile  #ChileEnResistencia  #ChileDesperto #19Oct  #Piñera  #chileprotest  #ToqueDeQuedaChile  #CHILESECANSO  #Cacerolazo 

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Rodriguez: "Nuevo Mausoleo"

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Rodriguez: "Nuevo Mausoleo"

“New Mausoleum” Spain exhumed the remains of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid and reburied them in a small family crypt north of the capital. Many in Spain considered the vainglorious Valley of the Fallen mausoleum, which Franco had built for his tomb, to be an insult to the hundreds of thousands of people who died in Spain’s 1936-39 Civil War, which Franco’s forces won, and to those who suffered persecution under his subsequent near-four-decade regime. #FranciscoFranco #pedrosanchez #España #ExhumaciondeFranco #Mingorrubio #ValledelosCaidos #dictador  #LaResistencia

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Rodriguez: "Until The End"

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Rodriguez: "Until The End"

Isabel Cabanillas, a young 26-year-old activist, designer and painter, fought in defense of women’s rights until she was killed in Ciudad Juárez. Neither forgive nor forget, just justice for her and the hundreds of cases of femicide in Mexico.

#IsabelCabanillas #NiUnaMenos #JusticiaParaIsabel #CiudadJuárez #ChihuahuaNoEsSimulacro #JavierCorral #Feminicidio #Impunidad

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Rodriguez: "Business Class Flight"

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Rodriguez: "Business Class Flight"

Business as usual…

#Coronavirus #China #PharmaceuticalIndustry #coronaviruses

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Rodriguez: "Extended Play"

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Rodriguez: "Extended Play"

The United States Senate on Wednesday asserted its Republican majority and acquitted the president, Donald Trump, of the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress that he was accused in impeachment, which keeps him in the presidency, and heading to his campaign for a second term in the presidency of the United States.

#DonaldTrump #Impeachment #Republicans

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Rodriguez: "Everywhere"

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Rodriguez: "Everywhere"

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Rodriguez: "I BLAME YOU"

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Rodriguez: "I BLAME YOU"

My greatest solidarity with my colleagues Patrick Chappatte, Antonio Antunes, Mohammad Sabaaneh, Vasco Gargalo and others, who at different times have been victims of intolerance and double standards by the government of Israel and related media, qualifying them as anti-Semites through a systematic campaign of moral blackmail, putting their jobs and work spaces at risk as cartoonists. It´s a blow to a freedom of speech and the right of the audience to have truthful and timely information. A big hug to them and to all of you, my dear friends and colleagues, and to your right to do your work as cartoonists, with truth, freedom and courage.

#FreedomOfSpeech #PressFreedom #Netanyahu #Palestine #cartooning

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Rodriguez: "The kiss"

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Rodriguez: "The kiss"

#ValentinesDay2020 #HappyValentinesDay 

#HappyValentinesDay2020 #diadelaamistad 

#coronavirus

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Rodriguez: "The kiss"

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Rodriguez: "The kiss"

#ValentinesDay2020 #HappyValentinesDay 

#HappyValentinesDay2020 #diadelaamistad 

#coronavirus

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Rodriguez: "The Tragic Odissey"

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Rodriguez: "The Tragic Odissey"

A terrible Odyssey suffer thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean in their desire to reach European lands, fleeing war and poverty, often becoming a tragedy, as it did a day ago, off the coast of Greece.

#MigrantsCrisis2020 #migrants #migration #Greece #Turkey #RefugeesWelcome #Refugees #RefugeesUnderAttack #Europa #SyrianRefugees #StepWithRefugees

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Rodriguez: "Coronald Trump"

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Rodriguez: "Coronald Trump"

Donald Trump denies having symptoms, despite being in contact with several people diagnosed with Covid-19, including the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro.

#TrumpVirus #DonaldTrump #coronavirus #COVID19 #TrumpCoronavirus #JairBolsonaro #Trump