Adversary Comix

Still alive and well, yet extremely toned down. We have reworked the hiearchy and are still going strong, releasing books as we find time and funds to do so. Currently i'm working on a few projects that are coming together nicely, hopefully they will be completed in time for con season. I have managed to gather together awesome art teams and i am also working with incredible people that know how comics need to be done.
The word adversary is a tricky word to understand. The reason it was chosen is not for the fact that it evokes images of the devil or of armies clashing in distant lands, but because we need to have an under-dog to cheer for, some one that no matter what the odds may be, there has to be a way to win, there has to be a way to overcome the impossible...that is why we are the adversary...
stay tuned for more...

Poetry! yeah I write it...

Here's one of my latest...

Belief and Technique for Modern Prose
(Based on Kerouac’s list)

1. secret statements written on plain white napkins acquired at 2:45 a.m. in greasy spoon of your choice (grease stains optional)
2. be open to interpretation, and be open minded to everything, conservative neo-fascist Republicans need not apply
3. at least once- drink obscenely but never in front of one’s own house (results may vary)
4. love your life thoroughly and if possible, every night
5. if it is not felt it will not form
6. do not dumb down the sainthood of the mind
7. always breathe in deeply and exhale fully, without want
8. write without limits but never limitless
9. never erase unspeakable individual visions
10. no time for poets, but exactly what is
11. do not confuse inspiration as a heart murmur
12. fixate, obsess, and dream but always with pencil, never with fear, bullets, or hate
13. never mind your P’s & Q’s, but alliterate connotive onomatopoetic free formed punctuation
14. like Kerouac, be an old beat ahead of time
15. voice your story of the world, not His-story or Her-story
16. make the center of attention the why within the why, not the I within the I
17. scribble down memories, remembrances, reveries, and adventures for yourself to be amazed at such exploits
18. be concise inner eye reflections, in deep dormant of unfathomable oceans of expressions
19. accept loss forever, but never be accepted by loss
20. trust the sacred outline of existence, the shape of the Creator’s shadow
21. draft many versions of the flood of visions that survive unbroken within your mind’s eye
22. memorize a thesaurus
23. never lose count of how many sunsets and dawns break overhead
24. never be afraid to share your fears, and exhibit your knowledge
25. inscribe for humanity the exactness of your psyche and carve your own niche in lowercase letters
26. reality TV. is a bad book no one wrote but everyone’s read
27. loneliness is an inhuman condition, admire disposition in wavering bleakness
28. engrave, mark feral, unruly, untainted, passionate, morality under your fingernails
29. you’re a genius instigator all the time, and a mad man perpetually
30. be a drinker with a writing problem and give credit to heavenly father who is your AA sponsor

El Valiente! Copyright Ray Ramos 2005

So it's finally coming out, i've been working on this book for a little more than 2 years now, trying to sharpen up on all my knowledge about Mex-ploitation and cool stories i want to tell set in this genre, and trying not to re-hash already cliched stories or situations, and i think i've finally managed it...a few years ago a friend and i had the brilliant idea to incorporate true Mexican wrestling and put in a post-modern setting, i mean this had been done before in other ways in Mexico's comicbook history, called "revistas" over there, and also a few attempts on this side of the border, but never like this, i've tried to incorporate different story telling elements and art styles to give it that familiar but different look. The art is awesome, supplied by my friend Elmer Pasaoa, this guy is going to explode on the scene soon, and i'm proud to have him on the book...i will update you as i get further along the creation of the book and i mean the printing, the story is done and the inks are dry, the lettering phase is underway and as i get more done i'll let you know when it'll be coming out!

if you want to post you comments, you're free to do so here, or head on over to the publisher's website www.hiredgunthecomic.com and post your comments there...

i'll talk more about Mex-ploitation in another blog if it's piqued your curiosity...but be prepared, the time of El Valiente is upon us...

My Ugly Mug

Ramos

i decided to post up a pic of myself at one of my more sober and clean moments, actually i think i was a bit drunk this day, and no, i am not in Los Lonely Boys or Los Lobos, no matter what you may have heard...heh...actually i think i kinda look like...Tom Selleck..heh...

Comic book reviews and such...

So i've decided to post up the reviews of the comics i'm currently reading, a few friends and I have a comicbook "company" and we usually post up our reviews on that website, if you want to take a look at them this is the addy www.hiredgunthecomic.com

here's my review of what i'm currently reading...

303
6 issue mini-series
Story: Garth Ennis
Art: Jacen Burrows
Color: Greg Waller
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Publisher: Avatar Press
Mature Readers

So this Ex Spetnaz Russian Colonel decides to take an antique 303 British Army rifle and walk from Afghanistan to America and kill a very important governmental figure. Can any one guess who will be assassinated?
That’s the premise of Garth Ennis’ comic 303 from Avatar Press, and it’s one that fits in nicely with existing reality. Ennis fills in the blanks as to how to go about killing someone worth killing, especially a world leader. First off show how much of a bad ass this character is and then give him a mission that is not only insane but pretty much impossible. That’s where the 303 rifle comes into play. Ennis’ imagination shows how one man with one gun can change the status quo for the entire world. The Russian Colonel has no name, and for the task he has embarked on, he doesn’t need one. All he knows is that he needs to fulfill this mission no matter who or what gets in his way. His chosen weapon is an antiquated rifle that’s been around for nearly 100 years. They don’t make them like that anymore and Ennis throws in some historical reference on the rifle that I found fascinating. The historical facts show how this rifle and others like it helped soldiers shape the outcome of war in different parts of the world. This one rifle made a huge impact on warfare and how they just don’t make them this reliable anymore. The Colonel is also cut from the same cloth, old school and hard line tactics. He does not waver and is not impressed by new recruits, he is there to do a job, killing folks, and he does his job well and without mistakes.
From the battle ravaged deserts of Afghanistan, the Colonel begins his march, his mission. The body count piles up as the Colonel walks the path of what he feels will be his redemption to every single person he has murdered, for everything he’s ever done wrong or perhaps, for what the world has made him do. We realize early on that the Russian has been born for war and for the craft of death. All his enemies follow him everywhere he goes, like silent ghosts that do not really haunt him, but are there as a reminder of what he does and what he needs to do. That is until he reaches America, that’s right he gets to America with the rifle, but in the middle of the southwest, on another desert much like Afghanistan, he meets someone much like him, a cop who has problems realizing his place in the world other than being the strong arm of the law. The law is all this sheriff has and he intends to uphold it even when this stranger with a strange rifle comes through town. When the two meet, we’re left asking if the Russian will complete his mission or if the law will prevail.
Jacen Burrows provides the art and the book looks awesome for it. I discovered Burrows when he drew Warren Ellis’ SCARS for Avatar Press and I have followed his work ever since. Don’t get me wrong, this comic is about war and the art brings those images vividly to life. Burrows captures the atrocities of war as well as the human emotions that run rampant in that setting. The Colonel’s story unfolds in spectacular widescreen shots provided by Burrows’ art. The gore is highly detailed, not just a red splotch on the page, but entrails and tissue is delivered to the eye in dramatic fashion.
The books were a bit late in coming out but I was finally able to acquire the full story recently. Ennis delivered what I had hoped for, a raw story, full of action and brilliant imagery. This is Ennis at his best, no holds barred, take no prisoners and tell it like it is. It made want to know more about this mysterious Russian who had killed so many people that the ghosts followed him around everywhere he went.
So go out and find copies of 303 before the NSA and Homeland Security get wind that someone has dared speak out in comic book form on what I think should be done in order to save the world from itself. It’s rare nowadays to find a comic where the story makes you think of how things would be if someone decided to change the world. This series delivered an answer to that question. Ennis delivers war in comic book form as well as redemption from those atrocities in a twisted way. Maybe in a few weeks, as long as the government isn’t listening, I’ll start shopping around for an antique model 303, and one lone bullet, because, usually it’s up to a lone gunman and God as his witness to right the wrongs of madmen and tyrants…

BLOG?

So blog huh?

i guess is had to copy one of my influences and try my hand at this supposed ingenious tool to speak one's mind at the speed of light...i call it a sham but f@!k it i guess i'll be a hack and ride this trick pony till it dries up.

if you want to check out my friend's blog head on over to his blog spot http://malowriter.blogspot.com/ and check out what he's got to say...

well i guess i've got to get it out of my system...blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog...kinda like spam huh? spam spam spam spam spam spam...hmmm??? both of those are now internet jargon...conspiracy?

to whoever is reading this, i guess i'll post again tomorrow if i have something witty or earnest to say...i doubt it, so i'll probably be back with more bull spit to paste up here on this nice little blog site...hmmm??? maybe i'll have something meaningful to post...well...we'll see...