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Rafael

"Kinda hard staying in the lines..."

About Me

Oh, just check out my cheesy website: www.Sonambulo.com
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My Interests

In short, ART. Period. Whether it comes to life on a screen, via celluloid, or drawn by hand on animation cells, it is art to me, which brings me to Illustration, in all it's forms, including comics, editorial, and the like...And Music also plays an important factor as well, coming from a gifted family of musicians...Hence, I play a guitar. Sometimes I play the fool... Take the quiz:
What Star Wars Character Are You?

Han Solo
Your sarcasm is remarkable. Because of your harsh childhood you have become excellent at supressing your emotions and appearing driven only by money, but you do have a soft side...

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I'd like to meet:

Why, YOU of course!....

Music:

Jeez, this'll take forever, so I'll just jot down what I'm currently listening to: Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Yardbirds, Who, The Zombies, & Doors at the moment, The new WOLFMOTHER cd is BADASS!, early 70's funk, Jacaranda, NWA, Mersey Beat, Mod, Ska, early Punk, Mancini, Bird, Ella, Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria, Perez Prado, Los Apson, Cheap Trick, Dizzie Gillespi, Massive Attack, soundtracks to Blacula, Dawn Of The Dead, Spagetti Westerns, Alleged Gunmen, oh, and Wagner as a chaser...
You are a Mod. Yeah baby.

What kind of Sixties Person are you?
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The Beatles
YOU ARE THE BEATLES!!You are a true fun-loving person who tends to be optimistic and sees the cup-half full! Take the quiz:
What Band's Symbol are You?

Led Zeppelin's Symbols
The symbols of Led Zeppelin represent you best. You are an individual and you are different from everyone else. You have friends but each of you have your own personality and don't copy how you act from eachother. You're awesome! There needs to be people more like you!

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Movies:

Any films by Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Fritz Lang, Sergio Leone, David Lean, John Ford, Otto Preminger, David Lynch, Carol Reed, Any Bogie, Cagney, Chaplin, Keaton, Garbo, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Ava Gardner, Cushing, Lee, Sophia Loren, Coppola, Scorsese, Mel Brooks, George A. Romero, Dario Argento, Sam Raimi, Edward D. Wood Jr, Universal monster pictures, Ray Harryhausen, early Carpenter, blaxploitation, James Bond, early Star Wars (and that doesn't mean episodes 1-3), All Godzilla films, All things Kaiju, ninja, and samurai, mexican horror, lucha libre(duh), all Tin-Tan films, Cantinflas, Italian horror, any zombie movies from any country, and HAMMER!Stand out films include: Casablanca, 8/2, Seven Samurai, Romero Zombie trilogy, Mark of Zorro, Santo contra Las Vampiras, Good, Bad and The Ugly, Touch Of Evil, Lugosi's Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride, Metropolis, All Lee's Drac films, Animal House, Taxi Driver, Truck Turner, Flesh and The Devil, Queen Christina, Shaft, Barefoot Contessa, Jason and the Argonauts, The Exorcist, City Lights, Modern Times, Zombie, Blazing Saddles, Evil Dead series, Laura, Farewell My Lovely, Susperia, Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, just to name a few. Trust me. There is much, much MORE...
You are a Romero Zombie.You walk the earth because
there is no more room in hell. You feed on
living flesh - anything you can get your
decaying hands on. You can be killed by
damage to your rotting brain.
What kind of Zombie are you?
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Television:

Shows that meant the world to me: Adam West Batman, Disney's Zorro, Avengers, Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, Speed Racer, Kimba, All Warner Bros Looney Tunes, Merry Melodies, ANY Tex Avery toons, Fu Lion Maru, early Tom and Jerry, Lynda Carter Wonder Woman, Batman, the Animated Series, Green Hornet, The Prisoner, Band Of Brothers, Combat!, Johnny Quest, Battle Of The Planets, Space Battle Cruiser Yamato, Gigantor, Twilight Zone, Battlestar Galactica old and new, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Twin Peaks of course!

Books:

Alexandre Dumas, Walter Gibson, Raymond Chandler, Dashiel Hammet, Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Bouroughs, Lester Dent, Ambrose Bierce, Bram Stoker, Poe, Richard Matheson, Emily Dickenson, Dylan Thomas, Thea Von Harbou, Maury Sendak, Roald Dahl, Shel Silverstein, Joseph Campbell, 60's and 70's Marvel, Anything Stan Lee, Anything Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Frank Robbins, Eisner, Caniff, Sickels, Segar, Herriman, Bernard Kriegstein, Johnny Craig, Al Feldseitn, Graham Ingalls, Wally Wood, Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, Steranko, Colan, Gil Kane, Buscema(both), John Romita, Joe Kubert, Roy Thomas, Alex Nino, Nestor Redondo, Alfredo Alcala, Jordi Bernet, Jean Girard, Francisco Solano Lopez, Alfred Bester, Harlan Ellison, Ian Fleming, Hunter S. Thompson, Dick Sprang, Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, Frank Miller, Milo Manara, Libertori, Daniel Torrez, Los hermanos Hernandez, Laura Esquivel, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Victor Fox, Rafael Guitierez Navarro, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, William S. Buroughs, Jack Kerouac, Langston Hughes, Jose Munoz and Carlos Sampayo just to name a few!

Heroes:

Alot of these are already mentioned in the books section, so i'll just mention those that haven't been yet: James Montgomery Flagg, J. C. Leyendecker, Jimmy Page, Charles Dana Gibson, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holliday, Dean Martin, El Santo, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, Dean Cornwell, Lorena Velasquez, Osamu Tezuka, Alphonse Mucha, The BATMAN, Toshiro Mifune, Federico Curiel, Chespirito, Joe Strummer, Johnny Cash, Frida Kahlo, Frank Frazetta, Salma Hayek, Mother Teresa, Kirby Captain America, Elvis, John Lennon, y mi papa...
Which Tim Burton character are you?
Batman
It doesn't get much cooler than that.

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My Blog

GOIN’ APE next weekend!!

Hey everyone! Just a quick announcement that next weekend I'll be at the APE Convention signin' n' sketchin' once again, plugging the next Sonambulo comic AND: Promoting and signing the world deb...
Posted by Rafael on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:51:00 PST

West Hollywood Book Fair!

Hey everyone, just a quick announcement that this Sunday, I'll be at the West Hollywood Book Fair once again sellin' the wares, and sketching for the masses! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28  10AM to 6P...
Posted by Rafael on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:15:00 PST

HOT Mexican Luvin in San Diego!

Hey everyone! It's that time of year again, and San Diego Comicon International is upon us! This year, i'll be sharing a small press table with the sexy, notorious, and immencely talented HOT MEXICAN ...
Posted by Rafael on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:49:00 PST

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

Hey everyone, For those interested, i'll be signing and sketching like a madman once again at the Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, from opening till closing... Amon...
Posted by Rafael on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:59:00 PST

San Gabriel Valley Comic Festival!

Hey everyone! I know it’s last minute, but for those interested AND local, i’ll be exhibiting at this spanking brand new show this Sunday....At noon, i’ll also be teaching a cla...
Posted by Rafael on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:53:00 PST

It’s WONDERCON!

Hey Everyone! Just a quick reminder that this weekend, i'll be at Wondercon in lovely San Francisco! Once again it shall be held at the Moscone Center South 747 Howard StreetSan Francisco...http:...
Posted by Rafael on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:16:00 PST

Check me out on Planet Comic Book Radio this Tues!

Hey gang!  If thisTuesday is kinda dull for ya, tune in to this!! Hope ta "HEAR" ya there!  ~Raf...
Posted by Rafael on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:15:00 PST

ILLUSIVE COMICS SIGNING

Hey everyone,  (Especially u NORCALers!) This Saturday October 13, 2007, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ILLUSIVE COMICS & GAMES is hosting a GRAND OPENING with noted comic guests: Josh Dysart (Swamp ...
Posted by Rafael on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:39:00 PST

My heart is back in check and so is SAN DIEGO COMICON A GO-GO!

Hey everyone, Just a quick announcement that San Diego Comicon is once again upon us!   July 25th -29th at the San Diego Convention Center in Downtown... http://comic-con.org/  Jo...
Posted by Rafael on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:51:00 PST

It's a bird, it's a plane...It's SUPER CON!

Hey youse guys!  Especially you NorthCalers! (and you know who you are...) Just a quick anouncement that this coming weekend, June 2-3 is SUPER CON happening at the San Jose Convention Center Sou...
Posted by Rafael on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:13:00 PST