KA-BOOM! STUDIO AT CUANTICA MEDIA

We remind you that you can listen to our Internet radio program all Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00pm (Mexico City time), throught Cuantica Media, and during the program you can communicate with us through our instant hotmail msn: cuanticamedia@hotmail.com
In an informal way, as in a casual conversation, all Tuesdays we talk about comics, science fiction and fantasy, but above all, we talk about the way comics are done from our professional points of view and also about the troubles we must face; On Thursdays we talk about esoteric-oriented subjects (ufos, parapsychology, lost continents, philosophy, etc).
If you wish to review the programs' schedules you can also visit Cuantica Radio's blog.

K'AZ IN VOL ONLINE

YEESSS!!! We've just launched our new e-comic website: K'az In Vol ("This is my Energy" in Mayan). Here we'll be publishing our comic book works along with comic strips and new upcoming projects. You can't miss it! First, every week we'll be posting two 36 paged comic books from my project "Karmatron y los Transformables" from the eighties' classic era (1986-1991). Back then, I did each issue within 7 days (4 days for inside pages, one for front and back covers and two for color) and was published weekly. Later on, we'll be uploading more and more pages from our many other titles. You can visit and read Karmatron's first issue here . It's in Spanish, but we'll soon upload it in English, French and Japanese. Stay Tuned and hope you enjoy!! I want to personally acknowledge and thank Tonatiuh Rocha, Mauricio Cosío and Eduardo Santiago for their technological and programming work for the new website, and Susy Romero for scanning all of Karmatron's issues.

KARMATRON ONLINE

K'AZ IN VOL ONLINE

GET PREPARED, MY FRIENDS!!!!

In the course of 6 years, around the 80's, a superhero, that first fascinated children and then adults of that time, was born. Entire families sat to share the adventures of the enigmatic character that took them by the hand to planet Meru, where all heartfelt children live and dream up.

Oscar González Loyo, his creator, never imagined the strength and world he was building, Karmatron and the Transformables would leave a Silence mark within each one that had met the character...

For everyone that didn't have the chance and the space-time to live and share this adventures, now, thanks to the technology will be able to enjoy the story of this lineage of Warriors that fight for the spiritual evolution of the beings... and for a everyone's sake: The Kundalini Warriors.

The moment is close... very soon you'll be able to know in it's original essence the hero that marked an era.

WEBCOMICS K!

Friends of ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio, we'll soon have a new web site where our group's members will show you several of our author comics in a web-comic format and for free, just as we did it back in 1996 with "Saskunah the Mayan"'s comic.

The Web-comic is an alternate way for us, and, as we've said thousands of times at several forums, our immediate goal is to reactivate (for us) printed comics in our country, since we're absolutely sure that printed media still has so much to give. With this, we'll have two new sites, one for comic strips only and another one for the virtual K'az In Vol.

We'll soon be giving you the site's address, where you'll be able to see our Online Comics. And to thank our Karmatron fans, we'll upload every week two episodes from Karmatron's classic series, which was published during the 80's. This will be previous to the same title's printed version, which will continue from issue no.9, where the story is new and improved, as many who have acquired the first eight issues have already proved true.

BRUCE LEE IN READERS DIGEST

This Month in Reader's Digest Magazine Mexico:

Art by Horacio Sandoval & Mauricio Cosío.

COCA-COLA HAPPINES FACTORY OFFICIAL COMIC BOOK

We have an interesting story about a project we made not so long ago...

In December 2007 we received a call from Z Publicidad, the Mexican Advertisement Agency for Coca-Cola. Z Publicidad, along with Z Graphics were involved in re-designing Coke's image and were, as we understand, the first Advertisement Agency in history to develop a global campaign for the brand outside of the USA which was: The Coke side of life.

We met Pablo Rovalo, Director of Z Graphics a couple of years ago (though Oscar met him when they were kids), he and his team of designers and creative people developed the Coke bottle silhouette that has traveled the world... it's amazing, just a couple of days ago I saw some photos from Tokyo with the images and campaign that was created in Mexico, and it's great to know that a campaign like this, so fresh and with such a heart-felt message about life had come from people I have worked with.

Z Publicidad was founded in the 1980's by then-DJ's Alejandro González-Iñárritu and his best college friend, Martín Hernández. And today they are established as a major player in advertisement, design and sound (which they design for movies through Z Tracks).

After that phone call, we had a meeting at Z and also found out that Pablo had left the company in the beginning of the Fall and now lives in Barcelona; so we met another part of the staff. This time they had a special project that required extra-speed: an 8 page comic book that had to be ready to print in 2 weeks, revisions and approval would come from Z, and Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta.

This would be an adaptation of an animation short developed earlier in 2007 called "The Happines Factory"... there had already been a previous short that portrayed the same universe and characters. This one looked even better.

After the briefing, we all looked at each other in that moment and knew that we were in the nick of time. This would be a project that would have to take full-time 3-4 artists for the next days. And so, came on board Susy Romero (adaptation & lettering) Mariana Moreno (pencils), Alex Palomares (inks) and Tonatiuh Rocha (color) .

We agreed to develop the project.

The next weeks were a big effort for everyone at the Studio. Perhaps the greatest challenge for us, graphically, was to achieve the likeness of the Coca-Cola bottle that the people from Atlanta were looking for, established in style guides. But it paid of.

When I delivered the finished files to Z, I was greeted by hugs and congratulations from the whole staff, thanking us for the support, the speed, and the quality of the work. "No way! Did you made this?!"... Some people at Z couldn't believe that this was Mexican-made.

... Perhaps just as some people around the globe are surely amazed by the origin and results of the 'Coke side of life campaign'.

Needless to say, Coca-Cola was also really happy with the results.

And after 2 weeks of seeing the beverage on the computer screens, artwork and e-mails... well, we HAD to toast with Coke on the success of the project that now gives us the nickname of "Advertisement's Graphic SWAT Team" (no kidding).

KARMATRON...AGAIN

Greetings from Ka-boom! Studio...

After so many obstacles and false starts, we begin the year with excellent news: we now have a new ally who will support us with Karmatron's relaunch from issue number 6 and other projects from K!, At last it seems our dream is being concreted, and if everything goes right we'll be able to publish several works from our Studio, nevertheless, even-though we already count with an ally's support and soon we'll activate our publications, this won't guarantee its permanence, so taking advantage of you once again, since we have always had your unconditional support, in these moments we need more than ever all your help in order that this relaunch won't be another false start, the needed help consists on the following:

The reactivation of the ones who already have been K! Promoters.

_Pass on the news about our comic book being soon published in order to reencounter our old readers from the classic era who never knew about Karmatron's new edition, and above all, promote the comic ,under your possibilities, among those of your acquaintances who had never read our stories.

_Help the K! promoters who are close to your locations to contact more people and points of purchase.

_ Tell all your known Karmareaders and all contacted people to write us so we can update our databases since many of our friends have changed their addresses and phone numbers.

As a first stage we'll use our own K! resources to distribute the comic:

_K! promoters.

_Points of purchase with direct contact (comic book stores, bookstores and other stores).

_Subscriptions.

_Events and conferences

If anyone would like to support us by becoming a K! Promoter or K! Supervisor without taking any of your time from your normal occupations, or if you'd like to know about a determined point of purchase or K! Promoter who is located close to you, you can communicate with our Traffic Manager, Lalo Mendoza, who can advise you about anything related to comic book shipments and receptions by calling to these numbers: (+5255) 5562 58 46 / (+5255) 5572 62 45, cellphone: 04455 31 01 77 70 or you can write to him to estudio@ka-boom.com.mx with a copy to karmatron@ka-boom.com.mx

Lalo will get in touch with the already activated K! Promoters.

So now you know, we're about to publish it again from issue number 6 and we thank you all your support, since as and independent publishing house in our country, we have had to elude many obstacles and troubles, which have been almost solved.

That's why I ask you to be in constant contact with us through our e-mail or visit us at www.ka-boom.com.mx where at the "Ka-Boom! Informa" (Ka-Boom! informs you) news section we'll announce the official news about the comic's publication.

The ones who yet don't have the first five issues and the Kundalini Manual, you can get them directly with us, for that, remember you can write to Lalo Mendoza at: estudio@ka-boom.com.mx

On other side, I invite you to my Blog Emelkin where I also keep you informed about what professionally and personally happens to us.

And at Sketch Book you'll find all of my work since 1974.

And listen to our internet radio program: ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio Una explosión de la Imaginación (Ka-boom! Studio An imagination's explosion) through http://www.cuanticamedia.com all Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. In order to communicate with each other, you can write to us through the station's instant messenger: cuanticamedia@hotmail.com



Thank you very much for all your support and we shall keep in touch, and it's so good to re-contact old friends.

Oscar González Loyo


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04455 31 01 77 70
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NEW CLIENT!

Last week, Mexico's office received confirmation from Geneva, Switzerland: Our postcard got approved.

We have a new client, with whom we are glad to help Mexican children through our work: UNICEF Mexico.

On December there'll be an exclusive postcard that'll be distributed to Telcel's (one of the mayor cell phone service providers in the country) workers around the country crafted here, at ¡Ka-Boom! with art by Horacio Sandoval.

We hope that this'll be the first of many contributions to this Organization. :-)

BUBBLEGUMMERS' COSTUMED CHARACTERS

Earlier on, in this blog, we have shared other adventures regarding the re-design of Bubblegummers characters', Amy, Tim and Cat. It's been quite a ride since the beginning! :-)

Today, the characters that we developed are being used in more than 70 countries in 5 continents (!).

Some months ago, the costumed characters, based on our designs, were manufactured here in Mexico and shipped to the Latin American countries where the brand has presence.

The pictures that are shown are from the final models on the day of the final ergonomic (human factors) tests.

These characters started appearing in TV morning and contest shows in Mexico, late 2006, doing publicity for the brand.

Although the making of the costumed mascots project, isn't related to us, the use of the costumes and character's etiquette and behavior were part of the character's universe and guide that we hand to the client each time we develop a project like this.

There's much magic and fantasy involved in the client's vision and desires for the brand, which is to communicate that magic and fantasy to the children. Our mission, as a professional Studio is to make the guidelines so this can translate into the realm without changing a bit from the initial concept.

CORPORATE MASCOTS

This is a selection of mascots we've developed during the last few years, including work for Nestlé, Bata International, Calzado Coqueta and Granja del Tío Pepe.

Further on, we'll talk more about this projects.

Best regards!

PORTFOLIOS

If you wish to see our portfolios, you can visit these blogs, which are in English and Spanish:

http://sketchbookdeogl.blogspot.com/


http://susyscripts.blogspot.com/


http://sketchebookdehoacho.blogspot.com/

http://sketchbookdemm.blogspot.com/

KA BOOM! CHARACTERS

These are some K! characters, but made in my own style.

XPCTRM

Nearl of " El Canto del Dragón".

Angel of " Cazadores de zombies"