Alzamon || アルサもン || Comics & Character Design
@alzamon.bsky.social
Alberto Gonzalez / Costa Rican 🇨🇷 children's illustrator, middle grade comics author, character designer and multi-trick pony. My nick is my shortened full name. More about me at go.alzamon.com
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Well it took way longer than expected but this humble account of yours truly has just crossed the 1k followers mark! 🥳🎈🎉
So, as promised, here's finally the commemorative art for display. "Making of" extra material will be available soon! :D
So, as promised, here's finally the commemorative art for display. "Making of" extra material will be available soon! :D
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November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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So, this wknd I want to refine the extended synopsis of my GN script and this is how I lay out dialogues, novel-like. I’m not thinking in panels at this point. And yes I use em dashes a lot. You think some editor will dismiss it thinking it’s eye-aye? That strikes me as stupid but I had to ask.
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So, this wknd I want to refine the extended synopsis of my GN script and this is how I lay out dialogues, novel-like. I’m not thinking in panels at this point. And yes I use em dashes a lot. You think some editor will dismiss it thinking it’s eye-aye? That strikes me as stupid but I had to ask.
I know Ryan isn’t too attached to his originals - he often gives them away, in fact.
but this… ouch, still 🫤
but this… ouch, still 🫤
When I exhibit my original art, I have a scavenger hunt checklist so folks can find things in it as they look.
One dad misunderstood this and had his kids check the actual original drawings with red crayon.
They'd done this to dozens of them before I noticed.
One dad misunderstood this and had his kids check the actual original drawings with red crayon.
They'd done this to dozens of them before I noticed.
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know Ryan isn’t too attached to his originals - he often gives them away, in fact.
but this… ouch, still 🫤
but this… ouch, still 🫤
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When you go to buy from an individual creator this season please remember the price at checkout (in person or online) is not what they will see reflected in their account
Fees, immediate taxes, and future taxes cut what they would make often in half
We price for that, so please be understanding!
Fees, immediate taxes, and future taxes cut what they would make often in half
We price for that, so please be understanding!
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When you go to buy from an individual creator this season please remember the price at checkout (in person or online) is not what they will see reflected in their account
Fees, immediate taxes, and future taxes cut what they would make often in half
We price for that, so please be understanding!
Fees, immediate taxes, and future taxes cut what they would make often in half
We price for that, so please be understanding!
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
1. Ojalá nuestra ciudad capital se pareciera remotamente a esto.
2. Tan habituado estoy ya a detectar IA por todos lados que una más no sorprende 🙄
3. Lo que sí es cómo lo deja pasar así nomás una corporación que hace dinero con turismo. Fijo con destinos colombianos no dejan pasar esto. :P
2. Tan habituado estoy ya a detectar IA por todos lados que una más no sorprende 🙄
3. Lo que sí es cómo lo deja pasar así nomás una corporación que hace dinero con turismo. Fijo con destinos colombianos no dejan pasar esto. :P
Avianca publicó este póster titulado "San José de Costa Rica", y no sé si seré yo, pero no encuentro donde está ese San José.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
1. Ojalá nuestra ciudad capital se pareciera remotamente a esto.
2. Tan habituado estoy ya a detectar IA por todos lados que una más no sorprende 🙄
3. Lo que sí es cómo lo deja pasar así nomás una corporación que hace dinero con turismo. Fijo con destinos colombianos no dejan pasar esto. :P
2. Tan habituado estoy ya a detectar IA por todos lados que una más no sorprende 🙄
3. Lo que sí es cómo lo deja pasar así nomás una corporación que hace dinero con turismo. Fijo con destinos colombianos no dejan pasar esto. :P
Objectively, there's nothing critically wrong with the ad itself — it's another Coke Xmas spot. What gives. 🤷🏻♂️
But it's this lame attempt to cover-up the whole AI thing what gets me, with "evidence" of human input clearly made up with AI itself. Come the F on. Bonus points for the faux Photoshops.
But it's this lame attempt to cover-up the whole AI thing what gets me, with "evidence" of human input clearly made up with AI itself. Come the F on. Bonus points for the faux Photoshops.
Mirroring the video here if you don't want to even humor going onto Twitter, but when it gets into the "process" section, there's so many red flags of them lying about the work they put into the commercial that reveal how much of this video is them trying and lying after the fact.
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Objectively, there's nothing critically wrong with the ad itself — it's another Coke Xmas spot. What gives. 🤷🏻♂️
But it's this lame attempt to cover-up the whole AI thing what gets me, with "evidence" of human input clearly made up with AI itself. Come the F on. Bonus points for the faux Photoshops.
But it's this lame attempt to cover-up the whole AI thing what gets me, with "evidence" of human input clearly made up with AI itself. Come the F on. Bonus points for the faux Photoshops.
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Take it from someone with a publisher to run and a slushpile: genAI still can't do comics worth a shit.
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Take it from someone with a publisher to run and a slushpile: genAI still can't do comics worth a shit.
As the rest of family unit wasn't going to let me pass another week without Christmas'ing the house, and I had zero fuel to do anything else, deeds were done and now I just need some season tamales for breakfast 🫔🎄🎅
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
As the rest of family unit wasn't going to let me pass another week without Christmas'ing the house, and I had zero fuel to do anything else, deeds were done and now I just need some season tamales for breakfast 🫔🎄🎅
Sobering yet important read. That will be the proverbial big pile of manure hitting a thousand jet engines. Ain't that what we all wish for? Well...
In any case I hope it pops really soon because the "haha ur gitin replaced loser" joke got old and stale a long time ago. 🫠
In any case I hope it pops really soon because the "haha ur gitin replaced loser" joke got old and stale a long time ago. 🫠
What Happens When the AI Bubble Bursts?
When the AI bubble bursts - and it will burst - CEOs will be dethroned. Companies will lose billions. The economy - particularly in the US - will take a catastrophic hit. Data centres will suddenly ne...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sobering yet important read. That will be the proverbial big pile of manure hitting a thousand jet engines. Ain't that what we all wish for? Well...
In any case I hope it pops really soon because the "haha ur gitin replaced loser" joke got old and stale a long time ago. 🫠
In any case I hope it pops really soon because the "haha ur gitin replaced loser" joke got old and stale a long time ago. 🫠
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LRP like yeah I will buy fanart and merch of properties I literally have never encountered before if I really like the artist. I’m not interested in the fourteenth-dozenth kpop demon hunters stickers down an artist alley. I want an artist’s personal deranged blorbos.
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
LRP like yeah I will buy fanart and merch of properties I literally have never encountered before if I really like the artist. I’m not interested in the fourteenth-dozenth kpop demon hunters stickers down an artist alley. I want an artist’s personal deranged blorbos.
❗👉 Urgente y necesario que se difundan estos hechos. En pocos gremios se ha normalizado tanto la precariedad laboral como en el artístico, y mucho es por nuestra ignorancia colectiva al exigir derechos laborales, que mucho nos enseñan de arte pero nada de negociar lo que nos corresponde.
Amaia tenía 41 años. Mai, 39.
Yo tenía 40 cuando me diagnosticaron cáncer. El cáncer es una enfermedad multifactorial, y aquí abro el melón:
las condiciones laborales como ilustrador/dibujante, enferman y matan. La precariedad, las noches sin dormir, los maratones en la silla, el estrés: matan.
Yo tenía 40 cuando me diagnosticaron cáncer. El cáncer es una enfermedad multifactorial, y aquí abro el melón:
las condiciones laborales como ilustrador/dibujante, enferman y matan. La precariedad, las noches sin dormir, los maratones en la silla, el estrés: matan.
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
❗👉 Urgente y necesario que se difundan estos hechos. En pocos gremios se ha normalizado tanto la precariedad laboral como en el artístico, y mucho es por nuestra ignorancia colectiva al exigir derechos laborales, que mucho nos enseñan de arte pero nada de negociar lo que nos corresponde.
Well, today an old acquaintance surfaced by way of my newsletter. Asked me if I had any books for his daughter For him to buy.
No, just the @kcsanthology.bsky.social I said.
Long story short, he bought me a copy, shipping tomorrow.
Now I only need about 5.000 more people like him and I’m made. 🥲🤞
No, just the @kcsanthology.bsky.social I said.
Long story short, he bought me a copy, shipping tomorrow.
Now I only need about 5.000 more people like him and I’m made. 🥲🤞
Remember, artists: when people say, “I’d buy a print of this,” they don’t mean it. That sentence itself is just a weird compliment that rarely converts to an actual print sale. It’s like if someone ate a very good hot dog and then said, “I could eat 10,000 of these right now.”
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Well, today an old acquaintance surfaced by way of my newsletter. Asked me if I had any books for his daughter For him to buy.
No, just the @kcsanthology.bsky.social I said.
Long story short, he bought me a copy, shipping tomorrow.
Now I only need about 5.000 more people like him and I’m made. 🥲🤞
No, just the @kcsanthology.bsky.social I said.
Long story short, he bought me a copy, shipping tomorrow.
Now I only need about 5.000 more people like him and I’m made. 🥲🤞
This film will turn 40 next year. And yes in light of everything that has happened in the US recently I think about how it all has gone against the very spirit of the film. Zohran's win for NYC may begin to turn the tide though. 🤞🏻🐭
I know @maxiem0us3.bsky.social likely has too.
I know @maxiem0us3.bsky.social likely has too.
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This film will turn 40 next year. And yes in light of everything that has happened in the US recently I think about how it all has gone against the very spirit of the film. Zohran's win for NYC may begin to turn the tide though. 🤞🏻🐭
I know @maxiem0us3.bsky.social likely has too.
I know @maxiem0us3.bsky.social likely has too.
Today in things happening on my town: A handmade, non-digital drawing contest where they give you 3 hours to make whatever they'll ask you to. While this is not an anti-AI thing in itself, I personally welcome anything that keeps human talent relevant. (and artists retain artwork rights)
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today in things happening on my town: A handmade, non-digital drawing contest where they give you 3 hours to make whatever they'll ask you to. While this is not an anti-AI thing in itself, I personally welcome anything that keeps human talent relevant. (and artists retain artwork rights)
Knowing that many great author / artist colleagues here are from the US east coast, and knowing the ongoing results of their mayoral elections, if they are happy, I am happy. 🥳🎆
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Knowing that many great author / artist colleagues here are from the US east coast, and knowing the ongoing results of their mayoral elections, if they are happy, I am happy. 🥳🎆
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Hugo Díaz fue cronista de la Costa Rica del siglo XX: Así fue su recordada caricatura www.nacion.com/ancora/hugo-...
Hugo Díaz fue cronista de la Costa Rica del siglo XX: Así fue su recordada caricatura
Una exposición de Hugo Díaz en el Museo de Arte Costarricense recuerda a un dibujante capaz de captar el momento político y social. Vea las piezas que se exhiben.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hugo Díaz fue cronista de la Costa Rica del siglo XX: Así fue su recordada caricatura www.nacion.com/ancora/hugo-...
I "blame" @boringstorybook.com for making me aware of this. 😅
I also came across another interpretation with a way more sinister meaning but won't put on spoilers here.
I also came across another interpretation with a way more sinister meaning but won't put on spoilers here.
NEW COMIC: 6-7!
If you have school age children and don’t understand this one…. buckle up… it’s coming.
If you have school age children and don’t understand this one…. buckle up… it’s coming.
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I "blame" @boringstorybook.com for making me aware of this. 😅
I also came across another interpretation with a way more sinister meaning but won't put on spoilers here.
I also came across another interpretation with a way more sinister meaning but won't put on spoilers here.
So everything is still terrible but I've got some non-terrible news for your Tuesday: I've cleaned up my portfolio act featuring new stuff I've done front and center, a newsletter relaunch (due tomorrow, subscribe! 🙏🏻) and all-around goodness. Like and share! 😬
As always, it's at 👉🏻 alzamon.com
As always, it's at 👉🏻 alzamon.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
So everything is still terrible but I've got some non-terrible news for your Tuesday: I've cleaned up my portfolio act featuring new stuff I've done front and center, a newsletter relaunch (due tomorrow, subscribe! 🙏🏻) and all-around goodness. Like and share! 😬
As always, it's at 👉🏻 alzamon.com
As always, it's at 👉🏻 alzamon.com
If I had 100% my way on this, this sounds like something up my alley.
Now, if we take out the politics and the cussing, we already have one prime example: Peanuts. 😅
Now, if we take out the politics and the cussing, we already have one prime example: Peanuts. 😅
I'm wondering if I just want to make kids' entertainment but with more cussing, sociopolitical themes and cosmic philosophical angst.
"Who is this for" indeed.
"Who is this for" indeed.
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If I had 100% my way on this, this sounds like something up my alley.
Now, if we take out the politics and the cussing, we already have one prime example: Peanuts. 😅
Now, if we take out the politics and the cussing, we already have one prime example: Peanuts. 😅
I hope the suing goes into millions of venture capital and profit they've made off stealing. But even if not, it's a step in the right direction 🙌🏻
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A Japanese organization representing Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Toei Animation and more has demanded OpenAI to halt unauthorized use of their IP
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I hope the suing goes into millions of venture capital and profit they've made off stealing. But even if not, it's a step in the right direction 🙌🏻
bsky.app/profile/cult...
bsky.app/profile/cult...
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I just backed this project! This looks like a lot of fun, and there are some great budget-friendly options on this project! I love the idea of offering the script as an add-on. Original art is available, too!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/192...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/192...
CLASH OF THE CLASSICS - Crossover Comic Wrecks Famous Books
Don Quixote Fights the War of the Worlds! He was the right man in the wrong time…until the Martians invaded. Now, his time has come!
www.kickstarter.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I just backed this project! This looks like a lot of fun, and there are some great budget-friendly options on this project! I love the idea of offering the script as an add-on. Original art is available, too!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/192...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/192...
For all the amount of work they demand, comics/GNs should be a way more decently paid venture, instead of being one more plate to spin on top of a full time job and what have you.
True, our love for the craft often trumps many rationales and we just want to make the damn thing come what may. But —
True, our love for the craft often trumps many rationales and we just want to make the damn thing come what may. But —
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For all the amount of work they demand, comics/GNs should be a way more decently paid venture, instead of being one more plate to spin on top of a full time job and what have you.
True, our love for the craft often trumps many rationales and we just want to make the damn thing come what may. But —
True, our love for the craft often trumps many rationales and we just want to make the damn thing come what may. But —