Saturday, April 29, 2006
Rafael Albuquerque is another of the excellent Brazilian artists working for AK Comics. With his partners Kris and Felipe, he runs Pop Art studios in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Rafael is credited with helping to create Jalila, Aya, Rakan and Zein and brings to life the scripts of AK's Managing Director and Resident Genius, Marwan el-Nasher. Rafael developed his style by reading 'Wizard' and following closely the artwork of artists such as John Buscema. He is inspired by movies and special effects and his 'movie-led' style in AK has brought him great praise for the cinematic feel of continuous movement and dialogue - tremendous dynamism.
He founded PopArt Studios in 2004 and attended Comicon in 2005. He is working with Image in the US as a way of distributing his work. If you are holding your latest business convention in Porto Alegre, Brazil (and why not - it's one of the world's fastest growing cities with tremendous business opportunities for light industry and property) then you can hire Rafael and his team to give your delegates a truly exciting - 'Create your own comic book' session - a great uplifter for the delegates!
You can find out more here:
http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=8939
The link between Brazil and Egypt over AK Comics is an important example of horizontal development. Increasingly, the developing countries are beginning to realise that their best opportunities for long-term growth comes from trading with each other and not just from acting as a cheap supplier to the developed countries - important, though this is - as the powerful developed countries are always likely to want to protect their own interests first.
Consequently, new economic formations have sprung up in the last ten years to further this horizontal development - the BRIC formation (Brazil, Russia, India, China), Mercosur in South America, ASEAN in the far east, the A7 group (BRIC + Malaysia, Korea, South Africa) and so on.
The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is just part of this wider process.
Rafael's PopArt Studio doesn't just do AK stuff, however. They are also responsible for the eagerly awaited 'Rumble in La Rambla' - think 'City of God' crossed with Spaghetti Western and Quentin Tarantino You can find out more here:
http://rumbleinlarambla.com/
There is a great printable gallery of their work, by the way, here:
http://popartcomics.com/galleries.htm
He founded PopArt Studios in 2004 and attended Comicon in 2005. He is working with Image in the US as a way of distributing his work. If you are holding your latest business convention in Porto Alegre, Brazil (and why not - it's one of the world's fastest growing cities with tremendous business opportunities for light industry and property) then you can hire Rafael and his team to give your delegates a truly exciting - 'Create your own comic book' session - a great uplifter for the delegates!
You can find out more here:
http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=8939
The link between Brazil and Egypt over AK Comics is an important example of horizontal development. Increasingly, the developing countries are beginning to realise that their best opportunities for long-term growth comes from trading with each other and not just from acting as a cheap supplier to the developed countries - important, though this is - as the powerful developed countries are always likely to want to protect their own interests first.
Consequently, new economic formations have sprung up in the last ten years to further this horizontal development - the BRIC formation (Brazil, Russia, India, China), Mercosur in South America, ASEAN in the far east, the A7 group (BRIC + Malaysia, Korea, South Africa) and so on.
The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is just part of this wider process.
Rafael's PopArt Studio doesn't just do AK stuff, however. They are also responsible for the eagerly awaited 'Rumble in La Rambla' - think 'City of God' crossed with Spaghetti Western and Quentin Tarantino You can find out more here:
http://rumbleinlarambla.com/
There is a great printable gallery of their work, by the way, here:
http://popartcomics.com/galleries.htm
