Omar A. García Cruz

Fear is the mind killer...

[Omar A. García Cruz @reckon01]

@sky_Queens19 @grok Is this AI?

[Horror Losers @horrorlosers]

IMPRESIONANTE tráiler de DANCE MACABRE: guerra de esqueletos en el nuevo corto de Hisko Hulsing, un experimento animado que ha tardado 11 años en realizarse, con 75 óleos y 30 artistas de cuatro países. Se verá en el Festival de Annecy a final de mes.

[Kim Jung Gi US @KimJungGiUS]

Illustration by Jae Kwang Park
https://t.co/L16usV3Kmy

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

He refused millions of dollars to avoid handing over his movements to a film studio.
In the early 2000s, Jet Li was offered a major role in the Matrix sequels. The project could have taken his Hollywood career to an even higher level. However, the contract included a specific clause: six months of digital scanning to capture every martial arts technique he had perfected over decades of training. Those movements would then become the property of the studio.
He read it, understood it, and said no.
Li explained that those techniques were not simple choreography. They were the result of a lifetime of dedication. For him, training meant growing alongside his body, fully aware that time changes everything. The idea that his movements could be replicated and used indefinitely, even when he would no longer be able to perform them himself, became the breaking point.
Born Li Lianjie in Beijing in 1963, he began practicing wushu at the age of eight under the guidance of Wu Bin. By eleven, he was already winning national competitions. At twelve, he became the youngest all-around champion in Chinese history. For five years, he dominated competitions, building an unprecedented reputation.
At seventeen, he entered the film industry with Shaolin Temple. The movie had a massive impact, bringing renewed attention to traditional martial arts across Asia. Wushu schools filled up, and Li became widely recognizable beyond sport.
More Shaolin-related films followed, and in 1991 he starred in Once Upon a Time in China, directed by Tsui Hark. He portrayed Wong Fei-hung, a historical figure and cultural icon. The character became central to his career, with several films released within a few years.
In 1994, he appeared in Fist of Legend, considered one of the most realistic and technically refined martial arts films of its time. By the mid-1990s, he was already an established star in Asia.
Hollywood followed soon after. He debuted in Lethal Weapon 4, then appeared in Romeo Must Die and Kiss of the Dragon. Within a few years, he had built an international career spanning the United States and Europe.
And from there came the Matrix offer.
After turning it down, he returned to China to film Hero with Zhang Yimou. The film achieved major international success. In 2006, he made Fearless, which he announced as his final major martial arts film.
At 43, he chose to close that chapter of his career with a project centered on Huo Yuanjia, a real historical figure and founder of the Jingwu Sports Federation. The film focused on discipline, personal limits, and transformation rather than pure combat.
After Fearless, Li continued working but with less emphasis on action-heavy roles. He also appeared in The Expendables franchise alongside other genre stars.
Over time, health issues slowed his pace. Still, the decisions he made in the early 2000s remain central to his story: maintaining control over what he had built.
Today, in an era where digital technology plays an increasing role in filmmaking, that choice carries a different weight. At the time, it was a contractual clause. For him, it was a line he would not cross.

[⛩ Ryo Saeba | Japon XYZ ⛩ @Ryo_Saeba_3]

J'ai enfin vu Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl de Yasuomi Umetsu et techniquement c'est dingue ! Animation exceptionnelle avec des scènes d’action très fluides et détaillées.
Pas fan du délire lolita par contre qui n'était pas nécessaire et c'est trop court.
https://t.co/SeBkarHzoS

[Omar A. García Cruz @reckon01]

@therightram @ImageComics @Morgen_BD @an_anandrk @adityab @hellomuller @eharburn I won't be able to get it. In my City there are only 2 stores. 1 won't have it, the other put a minimum purchase to get it. The one I have my subscription with is in another City and will have it but only to those who purchase directly at their store that day so... :(

[Brandon Davis @BrandonDavisBD]

Highlander sent a message from Henry Cavill, leading into some of CinemaCon’s most-exciting footage of the week.

He’s dirtied on camera. “I have just come straight from set,” he said. “We feel like we are creating something truly special.”

Halfway through production, they sent footage. Stahelski’s fingerprints are all over it, lining up visually with the neon nature of John Wick movies. Behind-the/scenes footage shows fight scenes, Dave Bautista speaking with an accent and wearing a military suit. He’s got a beard and hair, Cavill is speaking with an English accent, and the whole thing is going to brig fantasy into our world as these immortals compete to become the only one.

Bautista is Kurgan. He grew up a massive fan of the original Highlander. He says, “This is a legacy role for me.”

Russell Crowe is seen telling Cavill, “This is your purpose… you are the one.”

Cavill had to learn swords, driving, motorcycles, guns and more for this.

Stahelski says it’s big and loud. Bautista says it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

Everyone says, one after the other, “There can be only one.”

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First teaser for ‘SPACEBALLS: THE NEW ONE’.

In theaters on April 23, 2027.

[Andrew Leamon @aleams]

As a comic writer who hires artists for my projects, I've had the privilege of looking over comic artist portfolios in person and online.

I thought it might be helpful to share some of what I look for as I go through portfolios in order to help those of you who are newer.

[Omar A. García Cruz @reckon01]

@therightram @ForbiddenPlanet Seems it won't be available at my LCD here in Mx. What a boomern😭

[Heavy Metal @HeavyMetalInk]

Leonardo Manco (Argentina, 1971) is a comic book artist known for his dark, textured, and visceral style, with heavy use of shadows, distorted anatomy, and highly physical storytelling, which established him in titles like Hellblazer. ⚔️🇦🇷

In Fire and Ice (Dynamite, 2023–), he serves as the main artist, reinterpreting the universe of Frank Frazetta without directly imitating him: he translates its classic epic tone into a rawer, more contemporary version, with earthy palettes and high-impact compositions. 🔥

[R E P L I C A N T @Roybattyforever]

La famosa escena de persecución al comienzo de la película "Distrito 13", fue realizada por David Belle. Belle fue el creador del parkour, inspirado en las enseñanzas de su padre, miembro del equipo de élite de bomberos de París.

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

Zorro creator Johnston McCulley on advice to writers:

"Why seek to depress folks who have enough depression in the ordinary routine of their lives? Express contentment and happiness and the might of right without going to extremes and writing stuff of the silly happy life.

Give the public action. That’s what it wants – lots of it. Give them romance, the downfall of ulterior motives and the triumph of right. This can just as easily be done in a murder mystery tale the same as in a story of Biblical times, and in an entertaining manner instead of like a sermon."

Why don't more writers do this?

[The Dr. Brands © @TheDoctorBrands]

Amazing pencil drawing! 😯✏️
by juliocesart85

[The Dread duck Pirate Mark Brooks 𓅊 @MarkBrooksArt]

Had a great conversation with some upcoming Indy comic creators about the business of comics tonight at #C2E2. We didn’t talk about creative process or influences, we talked about business and how to be successful in the long term. So many art schools offer little to no classes focusing on the business of being a commercial artist. This leads to 1000s of skilled artists graduating every year without any knowledge of contract negotiations, copyright/IP law, tax law, rate standards, marketing, or client relations.

So many creators in comics don’t pay enough attention to the fact that this is a business and that largely, even creators for Marvel and DC, are on their own to ensure their security and longevity. Marketing, accounting, investing, and networking end up being just as important as creativity, skill, and storytelling when it comes to long term success.

If you look at the current most famous\successful comic artists and writers, you can credit their artistic/creative skill and work ethic for their success but we have to realize that they’re also really skilled business people. They understood and embraced the part of the industry beyond the drawing board.

We have to be our own marketing dept, accounting dept, legal dept, PR, promotion, engagement, and testing lab. Those that embrace this along with pushing themselves to created exciting engaging art end up flourishing. Those that only focus on the creative side while hoping/expecting the rest to take care of itself often find themselves frustrated, taken advantage of, and burnt out. Treat yourself like a business in between the times that you’re purely creative. In the end it’s all in support of your art while providing longevity and financial security.

[Guillermo del Toro @RealGDT]

Gabriel Soarez (Head sculpt at Hot Toys) did this wonderful piece!!

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Rita Moreno is one of just three people to win an Emmy for The Muppets, the other two: Bernadette Peters and Peter Sellers. The comedy timing during her performance of "Fever" while Animal attempts to railroad her is incredible. It was also done in one take
"Dat my kinda woman!"

[PacoZeaCom @PacoZeaCom]

"LES ARDIÓ A MUCHAS MUJERES QUE NO FUERON INVITADAS A UNA REUNIÓN... (...) YA SI NO LAS INVITAN PORQUE NO IMPORTEN ES OTRA COSA"

Así las palabras de Mario León Leyva en un podcast, y aquí la respuesta de las mujeres periodistas de #Querétaro #LasMujeresSiImportan

[Everything_DCU @EverythingDCU_]

Grant Morrison on LANTERNS and Damon Lindelof

“The moment I toss out a single snide remark, suddenly I dominate headlines for days, and somehow a top-tier Hollywood writer gets dragged out to apologize—just because, two years ago in some interview, he casually called a certain color “stupid”

Why does no one report how much I love Absolute Martian Manhunter? Or, closer to home, how I’ve praised Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series? Why is it that every week I write sincerely, enthusiastically about things I genuinely love—and no one cares? But the second I drop a few cranky, off-the-cuff complaints, everyone loses their minds?

I don't know Damon Lindelof personally, but he's clearly a talented writer-and by all accounts, a decent guy. The apology he wrote over this whole thing was gracious, measured, and full of class.
That "green = stupid" comment of his struck me as careless-especially coming from someone involved in a Green Lantern project, saying that to Green Lantern fans. I came across some angry fan reactions to the show's teaser, saw the interview link in the comments, and his tone just rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like venting a bit-just enough to pad out a paragraph or two in my weekly post.

I never imagined those heated complaints would be taken seriously-let alone spread this far. Making a show is hard with negative press on top of that is even harder. I regret that my words pushed him into having to respond publicly, and l apologize to him. I genuinely thought he'd never see something | posted on a subscriber platform for die-hard readers. I never expected an offhand remark to be amplified like this.

I underestimated online media-they love turning a spark into a wildfire. And sure, exposure is supposedly always good-but seeing a fellow creator dragged into the storm like this doesn't sit right with me.”

[Miguel Ángel | GptZone @MiguelMaestroIA]

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