I’m Mexican, I’m Sagittarius
and then the invincible team
america eagles or two
thank you and well this happens that drew
tales super heroes stories to the
four years old
my parents in vacation time
they used purely precautionary move
before going on the road to the
magazine posts and buy us a big
bump of stories to my brother and me
bumps like a big pile
well we say in colony and this one and it took
22 so that he would cross over to the
destination out the most pleasant for
they did not for us at that time
I’m talking about mid -year
seventies out there there were no
motorways as we know them now no
There were roads and booths that you
they make life shorter to travel to
Acapulco
they were approximately seven hours
travel
imagine that without air conditioning
without ipads and netflix without internet without
wise nothing in something we have to stick
in our case it was reading stories
then that peace came to the post of
magazines and they said give me everything
have no matter what it is
I liked to read superheroes
but there were always things like
cartoons of walt disney and warner
brothers the uni tons of the little
lulú the things that must be done in
Mexico and that’s how I started
become a fan of stories but
particular of the superheroes do not
was very interested in the character that
they did not even tell me
liked the dolls
and in one of those it occurred to me to start
to read them and there was a story that
end of the chapter were
continuation
that had never happened but I was intrigued
know that it was still continuing what
was going to happen with this character in that
I was going to finish the story and the week
next I asked my mom to me
takes to the post of magazines something that
I had never done before and that
buy the story of this character and
the next week same as the
next week and the following week
and the next week
this character was called or rather the
comic the story as if that gentleman who
it was called the amazing spiderman and
in that moment without realizing it began
the adventure returns to school and I gave myself
mind that there were other people like me
that they liked to read these things as I
there was a particular partner that
he told me I do not believe you have the
spiderman then if as you think of
I really do know that I have a good
see how it is that I no longer use the
gifts if you want the site seven of
present
well then the next day he took in his
backpack twenty stories was not
helping everyone hurt and noise
and some in half things
imported and I said thank you when I should
nothing to perfect
never thanked him this formally
because at that moment my
career as a stretcher
but now that I have the camera here
I say Juan Manuel Cruz Ares
I thank with all my heart insists life
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total that obsesses me with this
character read everything that could come out
on TV he drew it in the hours
free that is my hobby actually
apart from playing soccer with my brother
that I always won because it was better
that I and when I could and when there was
free classes when the teacher was leaving
to take the coffee etcetera drawn and
I drew and I drew and I drew this
character I do not know why but I
I liked it filled me
So much so that at 13 years old
I remember well one day I was very sick
I was home I could not go out
play with the other first ones that there was
a party and I started designing my suit
spiderman did not wear like those of
children now what happens to any
store and it has muscles and it was my costume
with suction cups with infrared lenses all
of Kevlar was willing to convert me
actually in a superhero
my intention in life was to be a
superhero like the two years I gave myself
mind that that was not going to be able but
while I had a lot of fun because in the
time when high school started
to give you these vocational exams and I
not falsified with the only one with the only
so that in the end results
final said this guy is good for
make a scientist
obviously what I wanted was in my
early adult age make a
experiment where I could have powers
and then and become a
Super Hero
of course I realized very soon that
those dreams do not exist but but I still
drawing that was something that never
never disappeared from my life and
it has always been increasing
difference from the other compañeritos
that is not who of all we were looking for
equal and the primary such
they began to notice the girls
and in the cars and in the stereos of
crystal and things like that and I’m going
learning comics
I did not care the truth is that it was
very happy doing not so much so
I remember an engineer friend so that
engineer that was generated with my dad me
gave away my first book on how to draw
anatomy
I still remember the name of the book
flame drawing the head and the body
human and the author is that here is the
bibliography if anyone wants
look for the thanks to this gentleman
engineer ernesto lopez salazar
thanks really made a great contribution
for my life I really appreciate it to
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my dad as I just told him is
engineer my mom is a teacher I have two
brothers my big brother is an engineer and
what curious
Now that I’m thinking about it, my cousins
they are engineers my uncles or engineers and
in that moment of my life well then
it seemed that fate dictated that
I was going to be an engineer, he did not like me very much
the idea but good as I drew the most
close to a formal career was to be
civil engineer oiaci of plane is not
negotiating with the dealer the thing was
as a janitor text
I spoke with my dad and well we stayed
in which the ideal was that I was
architect but oh surprise one day my
teacher of drawing in high school told me
you know your design career
graphic because I think it ‘s good for
that maybe
Dad earned it came after
my teacher graduated from the race
Of course he has explained everything to you
it worked
Dad came and I told my dad
notice that I do not want to be an architect
I want to be a senator
Are you crazy or good?
words less for his dad is Europe
and I told you how you think you
you’re going to die of hunger of course now
that I am dad
I understand his concern in that
moment we all want our
children have the best possible future and
paraíba can be a hero a destiny
unknown
there was no such race when he
I was in college and doing for
ask for reports to the school where
I wanted to study what is called
metropolitan autonomous university
azcapotzalco campus and I said thank you
thanks uam and I hope they told me look at you
you come from private school then
surely will not center this this is
a limited-space career is
very requested at that time all the
could the people who are in the design
graphic now of course it ‘s in
the secondary one puts you milestone stem
so I said good I have to
prepare and I returned to my house and I said
to my dad
Note that this school and so and
a school with no need to pay much
is perfect is amazing is the
best fp school in this task and I
he already said with subjects apply because my
brother who is one year older than me who
he is a very intelligent man in the year
where he had to apply for
universities had had applied
for three and in three
He entered after he decided which
It will run out as it will make
opinion more to that and if you do not enter that
we are going to do and I said, I suppose
enter the school where is my
brother who is private and already tells me
I do not think so because it’s not there to pay
That school
I understand the challenge I understand the challenge
I saw more as an affront in that
I was 17 years old
understand me but instead of defeating me
or get angry with the world
I decided that that was going to be the goal of
look, I finish my high school and I dedicated myself
for six months that is the period
longer in three years of testing between
the university to stay all the
days in footwear
right here at the back is called
congress library and prepare
for this exam
fortunately on the first occasion
between and delivering the year that I
wanted to
the university the truth was a
incredible experience for me
they do not learn anything about how to do
comics nothing do anything but know
many people a lot of people valuable people
who taught me and people who got
done already to the field of comic strips
and I drew police novel is where
they come out framed and so good I
drawing time of course was not what
I wanted but it ‘s a start and from
I soon came across a group to and from
cha voice oral serums enguíx and those
things but I since it counted up and
have a comic book circle
of archie from the comic book or dash stories
graphic novels and stones were people
very exquisite and and then I started to
understand that this was a a lot means
bigger than I knew from reading
dolls and y and draw watching TV
and that kind of thing and good
between the things that I started to hear
in these meetings of these colloquia
there was repeatedly a mythical word
that was san diego comic with de san diego
comic with de san diego comic with for
those who do not know the practical
it’s quickly the mecca of comics
from the geeky world I hate hate saying the
word but good is the best
reference that when yes
and it turns out that there was this rumor of
that in that imaginary city that
called san diego iván the editors to
those of the most important companies and
they were looking for talent to draw the
comics that I liked, I said
this is my thing, here I am, then
already almost finished the race and return
with my dad I’m going there
the truth is that I appreciate it very much and
had accepted the idea that I was going
to dedicate to a career that who knows
what were they up to date
the truth is that I do not know what
official graficó but I said dad
you know what I think about design
graphic is not completely what I
I want
but look there this cause is free and
I looked at my dad
there I do support myself all the time and
he told me let’s see how we do it
but you have to on that trip between
him and one of my uncles uncle alejandro
thanks is this from list of
thank you forgiveness I’m never going to
be in public and I said good and mexico
a band of people as well as gypsies
because obviously there was not much money
then we were of 8 of 10 in each
fourth and all and we go with the intention
to find a job come to san diego
some have seen the movie the
May eminem
so which piece and villa ponsatí funds
you start your I had also a
song that generated this epic
is this harangue that has moved me and
that made me feel powerful in front of
what came face and is not a
song of pink floyd ni de sidi yes ni
of freight to level the song says
something more or less says something
as Ponte Atento is not slow the
ninetys is the time
thanks people thank you thank you people
forties if this occasion is going to
stand
slow and it ‘s a group called kahlo and
for me , I’m telling you, it was really a
hymn that you listen to the lyrics is
a very simple thing but really
inspirational very innocent you
they want but for me it was all that
it was that gasoline that I needed to
lose fear as he says he is
back there
salif before you take out what
I had better to get to San Diego
I made my first presentation with the
portfolio in front of a man who
I worked in marvel and I see my portfolio
20 work of my drawings and told me that
he spoke in English to translate you know
that you have talent that you wanted talent
but you are not ready
come back next year
and I felt in the clouds
I do not really that that night at
hotel where we were all here
gathered as how the camp did not and
we all talk about our experiences
because of course everyone went with the
different intention there will be a director
different and many cried many
would be defeated and when he explained
Miguel my anecdote since that day
they said and how do you feel good ready
to work, but they told you not to
they rejected you they did not tell me you have
talent
you have to work for the return
of the year that enters
for me it was a challenge it was not a defeat
come back to work all year finish the
school and the next one that I ate with
half work not in marvel in a
very small company but that was the
first step to make a career
in what now returns to mexico very
glad of course he called him
Dad, I already have a job and it’s perfect
When you begin
the comic or it happens more or less in the
summer august july this one will not be able
call they were going to send the document and the
argument and paper etc. and so on
and this is the perfect one when I already prontito
let them carry out in the matter and the
week that came in and spent a week and 2
and 3 and 4 things at home began to
see complicated because I had already
He finished school and it was time
that would put me to bring foreign currency to the house
and I could not take a job let’s say
normal office because I was at
wait for that call that I had
promised that he is letting you call them
by phone and asia and europe look
cried blood because at that time in
the nineties the long distance cost
very expensive and there was one thing that was
he called fax that many of them do not
they know but I sent to my copies
and will continue to do exercises
so they would see that I know that
working next with interest and
that sfax thing takes hours to pass to a
long distance phone and do not
I want to tell when half was cut
the broadcast
Well obviously things at home do not
they were very very very relieved let’s continue
there was a rumor that at that time
they started I do not know if they remember the ones that
they have a little more than 40 years as
I
they changed the phones of de casita de
currency over the phone that card had
some phones are rumors
there was a code that was titled measures
correctly like when house
playstation and such avec squares and frogs
and international calls
passed as a local is good because with
these to
I have to do this these calls
out of my house to not to continue
hurting the family budget
the problem was that not in all
phones could be made in the case
mine I lived over there in the north
north street exit with with mask and the
closest to these phones
available was almost two hours away from
distance in a place that was called the
pink zone as I tell you in other times
there were no cars and I had a car
of course I had to go on this in
minibus and start making a
pilgrimage for me weekly and of
this phone in this place to do
a call five minutes
simply saying is my humberto
because for me and that kind of thing and
the months that passed the months passed
and of course
coupled with the attention that home
I could not do more than what has
fact
December came and I talked to my dad
I said no more
the truth is that I’ve tried everything
I think I did what I could
I had the promise was not fulfilled
I do not know why but from January
I promise I’ll go out and look
I work as a graphic designer
December 22 arrives mail and they tell me
that is a package outside can not
go under the door because it is
a big package you do not have to sign
of received then when I leave the
doorman and of course there were tips
for virginitas and this one and he tells me that
is the open it was my first argument ni
first state paper packet for
work and from that moment
from that moment began my
way to draw the spiderman that
it took fifteen more years but that adapts
every step every day every drawing every
experience that led me to finally in
the 2010
draw and amazing spider man that is
probably the most important title
for the marvel company and I think that the
most important title with the character
most important in the world
the experiences that I had the things that
I met the people who supported me the way
that ran through that same one that makes me
be here talking to you I
a normal person who goes to america
someone who had a dream someday and
who decided that just no more dreams
for dreams is hospira for the goals
you work a lot and sometimes when you have
luck and a family like mine that I
support
you can achieve the goal thank you very much
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