{"id":1100,"date":"2017-11-10T22:25:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T22:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/argentinian-artist-s-work-on-display-at-latino-comics-expo\/"},"modified":"2017-11-10T22:25:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T22:25:53","slug":"argentinian-artist-s-work-on-display-at-latino-comics-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/argentinian-artist-s-work-on-display-at-latino-comics-expo","title":{"rendered":"Argentinian Artist\u2019s Work on Display at Latino Comics Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-56654\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/latinocomics.jpg\" alt=\"latinocomics\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Image from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1877170482599771\/\">Latino Comics Expo 2017<\/a> Facebook event page.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) will celebrate Latino artists and storytellers this weekend at Latino Comics Expo (LCX) where comic book fans, industry veterans and emerging artists will come together to celebrate their passion.<\/p>\n<p>Among them, Argentinian artist Santiago Villa will have his graphic novel \u201cRealms of the Void\u201d on display. Villa has worked on numerous projects since 2006 including films, games and comics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m just a nerd that wants with all his heart to tell a very nerdy story,\u201d Villa told the Post in an email. \u201cI&#8217;m an artist that works hard by day for money and really hard by night for my dreams, that is to create a world of fantasy that I feel really passionate about, that people love, and that I can keep telling stories about it for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The graphic novel is set in a fantasy sci-fi story universe, where a chivalrous knight must fight through amnesia and enemies to find his way home. Villa says that it relies heavily on the love of roleplaying games, mythology and fantasy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-56655\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/void.png\" alt=\"void\" width=\"620\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Image from &#8220;Realms of the Void&#8221; courtesy of\u00a0Santiago Villa.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>He currently has a campaign for \u201cRealms of the Void\u201d on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter where people can pledge to help create projects. Villa has successfully crowdfunded two other projects this way; one for the third book in the Dog Mendon\u00e7a series and the other for the video game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also a story about many other subjects,\u201d according to the Kickstarter. \u201cGood against evil, betrayal and old remorses, family and legacy, friends and foes&#8230; but most importantly, it is a story about fighting our darkest demons and making room for goodness while growing up; finding our true selves as heroes of our own stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information on &#8220;Realms of the Void&#8221; can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/srvilla\/realms-of-the-void-book-i\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/srvilla\/realms-of-the-void-book-i\/widget\/card.html?v=2\" width=\"220\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"float:left;\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Villa has also worked on the Portuguese comic book trilogy \u201cThe Adventures of Dog Mendon\u00e7a &amp; Pizzaboy\u201d which was published internationally by Dark Horse Comics and adapted for a video game. He co-founded the video game company Okam Studio in 2010 and has worked as an art director for numerous games including \u201cFoosball: Goal Crusaders\u201d, \u201c\u00daltimo Carnaval\u201d, \u201cMr Bean Around the World\u201d and currently, a video game version of \u201cRealms of the Void\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a very large and deep story behind this book and the next to come, and I just want people to notice it and feel the same passion that I feel about it,\u201d Villa said.<\/p>\n<p>Graphic artist and illustrator Gabriela DiSarli will be filling in for Villa who lives in Buenos Aires, exhibiting her cousin\u2019s graphic novel this weekend to attendees and promoting the Kickstarter. She works at MOLAA as a graphic designer and has designed logos and artwork for events around Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kickstarter ends November 16, and we still need more funding to make Santi&#8217;s project happen,\u201d DiSarli said in an email. \u201cSo my goal is to drum up more excitement about the project and expose attendees to something that is right in their line of interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publishing, the campaign has raised around $3,400 of a $15,000 goal and still has five days left.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out Realms of the Void firsthand at MOLAA this weekend. Admission to the event is included with $10 museum ticket and will be free on Sunday. It will run from 11:00AM to 5:00PM both days and will include an artist marketplace, panels, lectures and tours.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Latino Comics Expo click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molaa.org\/latino-comics-expo-2017\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>MOLAA is located at 628 Alamitos Avenue.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>{FG_GEOMAP [33.7744158,-118.1798784] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Museum of Latin American Art\u00a0 will celebrate Latino artists and storytellers this weekend at Latino Comics Expo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[159],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-molaa","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}