*05/01/08*
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY MAY 3, 2008!

**I WILL BE GIVING AWAY A 4 PAGE COMIC ON MAY 3, 2008, FOR FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. I MANAGED TO PRINT OUT A NUMBER OF THESE. IT'S A SIMPLE TRAILER FOR MY BOOK. I WILL ALSO BE GIVING AWAY A 24X36 MOVIE LIKE POSTER FOR GABRIEL. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIGN UP AND IT'S FREE. CHECK OUT MY VIDEO AND YOU'LL SEE THE POSTER IM GIVING AWAY. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE POSTER.**

SEE THE AD FOR THAT DAY IN MY GALLERY!

Comic Geeks + Free Comics = FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
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Tell 'em Fan-Girl sent ya!

Free Comic Book Day, the annual event in which the entire comic book industry joins forces to get Free Comics into the hands of long-term fans as well as expose new readers to this wonderful art form is less than a month away and Project4 Studios will be making its fourth FCBD appearance in El Paso, Texas on SATURDAY, MAY 3RD. So if you happen to be in town or already live here, we’d love for you to swing by and join us for some fun-filled comic book hi-jinks as only we can deliver! We’ll be giving away a very special FCBD edition of Fusion-X, our newest anthology book, which flips into a Fan-Girl Gallery book with a cover by the ever talented Gabe and featuring pin-ups by our own Project4 artists. We will also have real-life Project4 artists in the flesh and on hand to do sketches for all you fan-boys and girls. Hope you stop on by to help make this the best Free Comic Book Day ever!

HEAD ON OVER TO PROJECT4STUDIOS.NET [link] FOR AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE FCBD COVER TO FUSION-X! FEATURING THE ROCKING ART OF WILDSTORM STUDIOS OWN, EDDIE NUNEZ!

COME JOIN US AT THESE TWO GREAT EL PASO COMIC BOOK SHOPS:

ALL STAR COMICS
4406 Dyer
El Paso, Tx, 79930
915-562-0443
allstarcomics@sbcglobal.net

With special guests:
Justin Jude Carmona (HIRED GUN)
Sirac (HIRED GUN)
Rudy Vasquez (FAMILY GUY TRADING CARDS, REDSHIFT)
Jaime "Jimmy" Portillo (GABRIEL graphic novel)
Jaime Carillo (HEAVY METAL cover artist)
Jon Castaneda (FUSION-X, ONE-EYED JACK)

WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY
STAR WARS’ VADER’S 501st LEGION!

DAVE'S COMICS AND PAINTBALL
5360 N.Mesa-Site L-12
El Paso, Tx, 79912
915-875-8600

With special guests:
Hugo Cantu (FUSION-X, DRAUM)
Juan Muro (GRIPS)
Rick Noriega (FUSION-X)
Joey Lee Cabral (FUSION-X)
Jessica Aguilar (Fusion-X)

For more info on FREE COMIC DAY visit: [link]
For more info on VADER’S 501ST LEGION visit: [link]
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This one paragraph is new! 03/21/08
*ARE YOU TRYING TO GET A CUSTOM FIGURE DONE FOR YOU COMIC OR OTHER PROJECT?*
Visit my friend at:
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He's got a few figures up. They are really good. I've placed an order already and I can't wait to see it. Check him out and tell him that you found out about him here. Thanks!!!

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ABOUT GABRIEL.


Hello!
My name is Jaime Portillo, but Jimmy is just fine. What I have up are pages from my graphic novel, GABRIEL (AVAILABLE NOW AT INDYPLANET.COM. PLEASE GO THERE AND BUY IT). It is a vampire tale based on actual events from Juarez, Mexico. It consists of 118, black and white pages, and it took me a little over a year to finish it. I had the idea to write this story as a novel around 1998, and I didn't start writing until 2002. I then decided to write this as a graphic novel in December, 2006. It was just very hard for me to write a novel, and I've always been a comic book fan.

My book was lucky enough to be given a prestigious grant from the Xeric Foundation, founded by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator, Peter A. Laird. (I have the ad in my gallery, or visit XericFoundation.org for verification) If you want to see a bit more, go to GABRIEL'S official website: MYSPACE.COM/GABRIELGRAPHICNOVEL. It has two exclusive trailers that might get your interest. One trailer is a graphic novel format that was created by my brother, ROBTHECREEP, and the second trailer is a live trailer. Yes. I said a live trailer. My music is used for these trailers by the way. Hope you all like it.

I thank everyone who helped me in my book. But extra thanks goes out to Maribel and ROBTHECREEP. I told Rob what I wanted to do, and he offered his help and believed I could do it. And Maribel, well, she supported my decision to quit my job as a security officer at the U.S. State Department so I could work on my book. She really believed in me. If it weren't for her support, this book would not have happened. I thank my nephew Michael, too. He helped out with a few scenes in the book, and he helped me out with the live trailer. Thanks everyone.

On December 07, I was invited by Justin Carmona to join Project4Studios, a group of comic book writers and artists from El Paso, Texas. I accepted the invitation and have written an 7 page short story titled, GABRIEL:VICTIM. They are bonus pages to GABRIEL. It will be released in a future Project4 anthology titled Fusion X, and I'll keep you posted when it does. Until then, please visit Project4Studios here on deviantArt and check out the members. They are a bunch of great writers, artists, but most importantly, great people. Check out some of their work on my favourites.

My friend Ray Ramos wrote a new comic called Hell's Pass. Check him out at Orpheusoul. It looks pretty good. Plus, don't forget to check out another creation of his, "El Valiente." His Hell's Pass is on my favourites.

Just to let you all know, I do have other ideas for comic books, but my main focus this year will be promoting my graphic novel. To me, this is even harder than writing the book itself. Thank you for looking over my stuff. If you have any questions, comments, or complaints, please feel free to write. NOW GO BUY MY GRAPHIC NOVEL, GABRIEL. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!