EXORCISING THE DEMONS

Hi Fans, when you hear the word exorcising, you think of casting out the demons. Believe it or not, working on a comic book, I've encountered demons and believe it or not, I've casted out those demons as well. Let me begin:

In 2013, I hired this so called makeup artist I found on Model Mayhem. I interviewed her and told her about my project, concept and more. I told her it was very important for her to be there as I was going to create a video of The Trio of Terror which will feature Incinerate, Shiverlique and Kimbur for the first time together. She loved the concept and was in so I thought. I was going to give her the pics of her making up the models and promote her work. 

The day of Megacon came and one by one the models showed up as well as the photographer/videographer. Everyone was ready however the makeup artist was not there. I called her but her voice mail answered. I texted her and nothing. Finally, i received a text from her saying she is unable to come. Her reason was she could not find her make up kit. She carried all of her make up in bags and she misplaced them and did not remembered where she placed them. How can you call yourself a make up artist and can not find your make up kit? She did not offered to help me find a solution or find someone or anything. She just wished me luck and to send her pics. I told the team what had happened and despite this they went on with the show. Both the Incinerate and Shiverlique models did the best they could with their own makeup and the Kimbur model was very professional. This is how the team looked like:

    I was very disappointed and upset with the makeup artist. I wanted for all of my team to look good at Megacon especially since it was the debut of Shiverlique. I contacted the makeup artist via text and told her that I will not work with her ever again. I did wished her the best of luck.  A few minutes later, I received a text from her and her response to me was "k." No apologies or any attempts to make it up. After that text, I deleted her phone number and never heard from her again. 

After that Megacon, it was time to exorcise those demons. In 2017, Lauren  Edinger debuted at Megacon as my Incinerate character. We made improvements to the character by adding a mask to her face, corset and a jumpsuit. Here is Incinerate's new look:

We did a photoshoot and video of Incinerate called "Incinerate delivering the Kiss of Death. Here it is: 

Stay tune for more updates with Incinerate, Mistress of Mayhem

Shiverlique was next. Nakita Negrette joined our team and like Incinerate, we made some changes to Shiverlique's looks. We addeded jewlery, a cape, white wig and contact lens. Here is Shiverlique's new look: 

 Shiverlique's return to Megacon on 5/18 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl.  

We are planning on doing a photoshoot/video of Shiverlique and make some minor changes to her costume before we draw her in our comic book.

To continue, Megacon 2014 was another demon. I had issues with the photography team, a model calling out, issues with the makeup artist at the time but the biggest demon was the model who modeled my character ComicBookGuy. His name is Chris P.

 When I interviewed him, I was impressed with his height and looks. He was not in great shape but we can try to pull it off. I hired Chris as my new ComicBookGuy model but what a disaster it was.

The day before Megacon, Chris called me  saying he was going to a concert but will be at Megacon. I told him not to stay out all night and expect to see him there. Megacon came and Chris was there. He got into his costume and his makeup was done however since Chris went out and partied the night before, he was tired, lethargic and not focus. He wanted to drink beer at Megacon and I told him no. A model wanted to get a hot dog from a vendor but since the ticket she had was not tied in with that vendor, she was unable to get it. Chris found out about that and was ready to cause a scene. I warned him should he caused a scene and if security was called, he would be on his own. He also yelled at me saying "hurry up.' and snapping his fingers at me. He also led my ninja model somewhere, he didn't know his character, he once again disrespected  me by saying "where my cards" knowing we didn't have time to make them up. The worst thing Chris did was the following: he noticed at Megacon my male ninja was getting attention from the ladies there. He was in great shape and he was shirtless. Chris wanted some of that attention. As I said earlier, Chris was not in good shape and my previous ComicBookGuy models were shirtless however the concept wasn't working so with Chris, we used a black compression shirt to give the illusion of muscles. Chris claimed it was hot at Megacon and took off his shirt. I was not happy with him at all. His biggest achievement at Megacon was getting us a picture next to Jon Heder of "Napoleon Dyamite." No disrespect to Mr. Heder but I did not like the movie and Chris did not know who Jon Heder was or seen the movie. Here is a pic of Chris' debut at Megacon with and without a shirt:

After this Megacon, I came very close in calling it quits with my dream but someone restored my faith not only in me but my project as well. A few weeks later after I cooled down, I set up a meeting with Chris. I told him Megacon was a disaster and how he contributed to this fiasco. A few points I brought up one was he yelled at me saying "hurry up." and snapping his fingers at me. His response to me was "oops." My response to him was "oops." is right and I told him I am the boss and not him and he was to never again to yell hurry up or snap his fingers at me. He apologized then we moved on to other issues like ready to cause a scene for a hot dog, wanting to drink more beer, not knowing his character, stripping and more. He blamed his lack of experience for this. I told him I believed in second chances but I also believed in three strikes and you're out. This was Chris's first strike. Regretfully, Chris did not took advantage of his second chance. 

We started a new blog at the time so I asked him to write a post about modeling a superhero. A few weeks passed and nothing from Chris. I called and asked him what is going on. He told me he could not write his post as he has ADHD and could not stayed focus. We met at a Panera Bread and did a interview and wrote down his thoughts. My Electricidad model at the time was able to get us an interview at 100.3 FM here in Orlando. Regretfully, I could not take Chris as he still did not knew his character or how he was going to behave so no ComicBookGuy appearance. Later that year, we were going to the Power Ranger Convention as I had a new Spice model.  

Chris, while he acted professionally in front of the camera, he did not behave behind the camera. A few examples, he still did not knew his character and yelled "Everyone is comparing me to Batman." muttering "I want a break.", wanting to go a date with our Spice model after she told him no and has a boyfriend and his response to her was "it doesn't matter." The greatest mistake Chris did at the Power Ranger Convention was another attempt to strip. He was told to go the restroom and change. After a quick investigation, I had another meeting with Chris. He denied asking our Spice model out but wanting to hang out. I told him that was not that I heard or understood plus other issues at the convention which led to his suspension. I told him to go to our website at the time and study his character's bio. He responded back saying teh website had not been updated with his images. Here is where his arrogance appeared. I told him to study his character's bio as I will decide when I was going to update the website( which I never used his images for my website.) After Megacon 2015, we met one more time but I did not see any change in Chris and later that year, we parted ways.Looking back,I should have fired Chris after Megacon 2014. I wished Chris P the best but I would never work with that man ever again after the headaches he caused.

I found two replacements for ComicBookGuy one in 2015 and one in 2016. Both made one appearance each  and left after their appearances. They are always welcome back as how they treated this project so seriously and professionally. However, I still needed a ComicBookGuy model. 

One day, I was browsing on Model Mayhem and came across Angel Cuevas' profile. He is Spanish, a body builder, a father, ex military but most important a man of God. I thought he would make an excellent ComicBookGuy but instead of emailing him, I didn't take a chance thinking he would not be interested so instead, I placed an ad on Craigslist looking for a Spanish male model. I received an response and it was Angel. Destiny brought us together as he is a superhero in real life. Angel got himself in extreme shape for his debut for Megacon 2017 and here he is for Megacon 2017:

COMICBOOKGUY 

There were two other characters that their demons were exorcised as well. My Temptest character who is a vampire and my Dr. Damon character who is half human, half cyborg scientist. There is one character left which is my Semilla character so we shall see what happens next so stay tune.

Til next time.