Ma 25 mau makahiki, ke piʻi nei ka hōkū ʻo Vicente Francisco Garcia. ʻO kāna puke kiʻi kiʻi mua E ʻoki kākou, kahi hōʻiliʻili komohana o ka Death Press Head i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai kēia Fall. Ke hana pū nei ʻo ia ma kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni sci-fi weliweli ʻia Kaulana ʻole, a e haʻi aku kekahi mea hana iā ʻoe, he nui nā papahana ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole mākaukau mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana.

ʻO ke kanaka ʻōpio loea ke ʻano o nā mea āpau nona, a haʻaheo mākou i ka lawe ʻana iā ia i luna no kā mākou hoʻolauleʻa 2021 Horror Pride Month. He aha hou aʻe, manaʻo wau ʻo ia paha kekahi o nā nīnauele nui a mākou e paʻi ai i kēia makahiki.

Aia kahi kuhi hewa maʻamau, manaʻo wau, ke kūkākūkā mākou i nā mea pena kiʻi ʻo LGBTQ + a ke hāʻawi lākou i nā nīnauele ʻoluʻolu loa lākou i ko lākou ʻili a me ka poʻe lākou. ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe ʻaʻole ma laila e hoʻohana i kēlā mea kaulana “hoʻopunipuni a hiki i kou hana ʻana i ke ʻano. Kākaʻikahi ka noho pū ʻana me kekahi mea e kiaʻi e hoʻokomo pū ʻia i loko o kahi moʻo e like me kēia e wehewehe pinepine nei e manaʻoʻiʻo lākou ʻo kēia ninaninau paha kekahi o nā mea nui a lākou e hana ai, akā he mea hopohopo hoʻi ia e hana.

Pēlā ka hihia me Garcia, a lilo ia i mea nīnaninau maka, hoʻopilikia, ninaninau ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka makahiki.

Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai, ua ʻike ʻo Garcia makemake ʻo ia e makaʻu. Hoʻomaka ia ke ʻike ʻo ia hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i nā ʻohana ʻohana nui a kona makua ma ke ʻano he uhi e sneak aku ai a nānā i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻaʻole lākou e ʻae i kahi ʻē.

"He ʻohana Mekiko nui mākou, maopopo iā ʻoe, no laila ʻo kēia mau hoahānau, ʻanakala, ʻanakē, e hele mau nei a no laila e hoʻokipa lākou i kēia mau pāʻina hopena pule," i wehewehe aku ai ʻo Garcia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou nīnauele. "ʻO ia mau kekahi o kēlā mau lā hopena pule e hoʻopau wau i ka nānā ʻana i kahi mea e makaʻu ai i ke kolo iaʻu. Hoʻomaopopo wau e like me ʻewalu a ke nānā nei ʻO ka pō o ka Mea Ola ʻoiai e pāʻina nei koʻu mau mākua. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka waimaka e kahe ana i koʻu mau maka no ka mea makaʻu wau i ka mea aʻu e nānā nei. Hilahila loa wau i kēlā manawa. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole wau e holo i waho e uē ana no ka mea ua makaʻu iaʻu kekahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻeleʻele a me keʻokeʻo. "

E nīnau nā mākua a me nā kaikaina no ke kumu o ka nānā mau ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i makaʻu nui iā ia a ʻo nā mea āpau i hiki iā ia ke haʻi iā lākou ʻo kāna aloha ia, a ke hoʻomau nei ke aloha a hiki i kēia lā. Ua ʻae piha ʻo Garcia ʻo ia ke kanaka e kīloi wale nei i kāna popcorn i ka wā e makaʻu ai i ka lele a ʻo ka mea hopohopo no ka haʻalulu i loko o kona hale.

Eia nō naʻe, huki ʻia ʻo ia i kēlā mau mea e hoʻoweliweli iā ia a hōʻoluʻolu ʻole iā ia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke kumu wale nō o ka makaʻu ʻo ia e pili ana i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana ke kumu o kāna bisexuality, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea maoli ma muli o nā hopena o waho e pili ana i nā hakakā kūloko.

"Ua lohe wau i kēlā me kēia huaʻōlelo i loko o ka puke," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “Ua lohe wau e hoʻokolohua wale ana nō ʻoe. Ua lohe wau he kāne kāne maoli ʻoe. Lohe wau he pae wale nō ia. Ke hana nei ʻoe i mea e ikaika ai. Ke hana nei ʻoe i mea ʻē aʻe. No kekahi manawa lōʻihi, ua maopopo iaʻu inā wau e hana i Hollywood, e pāʻani wau i ke kanaka keʻokeʻo pololei i nā manawa āpau. "

Laki no Garcia a me mākou, he mau hoaaloha kāna i kū pū me ia e kākoʻo i kona hilinaʻi. Ua kamaʻilio pū lākou me ia e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o kona ʻano ponoʻī i kona hele ʻana i mua i ka kūleʻa a hauʻoli loa ʻo ia i kā lākou hana ʻana. Ua paipai pū ʻia ʻo ia e kāna mea hoʻopuka e komo i loko o nā subgenres komohana / weliweli me kona ʻike ponoʻī e kīkēkē ana i nā stereotypes Mexico i ʻike pinepine ʻia ma nā komohana ʻelua a me ka weliweli a me ka haʻi ʻana i ka nele o ka hōʻike LGBTQ + i kēlā wahi pū kekahi.

"Ke hoʻohiki nei wau inā wau e ʻike hou aku i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni la ... a like me ʻelua i ka makahiki i hala," wahi āna. “Ua like ia me ke kolana o ka mea ʻona Mekiko i kēlā mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni komohana. Inā he Mekiko, ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale ʻona. Inā ʻoe e hana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni me kahi mea Mekiko i kēia manawa, pono ia e pili ana iā la llorona a i ʻole chupacabra a i ʻole kekahi mea. ”

Hōʻike ʻo Garcia i ka puke ma ke ʻano he hōʻuluʻulu o kā Junji Ito, e hōʻike ana i nā moʻolelo he nui i ka lōʻihi i hoʻokahi puke kiʻi kiʻi. ʻO kāna hele ʻana mai i ka paʻi puke kahi huakaʻi iā ia iho.

Ua hui ka mea kākau me ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo Adam James ma kahi hālāwai hoʻoweliweli i kona manawa he 14 mau makahiki. ʻO James, ʻo ia ka mea makua, ua kau i kekahi o kāna mau hana noʻeau i ka pūnaewele. Ua hoʻonāukiuki i ka mea kākau moʻolelo hou, a ua hoʻomaka lākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā puke weliweli a lākou i makemake ai. E hele mai ʻo Garcia e kuhikuhi iā James ma ke ʻano he kāne nāna i hāpai iā ia. Ua paipai ke kāne iā ia e hele i waho o nā mea kākau nui e like me King lāua ʻo Laymon e ʻimi ai i ka weliweli palapala a ma ʻō aku hoʻi.

ʻO ia ka mea e pono ai ka ʻōpio e hoʻoulu i kāna aloha i ka weliweli, a hoʻomaka koke ka pilina hana.

"Ua hala kekahi mau makahiki e hiki mai ana, ʻoiaʻiʻo," i kuhikuhi aku ai ʻo Garcia. "Pono wau e aʻo pehea e palapala ai. Pono ʻo ia e aʻo i ke kaha kiʻi. ʻO kēia kahi mea mua o kāua. Ma ka 17, hana ʻo ia a me wau i kahi ʻaoʻao komikina ʻehā no ka hana pū ʻana. Ua waiho mākou i kahi mau wahi a loaʻa kahi manaʻo maikaʻi, akā ʻaʻohe mea iki. Ua lawe mākou iā ia ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona paha ʻaʻole maikaʻi mākou e like me kā mākou i manaʻo ai. "

ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, hoʻolei ʻo Garcia iā ia iho i ka hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hoʻopaʻa i nā hana ma ke ʻano he PA ma nā set, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hāʻawi iki i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kōmike me James. A laila, ma kahi o ʻelua mau makahiki i hala, ua kākau lākou i kahi pitch holoʻokoʻa me ʻewalu mau ʻaoʻao laʻana o kahi manaʻo hoʻomākeʻaka no Image Comics. Makemake ka hui iā ia, a paʻa iā ia no kekahi manawa me ka hoʻoholo ʻole.

"Ua hele mākou i ko mākou mau manamana lima a lana ka manaʻo no ka mea ʻoi loa, akā ʻaʻole lākou i hāpai iā ia," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ka mea hoʻomākeʻaka ʻo ia i ʻelua mau lā ma hope o ko lākou hala ʻana iā ia, ua hoʻouna wau i ka pitch like iā Jarod [Barbee] a ua aloha ʻo ia iā ia a ua hāpai ʻo ia iā ia. Ua hele mākou mai ka loaʻa ʻole o kahi hōʻiliʻili kiʻi a i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o kahi Death Press Head. He whiplash ia no ka mea ua hana lōʻihi mākou i kēia pitch no Image a lōʻihi loa mākou i ka wā i hōʻole ʻia ai mākou akā ua holo pono ia i ka hopena. "

ʻO Garcia lāua ʻo James, kahi kāne ʻohana e noho ana ma Nebraska, hana pū ma o FaceTime, Zoom, a me nā huaʻōlelo, e hana pū ana i kā lākou honua. He aha ka mea i kupu i loko o kā lākou mau mahina o ka hana ma E ʻoki kākou he ʻoniʻoni ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka weliweli. Hoʻohui ʻia i kēlā me kēia moʻolelo he kala hōʻailona e kū i waena o nā kiʻi.

"He gula kekahi moʻolelo, e like me ke gula ka mineral," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “Pili ia i nā kamaʻāina e hakakā ana no ke gula. ʻEleʻele a keʻokeʻo ia, akā he kala ke gula, a ʻike ʻoe iā ia a ʻo ka hopena, pops wale nō ia ma ka ʻaoʻao. I ka moʻolelo aʻu e hana nei i kēia manawa, nui ke koko a me ka gore a me ka nui o nā paniolo a me nā lio e make ana i nā ala weliweli, a ua koho mākou i ka ʻulaʻula, a he ʻulaʻula momona ia. No laila ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo ia, akā i kēlā me kēia manawa e kī ʻia kekahi e ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻula i waho. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēlā me kēia moʻolelo no hoʻokahi kala i ka manaʻo e pukaaniani i ka ʻaoʻao e like me Frank Miller Sina City kaila. ”

E ʻōlelo haʻaheo ʻo ia i ka puke he undertatement. ʻO ka mea i hoʻopūʻiwa loa iā ia, eia naʻe, ʻo kona haʻaheo i kāna hana i alakaʻi ai i kahi haʻaheo ikaika iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he kāne Mekiko-ʻAmelika.

"I koʻu wā liʻiliʻi ua hana wau i ka mea hiki e pili i ka nui o nā kāne keʻokeʻo pololei i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a me nā puke," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “Inā pololei a keʻokeʻo ʻoe, he 250 pākēneka kou ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana ma Hollywood a i ʻole nā ​​wahi ʻē aʻe. Ke nānā nei i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo akā ua ʻike wau i nā mea hou aku, ʻike ʻia i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe, inā paha e inaina wau iaʻu iho i kahi liʻiliʻi iki. "

I kēia manawa, ʻoiai ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i kona wāwae, ua loaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho i ke kūlana o ke ʻano a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēlā hōʻike a me ka hoʻouluulu i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i nā ala āna i manaʻo ʻole ai i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala.

Hoʻonui ʻo ia i kāna papa helu heluhelu ponoʻī. ʻO ka hana Devouring e nā mea kākau like ʻē aʻe i kamaʻilio i kāna aloha i ka weliweli a me kona ʻano ma ke ʻano he lālā o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ +. Kuhi kikoʻī ʻo ia i ka hana a ʻO Mark Allan Gunnells, Norman Prentiss, a E maloʻo ʻo Aaron ʻo ia kāna i kapa aku ai he "laʻana kupaianaha" o ka hele ʻana i waho a haʻaheo ma ke ʻano he kāne kākau i nā moʻolelo haʻalulu weliweli.

ʻO wau, ke nānā aku nei i kēia ʻōpio i nāwaliwali loa i kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana, hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo wale ke ʻike nei ke koa i ke ala weliweli i mua a hoʻomau i ka huakaʻi no ka mea ʻo ia ka mea kūpono e hana ai. Naʻu, hana ʻo Vicente Francisco Garcia i kekahi o nā poʻe koa aʻu i ʻike ai.

ʻimi i E ʻoki kākou mai Vicente Francisco Garcia a me Adam James ma hope o kēia makahiki mai ka Death Press Head.

Nā kiʻi o VICENTE FRANCISCO GARCIA i hāʻawi ʻia e MIGUEL ROAN