Moving forward, I’m going to do my best to slow down sometimes and pat myself on the back, because we should always be kind to ourselves first and foremost!
January 2025 Recap
Aaaand, here we go.
Welcome to my ramblings that I’ll be doing at the end of every month!
Here I’ll talk about the latest updates on some of my works, events coming up, recaps on future trips, and maybe some unwarranted life advice from your friendly neighborhood Javi!
That said, we’ve reached the end of the first month of2025 and while I thought I was probably going to take a break this month, Inadvertently got myself involved in a plethora of projects. Enough so that I came home on a Friday after work feeling so overwhelmed I made myself a to-do list for the month in my journal, looked at the list, and passed out by 9:30pm.
If you keep up with my Instagram, you’ll know that I’ve already completed 3 pieces this month, started a 4th, and am signed up for a gallery on February 7th-9th now! That’s what’s out there on my page, but on top of that I’m working on updating my zine “Triforze #1,” I’ve enlisted myself to format the next 2 Apollo City Comics anthologies, and I’ve been making plans to do a little “book tour” in March –but more on that in the following month!
To focus on the now, I’ve completed 2 pieces in preparation for my first gallery of the year at the Brooklyn Art Cave! It’ll be for the Portals of Love Gallery curated by Adriana Bugarin (@bugzzz_z) on February 7th – 9th! It’ll consist of a total of 26 artists and opening night will have live musical performances, as well! As you can tell by the name of the gallery, it’s love-themed just in time for Valentines! I have my pieces that I completed for the gallery here on my site as well as some process videos on my Instagram! If you’re interested in buying a print and seeing the art in person, then come out to the Portals of Love Gallery!
Tickets here: "Portal of Love" Opening night | Brooklyn Art Cave
Before sitting down to write this, I actually went through my to-do list and noticed how much of it was checked off. I recently had to remind myself as well this month – looking at my art books that I’ve now filled over the course of the last 5 years – that I should try to slow down sometimes and smell the roses. Not that I feel burnt out or anything, but I think it’s important to always maybe take a step back and recognize the work that’s been put in; sometimes we’re too focused on the next day, on the next goal, on the next assignment that we kind of get put on auto-pilot and it’s easy to stop appreciating the work you’ve put in when you’re in that mindset.
Moving forward, I’m going to do my best to slow down sometimes and pat myself on the back, because we should always be kind to ourselves first and foremost!
-Javi!
Jan. 26th, 2025
February 2025 Recap
Heyooo, it’s ya friendly neighborhood Javi!
Back with another blog post recapping everything that’s happened in the last month with my art, events, and looking towards the future for what’s to come – let’s not forget a little dash of life along the way, though!
February was a busy month, to say the least – a theme I hope to continue for the rest of the year. I actually got more done this month than I had in the month of January, but I surprisingly haven’t felt overwhelmed by anything… Yet. Some big thing came out of this month in terms of my art and comics, as well as local exposure in the art scene, and simply so much brewing in the background that it’s too early to reveal anything… Yet!
In this month, I’ve completed another 2 pieces – which were commissions for my nephews and ended up being a lot of fun to make, actually! Not only that, but I created a cover for my new book – more on that in a bit – and I also took that cover design to create a banner I’ll now have at events and a business card to go alongside it! Not only THAT, but I also designed beanies and hats for Apollo City Comics – which you should totally buy, by the way. NOT ONLY THAT, but Apollo City Comics is also launching a dual Kickstarter in March that I’ve been heavily involved in – so stay tuned for that! AND, NOT ONLY THAT, but the work has also finally continued on my solo on-going series with a preview to be ready for my events in March!
PHEW!
Oh, and how could I forget…
I WAS IN A LOCAL ARTICLE!
Shout out to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for focusing on my career for a moment while I presented some of my recent works at the Portals of Love Gallery which was curated by Adrianna Bugarin (@bugzzz_z) at the Brooklyn Art Cave earlier this month!
You can check out the article here: Brooklyn Art Cave exhibition ‘Portals of Love’
As mentioned earlier, I made a cover for my book that I launched this month!
From the Pen to Your Eyes Pt. 1 is a re-work of my original zine, Tri-Forze #1 – at least, that’s what it started as. Eventually, I added two new stories to this book and somehow it ended up becoming an official Apollo City Comics publication! Available starting next month, readers will be able to take a journey through my career of making comics from all the way of 2019 to my recent works of 2025 – an anthology collection of stories I thought would never see the light of day, yet here they are. In my hands. And I couldn’t be any more ecstatic or proud of what I’ve achieved here. Thank you to my team at Apollo City Comics for always pushing and giving input and believing in me – couldn’t have done it without y’all.
Alright, enough sappy shit… Or maybe not, I don’t know.
In March, not only will From the Pen to Your Eyes Pt.1 be available, but two other Apollo City Comics anthologies will become available which I was heavily involved in!
Kick Out the Jams Motherfucker!! Music Anthology AND the One-Hitter: Cannabis Collection will be launching digitally in March with a one-week Kickstarter sprint alongside it to get it to print! Want more info? Well, stay tuned to my Instagram where I’ll be updating everyone on this as well as the future Apollo City Comics Discord server – yeah, it’s happening!
Lastly, I have events this month:
March 12th - Four Color Fantasies Tabling (Winchester, VA)
March 15th - Indie Comics Creator Convention “IC3” (New Have, CT)
March 20th to 23rd - BK Art Fest (Bushwick, NY)
This will be the first time I travel outside of New York for any event, and I’m anxious to say the least!
But I’ll let you guys know how it goes next month!
Until next time.
-Javi!
Feb. 23rd, 2025
...I thought would never see the light of day, yet here they are. In my hands. And I couldn’t be any more ecstatic or proud of what I’ve achieved here. Thank you to my team at Apollo City Comics for always pushing and giving input and believing in me – couldn’t have done it without y’all.
Moving forward, I’m going to do my best to slow down sometimes and pat myself on the back, because we should always be kind to ourselves first and foremost!
January 2025 Recap
Aaaand, here we go.
Welcome to my ramblings that I’ll be doing at the end of every month!
Here I’ll talk about the latest updates on some of my works, events coming up, recaps on future trips, and maybe some unwarranted life advice from your friendly neighborhood Javi!
That said, we’ve reached the end of the first month of2025 and while I thought I was probably going to take a break this month, Inadvertently got myself involved in a plethora of projects. Enough so that I came home on a Friday after work feeling so overwhelmed I made myself a to-do list for the month in my journal, looked at the list, and passed out by 9:30pm.
If you keep up with my Instagram, you’ll know that I’ve already completed 3 pieces this month, started a 4th, and am signed up for a gallery on February 7th-9th now! That’s what’s out there on my page, but on top of that I’m working on updating my zine “Triforze #1,” I’ve enlisted myself to format the next 2 Apollo City Comics anthologies, and I’ve been making plans to do a little “book tour” in March –but more on that in the following month!
To focus on the now, I’ve completed 2 pieces in preparation for my first gallery of the year at the Brooklyn Art Cave! It’ll be for the Portals of Love Gallery curated by Adriana Bugarin (@bugzzz_z) on February 7th – 9th! It’ll consist of a total of 26 artists and opening night will have live musical performances, as well! As you can tell by the name of the gallery, it’s love-themed just in time for Valentines! I have my pieces that I completed for the gallery here on my site as well as some process videos on my Instagram! If you’re interested in buying a print and seeing the art in person, then come out to the Portals of Love Gallery!
Tickets here: "Portal of Love" Opening night | Brooklyn Art Cave
Before sitting down to write this, I actually went through my to-do list and noticed how much of it was checked off. I recently had to remind myself as well this month – looking at my art books that I’ve now filled over the course of the last 5 years – that I should try to slow down sometimes and smell the roses. Not that I feel burnt out or anything, but I think it’s important to always maybe take a step back and recognize the work that’s been put in; sometimes we’re too focused on the next day, on the next goal, on the next assignment that we kind of get put on auto-pilot and it’s easy to stop appreciating the work you’ve put in when you’re in that mindset.
Moving forward, I’m going to do my best to slow down sometimes and pat myself on the back, because we should always be kind to ourselves first and foremost!
-Javi!
Jan. 26th, 2025
...I thought would never see the light of day, yet here they are. In my hands. And I couldn’t be any more ecstatic or proud of what I’ve achieved here. Thank you to my team at Apollo City Comics for always pushing and giving input and believing in me – couldn’t have done it without y’all.
February 2025 Recap
Heyooo, it’s ya friendly neighborhood Javi!
Back with another blog post recapping everything that’s happened in the last month with my art, events, and looking towards the future for what’s to come – let’s not forget a little dash of life along the way, though!
February was a busy month, to say the least – a theme I hope to continue for the rest of the year. I actually got more done this month than I had in the month of January, but I surprisingly haven’t felt overwhelmed by anything… Yet. Some big thing came out of this month in terms of my art and comics, as well as local exposure in the art scene, and simply so much brewing in the background that it’s too early to reveal anything… Yet!
In this month, I’ve completed another 2 pieces – which were commissions for my nephews and ended up being a lot of fun to make, actually! Not only that, but I created a cover for my new book – more on that in a bit – and I also took that cover design to create a banner I’ll now have at events and a business card to go alongside it! Not only THAT, but I also designed beanies and hats for Apollo City Comics – which you should totally buy, by the way. NOT ONLY THAT, but Apollo City Comics is also launching a dual Kickstarter in March that I’ve been heavily involved in – so stay tuned for that! AND, NOT ONLY THAT, but the work has also finally continued on my solo on-going series with a preview to be ready for my events in March!
PHEW!
Oh, and how could I forget…
I WAS IN A LOCAL ARTICLE!
Shout out to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for focusing on my career for a moment while I presented some of my recent works at the Portals of Love Gallery which was curated by Adrianna Bugarin (@bugzzz_z) at the Brooklyn Art Cave earlier this month!
You can check out the article here: Brooklyn Art Cave exhibition ‘Portals of Love’
As mentioned earlier, I made a cover for my book that I launched this month!
From the Pen to Your Eyes Pt. 1 is a re-work of my original zine, Tri-Forze #1 – at least, that’s what it started as. Eventually, I added two new stories to this book and somehow it ended up becoming an official Apollo City Comics publication! Available starting next month, readers will be able to take a journey through my career of making comics from all the way of 2019 to my recent works of 2025 – an anthology collection of stories I thought would never see the light of day, yet here they are. In my hands. And I couldn’t be any more ecstatic or proud of what I’ve achieved here. Thank you to my team at Apollo City Comics for always pushing and giving input and believing in me – couldn’t have done it without y’all.
Alright, enough sappy shit… Or maybe not, I don’t know.
In March, not only will From the Pen to Your Eyes Pt.1 be available, but two other Apollo City Comics anthologies will become available which I was heavily involved in!
Kick Out the Jams Motherfucker!! Music Anthology AND the One-Hitter: Cannabis Collection will be launching digitally in March with a one-week Kickstarter sprint alongside it to get it to print! Want more info? Well, stay tuned to my Instagram where I’ll be updating everyone on this as well as the future Apollo City Comics Discord server – yeah, it’s happening!
Lastly, I have events this month:
March 12th - Four Color Fantasies Tabling (Winchester, VA)
March 15th - Indie Comics Creator Convention “IC3” (New Have, CT)
March 20th to 23rd - BK Art Fest (Bushwick, NY)
This will be the first time I travel outside of New York for any event, and I’m anxious to say the least!
But I’ll let you guys know how it goes next month!
Until next time.