Jorge Munoz...Mexico City artist/Joe Sowell Television Production

Mexican artist Jorge Munoz and Joe Sowell work on new storyboard's

REX DEREK

Who can save the world?

A Joe Sowell Production in progress...

Many of you have witnessed the birth of this production in 2008. The original video was made in 1991. I'm anxious to put the original on this website shortly. When all legal documentation has been filed, expect video to follow.

Pictures by Rick Hill....

My friend, Rick Hill, was over the other night and took a few pics of my sculpture in progress. This sculpture is of Rex Derek, the character you see as drawings in the illustrations below. A mold will be made of him, foam rubber will be poured into mold. Postings in the future will show the progression of this character. he will eventually have silicone skin and hair and realistic eyes. Hope you enjoy...

All work (c) copyrighted by Joseph W. Sowell, III 2010

All original art created by Jorge Munoz copyrighted (c)

Awesome!!! Joe, Moe and Cash illustrations...

Jorge Munoz...Mexico City artist

This guy is incredible. If anyone might needs a good artist, let me know and I will connect you with this person. He does great work and all you need to do is send art over the internet and he will produce beautiful work for you.

Two new storyboards.

Rex Derek..the sculpt

Mary, Mary, quite the lady friend of mine...

I've met two wonderful people, married, named Mary and Peter Atkinson. Peter is an English gent with a penchant for wine. Mary is a wonderful artist whom I will ask that you look for here, she has her own blog site. MaryAtkinson'spaintings.blogger.com

I think....

Anyhow, I have a great amount of gratitude for Mary. I bore witness to her artistic spirit and saw her tremendous talent when invited to her home for dinner one evening. She inspired me when she said, Joe, what is keeping you from building that puppet? Do you have emotional pain? This is what you should be doing. It is what you were put here to do.

Thank you Mary.

I took her words, my mother's and my father's and began sculpting Rex Derek. I'll show you a picture in the next day. It is coming right along. The sculpt is just about complete.

Joe storyboards finalized...

Jorge, nailed my character Joe. See what you think.

Working throught the kinks with Joe...

Jorge is trying to get the Bazooka Joe character right. Here is my email to Jorge describing Bazooka Joe. It is kind of fun interacting with an artist you have never spoken to, but have only communicated with over the internet. It is completely cereberal.

..."Take a deep breath, relax that drawing hand, and come at this fresh and new. Grab a cup of Cafe Bustelo, or whatever good South American coffee you may drink, and drink one hot and fresh and mix in your sugar. You probably have a couple of ants crawling around in the sugar, from what I remember, but don't let them bother you. They give your drawing hand the strength and power you need to create this complex character. He's not someone you see in your part of the world. From the neck down, you've got him. Print a picture of the drawing Bert did and put that drawing above the computer on the wall. Or, above your drawing area on the wall with a piece of scotch tape.

Think of your days in Chicago, in America, and the black men you saw there. Comprende? This is where you have to test your artistic merits. A-rod is only a person Joe is similar to. I did tell you to draw him exactly like A-rod, but do not. Draw him exactly as Jorge sees him as an overly, self-confident male. I know there was a guy like him in personality when you were in junior school. He was always poking fun at people, he was handsome, he wasn't hurtful to a guy like you, in fact, he probably liked you because you were the artist. He probably asked you for a drawing of himself. He probably looked at you at your school's prom and you saw him when he walked into the school auditorium. He was wearing an overly tacky outfit, with way too many gold neclaces on. He probably had a gold tooth, that he thought was "hot".

That bad-ass hombre was with a girl that everyone in your school thought was the hottest girl around.He starts trashing his soccer buddies, and then he looks across the room at you and gives you a wink, letting you know that you are cool in his book. You don't talk to him again the whole evening. But, bottom line, Joe is cool, everyone knows he's cool, and we have got to feel that character."

Jorge lives in Mexico, and this character has been a tough one to get his mind around. These sketches are beautiful. I think he has it.

Sketches introducing Joe and Moe

Explanation of clay sculpture..

People who may be reading this blog may not realize that this project is a work of scripts, thirty minute tv shows, with foam-rubber characters as the central actors. All sets are built by me and my crew. It is a science-fiction, comedic adventure. In all programs, the central theme is some evil force trying to destroy our planet- planet Earth. These guys are part of a special group of men called Zeta force. They are comprised of Sergio Leone type tough guys with a dark sense of humor. They continually work to destroy enemies of Earth.

Puppets on film, who wouldn't love it? I'll post my original short film in the not too distant future. Any commentary, please leave it with me via chat. Thanks, and enjoy my special world.

Early Stages

All work (c) copyrighted by Joseph W. Sowell, III

I am making preliminary sculpture for Rex Derek character. Please, check back in next few days for firs posting of Rex Derek sculpture. The sculpture will be converted into a mold. The mold will be cast with Silicone or foam-rubber. It will be very exciting to watch the progress of this guy. I hope you check back and leave any feedback. Thanks!

Preliminary sketches of Mo and Bazooka Joe

I'm starting to like these a lot!

Jorge Munoz, Mexican comic-book artist, his interpretation of Joe Sowell's Science-Fiction Fantasy

Robot Bad-ass, "Dude"

First few pages of script: Rex and the Destruction of the Rocket

SFX

THE JULES VERNE, STEAM-PUNK INSPIRED BATTLESHIP, THE BETSY ROSS, FLIES ALONG THE CANYON WALLS OF HELL'S VALLEY. TYPE APPEARS OVER THE SCREEN AS THE SHIP FLIES WITH GREAT SPEED, LEFT TO RIGHT.

(”Hell’s Valley, Planet Mausoron 7)

CUT-TO INTERIOR

Rex Derek pulls a set of goggles close to his face. Magpie is busy at the controls- pulling handles and turning knobs, steam emitting from time to time.

REX: STEADY AS SHE GOES.

Magpie: As steady as I can keep her, Captain. Must we always be sent to the nastiest planets in the universe? A planet where fire perpetually erupts from the land? Really, Captain!


Rex: Red, what is the topography like from where you are sitting?

Red: From what I can tell, it looks just like Magpie put it, rocky and the land is wrought with fire-geysers. Temperatures are above one hundred in the daylight… nighttime temperatures- somewhere in the teens. It looks to be overcast at nearly all times.

CHET CARTRIGHT
Soldiers let me remind each of you that I will remain in a superior role during the entirety of this mission. Captain Derek is no longer in charge of this mission.

REX DEREK
(annoyed) Cartright, please…

CHET CARTRIGHT
That is Major Cartright to you and your men, Captain Derek!

REX DEREK
As you are, Major Cartright. My men understand your position, but we are not a normal group of fighters that are required to play by the book.

CHET CARTRIGHT
You are to play by my rule book, Captain.

REX DEREK
We are part of the elite Zeta Force. We technically go by all of the rules and regulations of normal personnel. However, we don't quite fit into the same clean box that you are more accustomed to and that which you are portraying. I respect your position, but if I need to, I can usurp your authority with one telephone call. And, I won’t hesitate to make that call if I feel you are putting my crew in danger.

CHET CARTRIGHT
You and your men will need to operate This vessel using proper protocol when I am in your company, Captain. My superiors will want to be briefed as to your group's professionalism. Do you understand?

REX DEREK
Sir, I do understand. But, it is very difficult to operate under normal operational procedure while on many of the secret missions we perform. Never have we been expected to act in such a manner.

CHET CARTRIGHT
I expect it from you and your men, Captain. However, things are going to be different today.

CASH
Here we go...

BIG RED
By all means, we together have seen action nearly a hundred times, and each of us has lived to tell the tales.

All art and script material copyrighted by Joseph Sowell

For inquiries regarding investment opportunities, please inquire by email to JSowell879@gmail.com. Prospectus available upon request.

Lark Aspic, smaller droid, meets "Dude"

Jorge Munoz...Mexico City artist

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Mexico's greatest artist...please, contact this excellent artist for any illustrations, he is very wonderful to work with. Just look at these pictures. He's excellent.

Rex Derek and Z

The Colonel is a pain in the butt!

The colonel has a mission. He does things his way, they do things their way.

I must suggest that anyone reading this site, visit the artist Jorge Munoz at TheYorko.com and witness a really talented comic book artist in action. He posts new drawings all the time.

The commander, Chet Cartright, insists on doing things "his way"...

Rex gets an earful...happens sometimes...

Investors in film/television, please inquire about prospectus...

Investors are welcome to inquire and to participate in a television show for young adult science-fiction television production. Please, forward emails to JSowell879@gmail.com. Scripts are complete and production is set for 2012. All work presented on this site is copyrighted and all distribution rights belong to Joe Sowell, PO Box 7358, Richmond, VA 23221.

Thank you,

Joe Sowell

Potash on other planets?

Potash on other planets..maybe so....

Updated, copyrighted art for Rex and Magpie...

Jorge and I have been working hard to nail concepts down and this is not easy. At times, I'm sure he'd like to ring my neck. He's been great in his understanding and being the true artist he is. Everybody looking at this needs to see what a great comic-book artist Jorge F. Munoz is. He's got wonderful work, and he is a pioneer as one of the first comic-book artists to do a book in a completely digital format...I believe his comicbook is called, Bear Beater Bunyan. Give it a look, it is good stuff.

I'm going to put posts on here that represent what Jorge Munoz and I have been working on. We've got the workings of a really good storyboard. Each image is painstakingly done. Mostly for Jorge Munoz, the talented Mexican artist. I'll try to mostly put these in order, the different illustrations, but they are telling a story of a group of guys in an elite force of men who protect the world and its space from all kinds of dastardly enemies- ones from other planets, ones from space, and ones who come from the ocean. All, generally want to do harm to good people.

Enjoy Jorge Munoz's great work. I am but a story-teller. He is an illustrator with great talents, as you will now see.