THE (SHARK) BOY WONDER.Byline: - Bob Strauss What's cooler than having a dad who makes the ``Spy Kids'' movies? How about him making a movie you invented? Racer Max Rodriguez, who turned 8 in April, shares a writing credit on ``The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D.'' His multihyphenate father, Robert, developed the film from dreams, drawings and other ideas Racer had about a kid whose fantasy world comes to sudden, realistic life. ``I thought they looked cool,'' Racer says of seeing the characters he created come to life on the big screen. ``They looked better than I imagined. Bigger, too.'' For Robert, who last collaborated with comics artist A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part. Frank Miller on the adults-only ``Sin City,'' turning his son's concepts into a movie was fun. Daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin , but fun. ``The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was a great idea,'' Robert says. ``But the pressure was on. If I blew it, I'd hear about it for the rest of my life! ``He helped me get away from what I usually do, and toward a more pure, child's viewpoint,'' Pop adds. ``Racer's so much like me when I was that age, it's like going back in a time machine and being 8 again, getting these ideas straight from the source.'' Racer and his brothers Rocket, Rebel and Rogue Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. attended school with the film's young actors at ``Sharkboy and Lavagirl's'' Austin, Texas, location. That enabled even more fine-tuning from a child's point-of-view. ``Race was there on the set,'' Robert says. ``I would show him dailies at the end, show him stuff as we were editing it together. He'd read things as I was writing it and throw in ideas. He was sort of my Frank Miller on this.'' Was it cool to help make a movie while still in second grade? ``Yes!'' Racer affirms while drawing a three-headed creature for an inquisitive in·quis·i·tive adj. 1. Inclined to investigate; eager for knowledge. 2. Unduly curious and inquiring. See Synonyms at curious. reporter. ``Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.'' But does that mean he'll go into the family business once he's grown up? ``Maybe,'' Racer says, with a shrug. ``Or maybe I'll be a marine biologist marine biologist specialist in the biology of marine life. . I like fish. Especially sharks Sharks may refer to:
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