Thanks for this info...very very interesting... Steve Novak
Cinefrog@comcast.net
On 5/4/08 3:16 PM, "jean-pierre jacquet" <
jacquet@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Indeed. A perfect adequation between the script and
the artwork is
> essential for comics/graphic novels to work and
appeal to fans and non
> fans of the medium. I personally like to peruse or
leaf through
> graphic novels, reading them kinda sideways,
shuttling lazily back and
> forth, resting on particularly stong panels. Being
an artist myself, I
> like to pick the mind of the graphic artist at work,
asking myself
> about his intentions in the cutiing, the framing,
the lighting, etc.
> Just like you writers on this list who are so able
at deconstructing
> the writing process of authors. In the 70's and
80's, self-indulgent
> artwork became the norm, with a large proportion
being total crap; and
> I remember buying some only because of the art, not
bothering to read
> them. The new generation of graphic novels authors
is sometimes of the
> highest caliber. One of my favorites chooses to have
wordless books,
> with oustanding artwork, which should satisfy
listers who seem to be
> intimidated and unable to read a graphic novel. I am
talking about
> Thomas Ott, a Swiss veteran, whose work is now
published in this
> country by Fantagraphics Books. I recommend "Cinema
Panopticum", and
> not only because it is both noir and drawn in black
& white.
> jean-pierre jacquet
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