Asterios Polyp by Mazzucchelli. Studio Visit (1): Paul Pope. A new series here at Monsieur Bandit: “Studio Visit”, in which we… You are all so smart! Indeed. I must admit that this is a bit of a weakness of mine. I just love to catch a glimpse of an artist’s studio, his “atelier”, the place where he probably spends many hours and has all his junk around him. Luckily my studio doubles as our living room so I have to keep things a bit in control. Today we take a look in the workplace of Mr. Paul Pope Interview. Tardi + Besson: Adèle Blanc-sec. Yes, adapting comics to the big screen is all the rage these days, but I for one am still surprised to see this one: Adèle Blanc-sec?
Tardi? Well, well,well… I loved Adèle Blanc-sec when I was a kid, even though I was much too young to appreciate these books fully. I must have been 9 or 10 years old when I first read them, and to me they were the most scary kind of stories imaginable. It is, by the way, very strange to be calling here Adèle Blanc-sec because I read them in Dutch, not in French, and in the translation Adèle had a completely different name. So, now there is a Isabelle Avondrood movie. Above, some of the covers for the comics (the original French editions) and below the trailer for the movie (with English subtitles) Next up: a short clip in which some scenes from the movie are compared with pictures from the comic and in which you can see Tardi himself (the man with the white beard) meet Adèle in her apartment.
And finally, a nice selection of pages from the comic. Docu: Comics 1973. Dave Mckean - Interview (2) Mike Mignola Interview. The Man in Black and White. More from SelfMadeHero, a comics publisher I discovered online who make some nice little video’s to promote their books. Which is smart. Just saying… An interview by Alex Fitch of Resonance FM with award-winning German graphic novelist Reinhard Kleist, conducted before Kleist's appearance at COMICA at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in November 2009. It contains footage of Kleist sketching, photos from the launch at the ICA (sponsored by Letraset, Chivas Regal and SelfMadeHero) and images of the iPhone digital edition of the graphic novel.
I must admit to not having read anything of Mr. Reinhard Kleist – The Man in Black and White from SelfMadeHero on Vimeo. More? Interview mignola.