It’s been a hot summer so far. Not only because of the climate we had here in the region, but also because I’ve been on fire with work! The consequence is that I have become a bit “lazy” in relation to this blog. On the other hand, now that things are cooling down a bit, I have a lot of stuff to talk about, so let’s start!
Giètz! is not the only music related work I’ve done in the last year. In fact as I had forseen, it’s been a very “musical” year so far!
I had the pleasure to create an illustration dedicated to the great band Pere Ubu for the venue Il circolo degli artisti in Rome. Pere Ubu is really a very inspiring band for my work.
Being a fan of 80s darkwave tunes and retro horror aesthetics I was more than pleased when the Italian fanzine group Lamette gave me the opportunity to create a comic about Bauhaus. This comic was also a great chance to test my “parasite” techniques on a black&white format. I chose to work with a style that takes a lot from old horror movies (like those starring Bela Lugosi), which works perfectly in b/w.
The last one, is also the oldes of the three. Its a comic inspired by the song Spiracle by Soap&Skin. To quote myself earlier:
Spiracle is a wonderful song by Austrian songwriter Anja Plaschg aka Soap&Skin,contained in her first (and still only) album Lovetune for Vacuum. Andrea Provinciali, one of the editors of Il Mucchio, asked me several months ago to participate in this project called Pencil Song, where comic artists are asked to reinterpret a song of their choice in comic form. It was around that time that I discovered Soap&Skin and her sound just made me want to draw something to it.
As a funny side note, the issue in which this comic appears, is fittingly numbered #666.
I’ve got several other music related project which I’m currently working on, so there’s more coming soon!