Newsarama, prestigioso sito di recensioni sul fumetto Americano dedica un'ampia intervista Brian sulla serie NORTHLANDERS, sulla run che ho fatto io e su quelle che verranno in seguito.
l'intervista è QUI
unico mio appunto su questo passaggio:
NRAMA: Back to research for a minute, within the first arc, Davide's art has been very specific, not the generic "insert Viking here" traditionally seen in comics. Even the scenes in Constantinople had an authentic look, different again from "Medieval Middle Eastern city" set that can sometimes show up. Is that your notes and legwork that you provide him with, or his?
BW: A bit of both. It's incredibly hard to find solid reference for Vikings. There are lots of re-enactors out there and some written descriptions from the times, but you can only get so much from that. Most of what I find is idealized stuff, costumes and fairytale nonsense. Which is a good place to start, but I want all this to feel real and lived in and practical, so we have to sort of invent what that would be, to apply notions of practicality and common sense to it. Obviously the horned helmets had to go. Constantinople was originally a Roman city, so it was easy for Davide, a native Italian, to get that right. I supplied all the Orkney stuff. We just mashed all this together and refined it down to what you see in the book. It wasn't easy or quick, I have to say. And right now Ryan Kelly, the artist on the third arc, and I are working on character designs, going through the same process.
ecco, diciamo che il mio sforzo per trovare la documentazione per la prima run, non è stata molto riconosciuta, anzi sembra quasi che io abbia fatto tutto senza particolari impegni.
vorrei semplicemente precisare non è stato affatto così.
abbiamo lavorato tutti sullo stesso piano, confrontando e scambiando il materiale trovato con lo stesso impegno, e con la stessa voglia di far apparire tutto molto realistico.
insomma una piccola precisazione.
per il resto l'intervista è molto ricca e succosa.
per chi volesse, buona lettura.
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