Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

On "Comics Addicted", one of Comicus' Blogs, there is a Christmas' sketch of mine.
You can see it here: ILLOGICO IS ... # 8 - x-mas special - Matteo Zamparo

Akira Fudo (Devilman)

The White Bycicle

Last september I participated to a comics' workshop organized by Claudio Calia (nuvoleonline.splinder.com) from "Absolute [YOUNG] Poetry Festival" (www.absolutepoetry.org).
I spent 3 wonderful and instructive days in the workshop, time flied. Concretely, exept a lesson about history of comics and some execises, what has been done was to transpose into graphic novel a poem.


In order to better understand the pages I also decided to add the poem. More over on the site of "Absolute [YOUNG] Poetry" (www.absolutepoetry.org/Dopo-Absolute-Poetry-2010-Ferrer-a) you can find works by the other participants to the workshop.



The white bycicle

Lyrics by Horacio Ferrer
Music by Astor Piazzolla

Did you see him. Certainly you too, sometimes saw him.
I'm talking about that eternal cyclist, alone, so alone,
that climbs the streets at night.
He wears the cuffs of his trousers inside his socks
and a beret pulled down to his ears, did you noticed?
Nobody knows, where in the heck he comes from;
it is never known where in the devil he goes.
Anyway, if you saw him pass by, look at him with plenty of love.
Perhaps it could be, again…

The skinny guy that had the white bicycle
whistling a polka was cruising the city,
the wheels looked pitiful, so small and square,
that the poor man entangled his beard in the pedal.

The bike handles were the horns of a goat,
behind on a cart he was pulling a fish and a loaf of bread,
panting like a puppy, he climbed the ravines
cheering himself up, shouting while pedaling:

"Go, God! … Go, God!,
with the heart, skinny guy.
You know that to win
is not getting there but continuing."

Everyone, meanwhile, on the sidewalks
rolling on the ground with laughter
we applauded him like crazy!
And he with romance novel eyes,
saluted and gave thanks,
and he used to repeat.

"Go, God!… Go, God!
Give it everything, go God!"

But, a certain night, his horrible bicycle with a trailer
began to cast an enormous fluorescent tail.
Unbelievable! The pickpockets were returning wallets on the bus;
the powerful were ending hunger;
the UFOs were revealing the mystery of piece;
the mayor himself was filling the potholes in the streets.
And even I, kid, I who am the heartaches,
I cried of joy dancing under that light the polka of the cyclist.

Later, I do not know, I swear to you, by what sinister rage,
I do not know why we did it, we did it without wanting!,
to the skinny guy, poor skinny guy, we assaulted him, and from behind,
his white bicycle we started to destroy.

We hit it like a punching bag, without remorse, hard, really big,
we turned it into a thousand pieces and, finally, I saw that he,
biting on his beard, shouted. "May I save you!",
he took a look at his bicycle, he smiled, he walked away.

Our old Skinny guy who art on Earth, how come you forgot
that we are not angels, but men and women?

Skinny guy,
don't be sad,
all was not useless,
don't loose Faith.
In a comet with pedals
pedaling and pedaling!
I know that you will return.

Zombie Boxer

Unluckily, his manager accepted a match proposal in the wrong place... Fortune City (which is the setting for the game Dead Rising 2).

...Schism

Comic realized for the fourth national contest addressed to new authors, Fumetti in Tv (www.fumettintv.com).

Alan Wake's Departure

Imagined cover of found manuscript's pages from "Alan Wake" 's videogame.

Joker

Alice In Wonderland

Illustrations realized for "Bologna Children's Book Fair" (www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it).

Batman

Fairy

This illustration is part of n° 0 "Fu.Mo." fanzine.

Spiderman & Captain America

Drawings realized during the exhibition market "Giuseppe Palumbo - La vertigine d'Autore" in Majano (UD).

Wolverine

Whellchome #1

Interview With Death

Mike: It should be better if we begin, don't you think?

You're right, I'm so exited, it doesn't happen everyday to interview Death.

Mike: Usually once.

What's the question you're asked more?

Mike: "How much is this one?". Obviously my catalogue is the best provided. I work as God commands.

So you do believe in God?

Mike: Till he pays my salary, I'd say yes... Let's face it, being emplyed by God is a certainty, his business is so reliable, it can't fail. More over he supplies you these wonderful shythe-pens. Do you want some?

Oh, thanks. We're really enthusiastic that you accepted our proposal to realize a comic-stripe on your job. How did you convinced yourself to?

Mike: Free advertising. You do not have any ideas about how much competition there is in this field. Hades, Pluto... For humans that's not a simple choice. Generally speaking the shythe-pen makes the difference. Which is absolutely better than a snake plush or a key ring.

I will take advantage of your position as God's employee, and ask you what everyone is curious to know. How's God?

Mike: That's still impossible to say. We're all waiting for the election results.

Wow, this a scoop! I did not know he was encharged! I hope we'll have some more news. Let's continue the interview. This blog will contain many other works, as well as Whellchome, how do you feel about sharing this blog with other productions?

Mike: If the authors get famous I'll be famous as well. That's good. You know... I don't want to kid myself, but once in my, ehm... life? People could be happy to meet me.

There could be a day in which you'll sign autographs, not just receipts. Ahahah.

Mike: Not everyone is brave enaugh to laugh in my presence.

I think you should get used to that, Mike, today we'll start publishing. And to celebrate here's for you our special gift. The official Whellchome carpet!

Mike: Great... it will make me feel better when I come home from work. Woah, I think I'm late. My client won't regret it... but maybe my employer does.

Thanks Mike, you've been so helpful. I don't know what to say, I don't think "hope to see you soon" does suite well.

Mike: ..."see you" should work fine.