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  • Hergé, the father of Tintin: “Next to him ( Franquin) I am but a poor illustrator”

    Franquin took the comic to art level. The way he was able to draw movement has no equal, for example.

    If you want to have your mind blown, read the “Ideés Noires”, an adult oriented strip, black on white, (hence the ñame), created while he was under severe depression. I think Goya would have approved.







  • I was once at a convenience store, run by a Chinese man, and this 30ish girl in a tank top, obviously a regular comes in and says @look I got my sons name tattooed. Then she says, “look, Aitor@“. The guysmiles nervously. She leaves, and I ask the guy, who es shaking his head, and he says that it was some random mataré sign.






  • Great style! Nowadays it seems that all comics are either stick figure/Marvel/anime style.

    I wish current comic illustrators would try to develop a style, and check out comics from non manga/Marvel origins. The Belgian Marcinelle school, or the ligne Claire schools are two great examples.

    European comics provide an amazing range of styles, the study of which could be of great value to current illustrators.