Ratigher ha pimpato un bar

Tazza d'Oro

via E.Toti, 33

Porto d'Ascoli (AP)

evento a cura rombo lab

art direction maicol&mirco

illustrazioni Ratigher

foto Marco Biancucci

modello Giuseppe Vitellozzi

DOMANI E' IL FUTURO

TRAMA selected by Matteo Stefanelli for the Paul Gravett "the best of 2011". Benissimo! 

Questo post riguarderà i fumetti del futuro, almeno di Ratigher.

Prima però, con una certa tracotanza, annunciamo che Trama è nella lista dei migliori fumetti internazionali di Paul Gravett! I due fumetti italiani ("Trama" e "la coda del lupo" di Marino Neri) sono stati selezionati da Matteo Stefanelli, l'uomo dietro Fumettologicamente.

Evviva tutto.

Veniamo a noi.

Le anteprime iniziano con il progetto più inutile, che sicuramente non andrà in porto:

1-"il Progetto Urano è fallito."

Ratigher sta scrivendo un libro di fantascienza. Non uscirà mai. Qui sotto vedete la copertina, addirittura già stampata come insegna LRNZ.

Questo invece è il disegno originale, in compagnia dei due libri di Damon Knight, uno scrittore bravo e giusto con un nome invidiabile.

2- RATIGHER HA INIZIATO IL NUOVO LIBRO A FUMETTI

Uscirà a fine 2012, sarà grosso il doppio di Trama, conterrà meno sangue ma più peli.

3-"doppio schianto"

A maggio al Napoli Comicon, uscirà il quarto numero di Hobby Comics, la rivista dei Super Amici. Ratigher partecipa con una storia che si chiama "doppio schianto".

4.Mothership 02

E poi la copertina del secondo disco in uscita per la Mothership records. Gli (A)toll suonano le chitarre forte.

Per ora basta così. C'è dell'altro, ma così e cosà, passate un bel pomeriggio.

Ciao

INCONTRO IMPOSSIBILE #1

First "impossible team-up" for Conversazioni sul Fumetto, by Ratigher.

Ratigher collabora con Andrea Queirolo e il suo Conversazioni sul Fumetto.

La rubrica si chiama "Incontro Impossibile", la prima puntata è dedicata a Maggie di "Love & Rockets" (di Jaime Hernandez) e Kaneda di "Akira" (di Katsuhiro Otomo). Si capisce meglio se cliccate su Conversazioni sul Fumetto.

“…è stata l’unica in grado di riparami la moto, ma ora sta esagerando. Se continua così Kay le farà scoppiare la testa…”

Il mondo di Orso Bimbo

Orso Bimbo sta riguardandosi la stupenda passeggiata fatta con mamma e papà all'Ospedale Santa Croce di Fano (PU). Dateci un occhio anche voi, cliccando qui.

SOCIETY MANIFESTO per I 400 CALCI

i 400 Calci ask Ratigher to do a new version of a horror-action movie. He chose Society, by Brian Yuzna. Download the hi-res file here. 

Ratigher ha disegnato la locandina di Society, il film horror diretto da Brian Yuzna.

L'operazione è stata pianificata da i 400 Calci. Questo ed altri regali di natale li trovate qui.

L'orgia finita peggio della storia del cinema:

maicol&mirco, lacrime slurpose

Un omaggio ad uno dei più bei personaggi del fumetto italiano,
rimasto orfano da qualche giorno.

Ciao Carlo.

RATIGHER E AKAB SI DICONO DELLE COSE

A conversation between Ratigher and Akab, about vengeance and comics. To close the speech Ratigher draw an impossible team-up; see below.

Su lo Spazio Bianco trovate una specie di intervista tra Ratigher e Akab.

Si discute di arti marziali, guerra, soldi, Image, graphic novel e di soldi. 

Il pezzo si conclude con il disegno qui sotto.

Savage Dragon v.s. Death Ray

BAT PISTOLA

come da titolo

batman di maicol&mirco

chi si colleziona maicol&mirco 13

"il laboratorio di maicol&mirco" (particolare)
disegno pennarello e penna su carta, con retini e post-it.
cm 50x70
2008

collezione Mauro Staci e Noemi Pirastru

LRNZ | ABC

SNOB, through suggestion of Marcello Crescenzi commissioned me a cover illustration for a promotional printed set of the "ABC" project, by Regione Lazio.

We started with this blend of nature and art.

So you get this Roman head from Villa Adriana that reflects in the famous emperor's pool. Under the water and the reflection of trees and of the signature coumns of villa Adriana you can see fishes roaming free, and again the head symbolically reflected as Venus and knowledge are in the hermetic tradition that is so strong in roman classic art.

Leaves define the plane separating the underwater world.

Here is the final result:

Unfortunately, we have to agree that the solution lacked people in it, and it's to (young) people that the ABC project needs to arrive.

I started considering these two drafts as a starting point for a new take on the theme.

First one is a rush of people floating around ad sort of ISD made of art related items. Client loved the Festa del CInema di Roma poster I did a while ago and asked a take on the same vibe. While we lost nature we definitely gained people and action.

The second one is all about youth, arts, and nature living together in a beatiful landscape.

Freshest of the set, probably a bit on the edge to become off topic as a result.

So, the first one won in the end and here it is!

Will post the printed set as soon as I manage to get one!

LRNZ BACKTRACKING | VISION TWO | OTOMO SHONEN - EARLY WORKS BY KATSUHIRO OTOMO

Here is the second cover I saw in my dream.

It is a collection of Otomo's early works.

Mostly black and white stuff.

The book was thick and covered in dark gray canvas.

One copy had that paper thing (obi) the japanese books usually have, but I can't remember perfectly.

Last thing: the covers are exactly the way I dreamed 'em. Far from me to think these are actually good covers. They are the faithful reproduction of the books I saw in my dream.

Hope you'll like it, anyway.

Don't forget to click the image to see it full size.

LRNZ BACKTRACKING | VISION ONE | OTOMO / ANATOMY

I dreamt about Mr. Katsuhiro Otomo.

In the dream I was not self confident enough to speak to him so I only stared at Otomo from a distance while he was talking with his collaborators in the main hall of a old fashioned roman hotel.

During the meeting he was shuffling his new books on the table.

I could clearly see two books.

Here is the first one.

It was a book about Otomo's anatomy archetypes research made for Akira.

It is called OTOMO / ANATOMY.

Sorry for the cheap compositing, it's only a quickie, but I think it gets to the point.

Here is an in between.

Starting the second one now.

LRNZ BACKTRACKING | VACATION

Click the image to zoom in.

LRNZ BACKTRACKING | BATMAN | BORN AGAIN

More fake Batman.

Loved to develop more concept on this one.

A 2hrs all digital thing so no in between steps, sorry.

Expect a major color correction and detail fixing by tomorrow.

Another one and we're set.

LRNZ BACKTRACKING | BATMAN | FINAL

Here it is: no more trash glowy moths and a more gentle and selective color correction.

Drawing at night can bring you to brutal color corrections :)

LRNZ BACKTRACKING | BATMAN MOCKUP

Click on the images to see 'em properly.

Finally had some time to finish.

It was a 12 hours thing, digital draft to coloured flat version.

Not very sure about some details. The glow on the moths is maybe too cheesy.

Maybe I will crank the brightness up a bit more. I love the fact you have to struggle to see Batman in the dark, but maybe I can just let him be a little more visible.

Tomorrow, maybe, I will post a more definitive version.

For sure I can do be faster AND better.

Anyway the Superamici logo on true a Batman cover should be there by default.

Batman is the best superhero to draw, no doubt.

LRNZ BACKTRACKING | BATMAAAAAAAAAAN!

Work in progress. Wished I could finish it today but didn't have the time to draw a lot.

Can't wait to colour it digitally.

Hope I can work on it more tomorrow and at least finish the pencil layer.

5:00 AM. Time to sleep.