tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post2883134371480038828..comments2023-12-08T20:10:23.566-08:00Comments on Words and Pictures: Dino BattagliaSmurfswackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-56724413709562798272011-07-22T09:55:51.498-07:002011-07-22T09:55:51.498-07:00Thanks for the article links, Matt. The info on th...Thanks for the article links, Matt. The info on the S.I. artists was of great interest.<br /><br />As near as I've been able to tell Battaglia worked on scratchboard or some other clay-surface board. He showed greater control over his strokes than he would have if he'd scratched into inked bristol board with a blade.<br /><br />Once I got an interesting pseudo-Battaglia look by drawing Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-27706660915723313792011-07-22T08:59:03.960-07:002011-07-22T08:59:03.960-07:00thought this might interest some. your post inspir...thought this might interest some. your post inspired me a bit to see if there was more info about Battaglia's technique. I always wondered if those grey textures were done with sponges and they are<br />thanks to google books:<br />http://books.google.com/books?id=4Ofd-XudNAcC&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=dino+battaglia+technique&source=bl&ots=aSi7bYEcbQ&sig=matt dickehttp://mattdicke.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-56030388907713888712011-07-22T08:40:33.731-07:002011-07-22T08:40:33.731-07:00awesome. i think this is the first Battaglia scanl...awesome. i think this is the first Battaglia scanlation i have seen. Hope this sparks some more. His Dectivive Coke work is fantasitic.<br />Thanks for posting this.<br />Mattmatt dickehttp://mattdicke.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-52610328831711508252011-07-05T15:20:35.289-07:002011-07-05T15:20:35.289-07:00Peter, glad you liked it.
The translation is mine...Peter, glad you liked it.<br /><br />The translation is mine; I did it hoping to get the story known more widely. You saw it here first!Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-29162311302146908852011-07-05T01:55:47.944-07:002011-07-05T01:55:47.944-07:00This is the kind of comic I want to read, somethin...This is the kind of comic I want to read, something that treads that mid ground between self indulgent superhero tosh and art comics. There's too little stuff like this being produced now, in english anyway, which is daft because it has the potential to reach that mythic creature, the casual reader.<br /><br />Where did the translation appear? I assume Corriere dei Piccoli was all in Italian.Faffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446264944001513202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-14766635081457045102011-07-04T19:11:42.440-07:002011-07-04T19:11:42.440-07:00Thank you for that information, Fortunato; I'l...Thank you for that information, Fortunato; I'll add it to the main article (with a credit of course).Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-3267500426311826172011-07-04T04:39:31.207-07:002011-07-04T04:39:31.207-07:00Writer-adapter Piero Selva was a nom de plume of M...Writer-adapter Piero Selva was a nom de plume of Mino Milani<br />http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mino_Milanifortunatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964670696777436634noreply@blogger.com