tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post4552271400111282579..comments2023-12-08T20:10:23.566-08:00Comments on Words and Pictures: Alberto Giolitti, ArtistSmurfswackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-23723402781581713932010-04-22T06:20:14.065-07:002010-04-22T06:20:14.065-07:00I remember reading that Giolitti never saw the Sta...I remember reading that Giolitti never saw the Star Trek tv show when he was working on the comic because it wasn't being aired in Italy. So he was working from stills and had to make up an awful lot of stuff. His Star Trek work was never a favorite of mine. <br /><br />But I love his work on Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, particuliarly an issue where a big game hunter stalks a whale. Both Ronn Suttonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-86880712206348795692010-04-21T15:54:40.381-07:002010-04-21T15:54:40.381-07:00The no-borders thing started when Western Printing...The no-borders thing started when Western Printing severed their ties with Dell and decided to go it alone as Gold Key. I don't remember where I read it, but someone said Western wanted the magazines to look more like storybooks and less like comics. They also made the balloons rectangular with rounded corners and reduced the number of words per balloon. I may be on the last point, since I Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-22485119025167802010-04-21T00:51:54.085-07:002010-04-21T00:51:54.085-07:00It was a pleasure going to the Giolitti site and r...It was a pleasure going to the Giolitti site and reviewing some of the stories, particularly <i>Star Trek.</i><br /><br />I'm amused that he made the uniforms baggier than they were on the show, because he obviously (from his other work) loved drawing folds and wrinkles on clothing.<br /><br />He does his best, but just can't nail Shatner, who is deucedly hard to draw, as you know. You Paul Chadwickhttp://concrete.blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-32023449532957664122010-04-15T12:21:06.756-07:002010-04-15T12:21:06.756-07:00Of course, Fulvia Caprioli was describing the stud...Of course, Fulvia Caprioli was describing the studio in its earliest days. I imagine the "squalid" building and the studio's cash flow improved over time. Still, a lot of Studio G. work was for very cheap markets (Jacula and Oltretomba, for example), and as you know cheap clients are often slow-paying clients. Even in good times Studio G. may have had to dance between payments Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810302126094349455.post-26656959987904905212010-04-15T04:49:47.803-07:002010-04-15T04:49:47.803-07:00I'm surprised to hear about money trouble at G...I'm surprised to hear about money trouble at Giolitti's studio because they were turning out so much work (allegedly up to 400 pages a month at one point!). Giolitti's 240-page western "TEX: Terra Senza Legge" is usually within arm's reach of my own drawing table. His work on King Kong, Jungle Jim and Wells Fargo are other particuliar favorites of mine. A tremendous, Ronn Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026531993882232645noreply@blogger.com