YELLO STUFF

Well, for quite a while I've been doing some stuff and not showing anyone.
In one side because I was hoping that something got published, on the other, and most frequently, because I've been working to much in stuff that are not comics related.

Well, forget all that, and just pay attention to some stuff I'll post from now on.

Todays stuff is something that was made for FLIGHT and got lost in the middle of the process. Japs, my partner in this project, lost his grip and never actually finished, not his fault, he also have bills to pay too...

This project was called AVIA, and I'll start showing you the Aeroblade's sketches.

YELLO HATTING

I never thought that one single book could create such a mess in my mind. Not the normal comic book producing mess, like the time it takes to research or draw, or even the months expecting it to sell or people to talk about it. That's normal. It's weird when it haunts you everyday you pick up a copy in your shelf.
I have this relationship with Horns of Hattin, my third book. Since day one it was a crazy experience. Even before it's completion it was demanding. A friend of mine was supposed to do it, but it didn't happened. After trying to solve this personal/professional issue (that was never really solved) I had only six months to work on it's 120 pages. And this book was meant to be part of Shane's incomplete trilogy, so it couldn't be done lightly. I had to make it perfect or at least put all my soul in it. I did the later surely. All of it are in those pages, bad drawn and all. All the fears and expectations are printed with the uneven material that I used on those old papers. The originals are pieces of art, not for it's artistic achievements, but for it's deformities. But the book was done. Kako's cover make it looks like a real book. Not just my guts printed in brown. Maybe I took the readers far from his story and too much closer to my hart.
This book demanded more that life. We'll never forget all those who died during it's making.

The real deal is that after all this blood shed we had not many reviews or sales. The book is in the oblivion, far from those whom the book was written to.

Today I have mixed feelings about the book. Some days I hate it, some others I only think it is pretty confusing. Shane has a crazy gift of making everyday stories into sagas and myths. He can grab you when you least expected. Some of the best scenes I have ever seen in comics was in my mind while reading his scripts. If Horns of Hattin is any good, is because of him.

So, this must be his making: http://graphicnovelscomics.suite101.com/article.cfm/thehornsofhattin

YELLO MOYASHI

Remember when I said, I'm a Moyashi, you're a Moyashi? Well, here is an better explanation (in Portuguese, so be prepared) at KIAI TV. I'm still a Moyashi, and you probably are so too.

YELLO TUBE

YELLO MOVIE

YELLO PEOV

PEOV is an old friend. A great friend, he's also a great artist and a great story teller.

He can work in many medias, he feels free to try and succeed in any art form. Now he's testing the boundaries of what is real and what's fiction in the internet. He and his character shares the same body in the virtual space and having responses in the real one. To many people that's a new thing that the technology allows you to do. For PEOV this is old, he always manage to live between the real and the dream world. Visit PEOV's Myspace and his Blog.

YELLO FRIENDS

I have never met Hugo Pratt, nor even in dreams.

Actually for years I had never even seen a page of his work, I did only knew his character, CORTO MALTESE. But, somehow my art, my style and the way I want to tell my stories is much like his own. OK, I know he is a freaking master and I have to be born a hundred times more to draw and to tell stories like him. Even so, different people have said that my work reminds Pratt's. A lie, but a great compliment for the soul.

The first one to say it was Fabio Cobiaco, the greatest of Pratt's disciple.
Cobi, as we call him, is a master him self. Publish comics for decades, knows everyone, and kick ass in any style he chooses to render. A very humble man, he knows how to be a friend and how to tell you what you need to hear to move on.

I wish I could be Cobiaco, to have Hugo Pratt dreams. I wish I could see Hugo like him.

YELLO BOOKS

Thousands of books on the shelf, hundreds of pages in the book, and this almost famous Brazilian actress randomly chooses GUNNED DOWN's STAGECOACH MARY story pages to open at her pin-up like portrait. Weird.

YELLO SANS

OK, this will be a tricky one to all off you that can't read Portuguese. You will just have to trust me on this. Well, this girl, Yuki Kato, is a young comic book artist from the Amazon and a hell of a blogger. She has the best dialogues with imaginary friends and colleges from college. She also have the best name for her Fanzine (the same as her blog's) COMIC SANS. A well know font used by all ill minded people with Corel Draw and Microsoft Word... well everyone but you and me.

If you can read Portuguese, please do visit her site, if you can't, email her asking to translate the talk between her and her spleen about buying an apartment.

Sorry Yuki, but I will post some of your sketches...

YELLOOGLE

YELLO SOCCER

During the world cup is was watching a random game and I begun to sketch this page. After some months at my deck waiting for some inking I decided to paint it with some water color. It's a little weird, more of a come back to hand painting, but it was fun.

Just need to figure out a text form the captions...

YELLO PEOPLE @ BRASILIA

MIDDLE LAND

In the geographic center of Brazil lays BRASILIA. A city born from random sketches, stands like a concrete giant where men rule the country.

There I'll be talking about comics, illustration and art.

FROM YELL

A couple of years ago at the Comic Book Convention I had the good fortune of meeting Mr. From Hell, Eddie Campbell. Well, actually it is a pretty fun story, but I'll leave that to another day. Today I want to say that he is finally on line with his own personal blog. If you like his ALEC books or any of his personal work, will understand that he was the first blogger ever, with his very personal surrealistic stories. This same world is translated to the internet, for our own good fortune.

YELLO FEET

YELLO CAR

This is one of my creations in comics that won't be featured at YELLO JELLO.
But it sure was a fast and fun gig. A colleague, ADRIANO GRIECCO, that works here at QUATRO RODAS reces with his old PUMA car for a long time now. And after a series of accidents, restaurations and misadventures, he asked me if I could tell his story page by page, panel by panel. I took a look at the pics he had and figured out a way to do it in 7 pages. Well, I hope people laugh reading it as much as I did hearing his stories.

VIDA E MORTE SEVERINA

IMAGINE YELLO FX

My good old friend Marcelo Furquim is the Art Editor of one of the best magazines in the face of the earth. True. It's a new magazine published in England by FUTURE PUBLISHING called IMAGINE FX. It's about digital art, but not any digital art, fiction and fantasy stuff (as it's name suggests). Only very good material. They always have great artists profiles and the some awesome tutorials. Not that I've tried to do one, but you can really can tell the difference. Anyway, they put up their Site, where you can subscribe or read some articles and even upload your art for their gallery. The magazine was born from a discussion forum about digital arts actually. They are very strong on the web and on print. The new kind of magazine that can survive this brave new world of crossing medias.

Well, check it out for your self: IMAGINE FX WEBSITE

Furquim is also a great painter as the ones he publishes. He's the artist behind PREY #2 Cover.

The other art is from when he was a little kid, give the guy a break, ok.

YELLO STICKER

TWELVE LABORS OF D'ANGELO

In the beginning of this year (or the end of the later), my good old friend Oga asked if I wanted to participate in a project where his brother-in-law was working on. The project was a feature movie and the gig was to be the double for the main character's actor. Not exactly doing stunts and stuff, but drawing. First he gave me the script, good story, but I really liked the title "Os doze trabalhos" translate to "The twelve labors". Just like the myth.
See their website

Anyway, after talking to the Art Director and the Director (Ricardo Elias) I was in. First I had to create Herakles scketch book. Then to teach the actor to fake drawing, since he needed it to some scenes. No problems so far, did the book, teach the kid, even went to the shooting scene to help them out.

Then ENTERS THE PRODUCER! Very interesting person, the women must have done a millions movies. We had some arguments about payment and contract, but it all work out fine in the end. But I still think she hates me, I'm in the very end of the credits...

In the very end the Art Director lost the Scketch book that I produced (the one in the hand of the actors in the pictures), a shame really. But I end up meeting a lot of nice people, great professionals and all. Although we talked about adapting the movie to comics, it never came through.

I'll do my Motoboy story eventually.

The movie will premiers in Rio, but it is showing in São Paulo this week.
See the schedule

It was a whole lot of fun, but now, back to doing comics.

YELLO KIAI

I'm a moyashi, you're a moyashi, we're all are moyashis.

MOYASHI BLOG

UTOPIC ART

One is the actual picture that I took while Graziela was dancing.
The other is a drawing that I did inspired by her Dance.
Read about the performance (in protuguese) in this critique by Helena Kats

COFFEE IS FOR CLOSERS

Sales is an art form.

And as any other art, there is those who master it. These are the guys who can sell anything: Sand in the desert, ice on Antartica and even Independent Comics on San Diego Comic Book Convention. I'm not saying that independent comics are this or that, I'm just saying that is hard to be the "pusher" of this little big bussines.
One of the best dealers (On Line and now Off line too) that I've known is Brian Scott Johnson, the owner and founder of Khepri Comics. He can show you the best line up of indy comics on the web (and in the whole Phoenix County) and also can get you any action figure you want. But the beauty of his work is not only in selecting the finnest books around, it lies on his knowledge of the comic book art form and it's craft. He knows what he sells.
I had the chance of working with Brian on his booth at San Diego, and before that when he helped at Terra Major. I learned a great deal, about sales, about not making a sale and about keeping my eye on the ball. I learned enough to use it in my own life and I´m very greatful for that.

Brian is the example of what we need to keep the Comic Book bussines runnig. And if you don't beleive in me, I'm sure that he can change your mind. Just ask his lovely wife Tatum!

BASHO

BLOGGING BROTHERS AND SISTERS

One Blog that you MUST see, another that you HAVE to read.

KAKO's Le Monsu Flaneur

Kicking the system's ass with PAM NOLES

MO CHANG AGAINST THE SEA

Hey MO CHANG fans!
Hear This: his new Mini-Comic published by TERRA MAJOR, called IT DREAM TO ME is avaiable at KHEPRI.COM and at COMIX PRESS. Buy one so MO can save money to build a Anti-Tsunami wall in Iceland!

JOHNNY REPEAT REVIEWS

Once more Citizen Press Book catch the attention of reviewers.
Congrats to Jason James once more.

COMIC PANTS

NEWSARAMA

MTV on COMICS

This month on the MTV Magazine Brazil there's an article about Comic Book Artists that work abroad. I'm one of this guys, along with my friends Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Clayton Jr. and other great Brazilian artists. The basic questions where: What the f@#$ do we do, How the f@#$ do we started and what the f@#$ we think about the comic book business in Brazil. There is a very interesting overview of what happens with artists and publishers down here. The good thing is that ,with internet and small printer companies, anyone can put their work out there, no matter what the market says.

LOVE WALL

This is something I did with a help of some friends.
An intervention in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, filled with love and sorrow.

LADY BUG

LADY ARTIST at YOUTUBE



Finally something to show...

CREPAX Jr.

Yesterday I've received a friend's email saying:"Tomorrow I'm having lunch with CATERINA CREPAX, daughter of GUIDO CREPAX, the creator of VALENTINA , will you join us?" What do you say to that? YES, OF COURSE, I'll PAY... Whatever my answer was, I went there and met her and her lovely friends. She is a very sweet and talented person. Like her father she's an architect, and like her father, her greatest work is not on the that field. It's on fashion working as a stylist. Great work, as you can see on the picture attached. The best part was when she talked that as a child, she would be drawing very quietly beside him, while he would stay the whole day, even on Christmas, drawing and listening to jazz... Nice memories I believe, that makes me think that I shouldn't be here writing on this blog, I should be at my desk, drawing.

Thanks Caterina!

RUSSIAN HORROR MOVIE

The Girl with the Unisnaptic Brain

Graziela Mantoanelli first Russian Horror Movie. A true YELLOJELLO art.

IS THIS LOVE?

PAGE 1 -

P.1 - TITLE: "The invisible man is blind"
P.2 - CAPTION: The invisible man was not born blind
P.3 - CAPTION: He was a normal kid
P.4 - CAPTION: That sadly decided to became invisible
P.5 - CAPTION: He chose to grow up like this
P.6 - CAPTION: With an invisible existance



PAGE 2 -

P.1 - CAPTION: To be unseen
P.2 - CAPTION: And cursed not to see
P.3 - CAPTION: Because his eyes, being invisible, could not reflect the light
P.4 - CAPTION: His days were dark days
P.5 - CAPTION: So, he wonders blindly...
P.6 - CAPTION: In a world with not much to see



PAGE 3 -

P.1 - CAPTION: Untill one day
P.2 - CAPTION: Light came through
P.3 - CAPTION: And then he finally saw
P.4 - CAPTION: Somethig out of the ordinary
P.5 - CAPTION: And then he finally felt
P.6 - CAPTION: And then he finally knew...



PAGE 4 -

P.1 - CAPTION: He was safe

WHAT"S COOKING?

Last week me and my wife served TAI food for some friends. It was a sucess. I like to think of my self as a good cook, not a real real cook, but a good cook. Everyone that eats my food, enjoys it. But one day it hit me, since I'd never ever followed any recipes exactly and always have created something of my own, I'd never get to do the same exact dish twice, it's always a new experience, and people always enjoyed it.

The point is, I do comics the same way, always something different than before, always a new recipe and some new ingredients... I just hope that people that reads it, just like my guests, enjoy this different, but creative menu.

Anyway, I'll keep on cooking till the dawn of times...

SAMURAI STORY

Kakzuo Koike, the great master, and writer to LONE WOLF AND CUB, attended the SDCC 2006, invited by his publisher at DARK HORSE. He had to sign some books at the Convetion for one hour, but five minutes to the end, he got very exhausted from all the action, and traveling and had to leave the booth for a moment. Some people that where in line were kindly attended by the Dark Horse people to see if the wanted their book sign by Kazuo Sama while he was resting, they only had to give the book and wait. Everyone agreed. But, Kazuo Sama, knowing that he had agreed to something to this people, would only do it properly. He came back, sat down and signed one by one, with the Japanese stamp and everything for the five minutes he owe them. That's was the most strong and beautiful scene that I have ever seen. That was filled with servitude and commitment. That's when you give the best of you, no matter what.

Life or death.

Kazuo Koike a real Samurai.

YELLO GATE

If you're in San Francisco, or driving by the city, try to find this YJ card and I'll give you a prize. Well, everyone will want to see a picture of you there.
The way to this place is worth the efford,even more if it is a sunny day.

TEN LITTLE FRENCH BREADS

Well, there are some people in my life that I'm very proud to be friends with.
One, or two of this people are Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. This two brothers that I've met some 15 years ago in a comic book class along with another great artist, now movie director, PEOV. They work harder than anyone I know and desirve every cent that they earn with their craft. To go as the third triplet to SDCC is one hell of an experience. I've been going to San Diego for 8 years, but of course I had to skip a couple because of money, day job or lack of projects to show, but this two have been going for more than 10 years, non-stop. Their faithfullness to the art, talent and will to suceed is some of the reasons why such great things are happening to them. As we speak Bá must be finishing his CASANOVA series, preparing his great apperance on the new DARK HORSE series UMBRELLA ACADEMY, and Fabio is either writing on his blog, drawing a ULTRA-SECRET project or thinking about his master plan to conquer the planet. Well, I could stay here talking on and on about the TWINZ, but I rather send you to their well writen and always updated Blog (both in english and portuguese) 10 PAEZINHOS

You go and buy their books, and I'll keep following them close by to keep them on track.

JOHNNY REPEAT IS HERE

Jason James, the writer of JR, just showed me one of the first copies of the book. It looks great, all the artists, the actions sequences, etc... I'm very proud to be in this book and I really recomend you to get a copy.
If you don't beleive me, check what this guys wrote about it:

THE FOURTH RAIL

PREVIEWS

JOHNNY REPEAT is a 104-page black and white graphic novel with a cover price of $12.95 USD. Available for pre-order in the July edition of Previews out now (Page 248, JUL063025), the book will arrive in stores September 2006.
Or check CITIZEN PRESS