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Written by Diego Assis
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Sunday, 21 June 2009 |
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From "Outras Palavras" ("Other Words"), collected in De: Tales; ©2001 Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá.
Crazy for Comics
Diego Assis:
You have a set of autobiographical characters which you call Os Loucos [the crazy guys]. Is there another layer of meaning to them? I mean, are they crazy guys due to their crazy mission of doing comics?
Gabriel Bá:
Os Loucos are stories with me, concerning my reflections and doubts. It's my personal crisis. I have never seen it interpreted according to that angle.
Fábio Moon:
It was never 'loucos' in the sense of us doing comics. We are crazy because everyone else is crazy. Our mother is a psychologist, and we've learned that everyone is crazy. Everyone has their own deviations. And those are what make people interesting. |
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Written by Shaenon Garrity
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Sunday, 21 June 2009 |
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SHAENON GARRITY:
The last strip that you have online, "Catch Phrase," shows this comedian killing himself because he can't take repeating his catch phrase any longer. Did this reflect your state of mind at the time in any way?
NICHOLAS GUREWICH:
It may have. The idea came up, and I think I just happened to be very tired at the time that I was developing that idea, and I figured it might be a good place to stop for a while. |
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Written by Michel Fiffe
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Sunday, 21 June 2009 |
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MICHEL FIFFE:
In 1984, you worked on the groundbreaking comic series Thriller with Robert Loren Fleming, who was a relative newcomer. How did that project come to fruition and how deeply involved were you in the creative process regarding story and art direction? Did you see Thriller as an opportunity to use the form as a vehicle for experimentation?
TREVOR VON EEDEN:
Thriller was an opportunity to use the form as a vehicle for original expression, never "experimentation." I never "experiment" — I express what I know. The very term "experiment" seems incredibly arrogant, inconsiderate and condescending to me. I can't stress this enough. Whether or not it will sell — that, to a corporate mind, which is usually full of clichés and stereotypes, is an "experiment." I take great pains to both find out and express what I know. I intend to lead my life according to what I know and have discovered firsthand. I never believe what I've been told. I believe what I know. To a corporate mentality, it was an experiment on their part. Not mine. |
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