" It takes six pages of a graphic novel, a graphic novel in short, to become one of a written history. In the age of ebooks and information focused, choosing BilBOlbul , the international festival of comics, which opened officially last night in Bologna (lasts until Sunday, March 6) and has chosen to devote just one of its focus to the link between comics and literature, a choice may seem counter (the other focus on children will feature the Mumin, the little troll of Finnish author Tove Jansson).
But it is not: "The graphic novel will also be important to define some of the problems all'ebook, as the issue of copyright," explains Chieregato Edo, the cultural Hamelin which organizes the festival, now in fifth edition (30 thousand visitors in 2010, over 300 thousand ones via web). Chieregato cites among the forerunners Pratt, Crepax, The poem comic Dino Buzzati. He added: "At the beginning of the twentieth century comics was useful for immigrants to learn a new language, now the graphic novel will bring new readers to the novels. "
Forbidden illustrate is the watchword of Igort (also among the 150 artists in BilBOlbul 2011), a master of Italian comic who with Word of Chandler (the anthology of the letters of the writer published from Coconino Press in Igort is managing editor) has launched the challenge to "bring to light the great texts of fiction, by the double dimension of words and images (in the case of Chandler has been in dialogue with Igort Sandro Veronesi). "The graphic novel - he explains - is a way no tricks and no shortcuts to recover forgotten masterpieces. " Dreaming of making some comic noir short stories of Jim Thompson, Igort looks at Chandler and Hammett ("masters of looks), Wege's photographs and paintings by Hopper. To fascinate Davide Toffolo (designer, but also a musician) was instead "the method increasingly critical of the reality of Pasolini" to which he devoted all His graphic novel ( Pasolini , Coconino Press). In the comics Toffolo there are other suggestions, from Calvino's Palomar (for The White King) to the tables of Magnus (not just those of Alan Ford, but rather those of the Unknown). But this time, especially
BilBOlbul celebrated as a master of Argentina José Muñoz and a "young" as the Italian Vanna Vinci. They had two major exhibitions (until April 10) in the Archeological Museum (Bologna will be 37 throughout the exhibition, divided into 52 spaces). "How's life ..." essentially tells the world of detective Alack Sinner (designed by Carlos Sampayo with Muñoz) and its "big brothers" (Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, and so on). Muñoz, who sees in the comics an updated version of the signs in the caves of Altamira, today announced that soon will devote itself Stranger by Camus and reveals his secret passion: "Explain a dictionary of words to tell stories. " Even in the work
'analytical and savage "Vanna Vinci (star of the show" On the threshold') There are numerous literary references (Henry Miller, but also Lussier and Slataper, especially for the character of Aida) in addition to the purely visual (especially the recent Cats blacks, white dogs , Kappa editions) starting with Monica Vitti in L'Avventura . His dreams? "Please explain Scott Fitzgerald and maybe a essay." The future of the graphic novel at the time of ebooks? "Perhaps it is that shown by David Hockney, who has made the last works directly on the iPad." "(By Stefano Bucci, Pasolini, Calvino, Chandler: novels inspire new comics , "Corriere della Sera", 03/03 / '11)
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