Long-due sketches /2

For Feedback Video

 

For Dino Caruso.

Thanks for supporting In Absentia!

Long-due sketches

 

For Daniela

 

For Luisa

Thanks for supporting In Absentia! :D

Sketch #13, for Thi

Thank you so much, Thi <3

Sketch for Margit

Thanks for supporting In Absentia, Margit!

Sketch for Rebekah

Thanks for supporting In Absentia, Rebekah!

Waiting for page 18...

In Absentia pp 10-11 + sketches

So late with everything! I came back from Lucca last Monday, full of ideas and things to do, and I barely had time to update all my various blogs/social networks etc. I went home to find a big surprise, namely that page 5 of In Absentia had received a Daily Deviation on deviantArt (<3) and so many new readers have found it! Thank you so much!

I managed to add the lettering to pages 10 and 11 just in time to upload them on dA last Monday, and I have finished NOW to colour page 12, which will be uploaded in the evening.

I was also able to colour three more sketches for funders on Indiegogo, who had selected the 25$ perk. Adele, Eva, Patrizia: thank you so much!

Finally, I finally posted the Italian version of the first nine pages on Verticalismi, so that also the Italian readers can understand it (it was originally written in Italian, after all.)

GRAZIE - stay tuned!

In Absentia sketch #7

For Carmela! Thanks for supporting In Absentia on Indiegogo!

Tomorrow morning, I'll leave for our Lucca comic-con. Spent the last weeks preparing a leaflet with my projects, with a few test pages and various character designs. Wish me luck ;)

More In Absentia!

Page 9/24

And sketch #6, for Simona! Thank you so much for supporting In Absentia on Indiegogo.

In Absentia pages 5-8

Four pages instead of two today ;)

There have already been some extremely generous people who have already contributed to the Indiegogo campaign to support me while I draw this, so this message is for the rest: please visit the page, share it on your social network(s) if you have one, and contribute if you have the possibility. Now, we are talking with my studio mates about the possibility of going to the Kapow Comic Convention in London next May, so I'm beginning to think about printing some copies of the comic (it will be completed by then, I hope) and to sell them at the convention (if we go, we'll probably book a table at the Artists' Alley). In such case, your contribution would also go into printing the comic. Thank you!

Waiting for pages 5 and 6...

Sketch n. 5, for Paolo and Italo. Thank you so much, guys!

Paolo and Italo have supported In Absentia on Indiegogo.

In Absentia p. 4

Page 4. Pages 5-6 will be online next Monday.

Please support the Indiegogo Fundraising campaign

And finally...

The first three pages of In Absentia are online!

You can read them on deviantart and on smackjeeves as well.

If you like it, please show your support here!

A lot of updates!

First, a big THANK YOU to all the people who are supporting In Absentia on Indiegogo! After two weeks, the campaign has already reached the 51% of funds, and there are still two months to go!

I've had a temperature for the last two days, but before that, I had reached page 11 (with inks) and page 7 (with colours). Page 7 was the one that took me the longest, so far - and I still have to letter it.

Per quelli di voi che leggono l'italiano, c'è una mia intervista su In Absentia sul blog di Cristina Zagaria. Grazie, Cristina!

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Justin Heggs, the writer of Daddy, which I illustrated last summer, published all the short comic (5 pages) on his blog. 

Here is just the first page. Please visit Justin's blog for the rest! :D

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As a second news, also the website for another comic I worked on last winter is now fully online. I only drew and inked Hexed (written by Matt O'Keefe) and haven't read the rest so far, but I'm eager to do so!

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I know some people may hate me for this (yes, you, Amerigo), but on Wednesday I sold my copy of Epileptic by David B. Since one of the first posts in this blog was about it, I thought I should write it here. In two years, I was never able to re-read it (and I re-read comics MANY times - I mean, I've read Spent by Joe Matt some four times in the first month after I bought it) and I considered it as bringing a bad omen to my bookshelf. Weird, I know. You can despise me if you wish. But I could not force myself to appreciate or enjoy that graphic novel.

In Absketch 4: For Debbie!

Thanks for supporting In Absentia on Indiegogo, Debbie! Here's Giacomo the cleric for you.

In Absketch 3: for Justin!

Lady Dionea for Justin Heggs, the writer of Daddy! Thank you so much for supporting In Absentia on Indiegogo, Justin.

In AbSketch 2: for Patrizia!

Thank you, Patrizia, for funding In Absentia on Indiegogo! :D

In AbSketch 1: for Fabio!

While waiting for the disclosure of the first pages of In Absentia, I present you the first sketch for one of my funders on Indiegogo! Thank you so much for supporting In Absentia, Fabio! :D

In Absentia: cover and video!

Cover is here.

 

Video is here!

The first three pages will be online on October 1st!

Now all I need is you!

Spread the word. Join the Indiegogo campaign. Be ready to read it! And, especially, enjoy it!

Indiegogo Foundraising campaign

See this widget? It's for my new foundraising campaign on indiegogo. I still have to add a video, but the campaign is on. Here. 

IN ABSENTIA is a 24-pages comic written, drawn and coloured by me, set in an imaginary XIII century Italy. I've written this story one year ago and now I'm finally ready to go. I've drawn the first three pages (out of 24) and pencilled the cover. All I need is time, and your help. Can I count on you? Your support would be so precious for me.

By founding this campaign, you will support me while I draw these pages and help all the oher readers to be able to read it, as it will be released FOR FREE on the net (on my blog, my dA page, and on smackjeeves.) IN ABSENTIA to be a story about silence and incommunicability. The two main characters live together in a relatively small place, yet never come to a deeper understanding. I wish IN ABSENTIA to be a comic of feelings and atmosphere, enjoyable by everybody who loves comics, the Middle Ages, and unspoken sentiments.

Thank you so very much for any help you could give me, and spread the word.