24 ore comics 2016 e 2018

Fumetti per la 24 ore comics, dato che i link tendono a perdersi nel magma di internet...

Il pozzo della profezia (24 ore comics gennaio 2018)

 

Perle di pioggia (settembre 2016)

 

Pencilling page 50 of Let Go

I'm halfway through pencilling Let Go (here is a snippet from page 50), an upcoming graphic novel about life changes in a near future, written by Jon Perry and Ted Kupper. You can find more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1604028306/let-go-an-indie-sci-fi-graphic-novel

Some other pages!

Let Go Kickstarter successful!

Let Go, a futuristic graphic novel I'm drawing for writers Jon Perry and Ted Kupper (of the Review the Future podcast) was successfully funded on Kickstarter (YAY!) Thank you to all who contributed. Jon, Ted and I will make our best to deliver you the best product possible.

You can read the first 16 pages of Let Go here.

Death Saves is on amazon.com

Death Saves: Fallen Heroes of the Kitchen Table, a fantasy anthology for which I drew and colored the short story Roll of the Die (written by Mike Sebastian) is now available on amazon.com.

I read Death Saves from cover to cover instead of eating dinner, if that gives you an idea of how much I enjoyed it. Right around the part where the hate song to the gelatinous cube gave way to the story of the misadventures of a warforged hero, I knew I wasn’t going to put it down anytime soon. (The Addison Recorder) 

Native Lands #1 is available digitally!

Native Lands - Issue #1: First Step is available now on Gumroad and Comicsy.

Found to have gained unique abilities alongside their survival, a minority of people known as the "gifted" are forced to rebuild their lives on a strange new world.

Story by James Cavanagh
Colours by Michael Woods
Lettered by Weston Design Studio

Reviews on:

Graphic Policy

Cavanagh’s storytelling is at top form within this story, as the premise and character development is well planned, and one can tell, it is a big overreaching arc, that only if you follow, you will eventually be let in. Latella’s illustrations, feel so intimate in not only setting and but also in character.

Pulp Cultured

Native Lands starts off strong mainly because how much information is omitted from the readers in the first issue. There’s so many questions to be answered and it makes for wild speculation and a great read that you won’t be able to put down. James Cavanagh has shown that in just one issue spanning just thirty pages that there is a ton to learn about each character in Native Lands keeping things on edge and in anticipation as to where this book is headed. The art so far, has been detailed, refined, and much more put together than some indie titles can own up to which will draw you right into the dark colors and bold inks utilized by Cecilia Latella and Michael Woods respectively.

 Comic Crusaders

There is enough to whet the appetite and I am sure that those curious about the fate of the gifted will follow the series.

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Roll of the Die preview

The first four pages of ROLL OF THE DIE, the comic I drew for the Death Saves anthology! (Story by Michael Sebastian.) tumblr

DEATH SAVES: Fallen Heroes of the Kitchen Table

edited by Josh Trujillo is a successful Kickstarter campaign. It collects 16 all-new comic book stories about what happens when fantasy gaming characters run out of hit points.  

Inking test

For a new project.

The Endling on Comixology

The Endling Collections 6 (featuring chapters 21-24) and 7 (feat. chapters 25-28) are finally on Comixology! They include lots of bonus material.

 

Roll of the Die interview

During September and October I've drawn (and colored!!) the 16 pages of the story "Roll of the Die" by Michael Sebastian, which will be included in the anthology Death Saves.

Here you can find an interview about this project.

News and praise about Golden Age

Golden Age (written by Giulie Speziani & Rob Harrington and illustrated by me) is now available on Comixology:

 

 An interview with Giulie Speziani on Comics Alliance (features pages from our comics together)

An interview with Giulie on Girls Read Comics too

Praise on Part-time Fanboy:

While the story is very endearing what makes Golden Age work most is its beautiful art. Cecilia Latella brings a warmth to every page with her hand painted artwork. Every page is breathtaking and while this is actually a comic book, Latella’s style is on par with some of the best children’s books artists out there. When I first picked up the comic I was actually shocked as to how good the art was. Latella’s talent was of the sort that I couldn’t turn away from…she’s that amazing.

Praise on Major Spoilers:

The art of Golden Age is as beautiful as one would expect. Cecilia Latella has utterly simple lines filled in with water colour paints. This hand painted aesthetic highlights the whimsy of Rosa’s dream-life as the Wrangler as well as the inherent appeal in her bright, spritely self as a character. The environment, like Rosa herself, is painted in fresh colours that speak to all the potential resting on the horizon of Italy as a growing country and Rosa as a growing girl.
Cecilia Latella tackles every art duty on Golden Age with aplomb, while at the same thing not giving off the impression of showing off. She brings magic to the page complementing the wonderful story. Even those readers who focus solely on the artistic aspect of comic book production will find Golden Age a visual treasure trove.

 Praise on What'cha Reading? Golden Age is a Timeless Childhood Classic 

The artwork in this book is as sweet as the story it accompanies. Cecilia Latella has a knack for drawing children, and the vivid colors are bright like the memories of childhood. I also loved the shift in style for the comic that inspires Rosa to superherodom—it looks for all the world like a Golden Age comic about Hitler. 

The End of the Endling

Eh, uhm, somehow I have to acknowledge that THE ENDLING has finished, last Thursday.

It is somehow bittersweet to write this, after all this time. Jonathan was more eloquent than me, in his Thrillbent blog post. We stil, have the Collections to complete, but for the moment,

that's all, folks!

After one year and a half...

... I sent the pages for The Endling's last chapter this morning.

Daddy reprint

Justin Heggs' DADDY, a short story I illustrated in Summer 2011, has recently been reprinted along with some other stories by Justin in a single volume called *Previously Printed Elsewhere.

Read more about it here.

The Endling 34

The one issue I didn't wish to draw, finally online on Thrillbent.

The Endling 33/2.13

 Now on Thrillbent!

The Endling 29/2.09

I'm quite pleased with how this issue turned out, I felt like I could share a few pages. Read the whole issue on Thrillbent: http://thrillbent.com/comics/the-endling/the-endling-volume-2-chapter-9/#1

The Endling collection 4

Cover for The Endling Collection 4 (featuring issues 13-16 + bonus material) now available on ComiXology.

Golden Age all around

Some news about our comic Golden Age...

 

Giulie Speziani talks with the Panel 2 Panel crew about Golden Age. I couldn't be there, but they also talk about me!

Some reviews:

On Comic Booked.com:

The color and art of Golden Age are wonderful. I enjoyed the softness of the colors and the lines as this helps keep the focus on the words and ideas of the story while still illustrating life in Northern Italy in 1946. Cecilia Latella brings the story together with her art and makes this a very impressive comic book. I would recommend this as a good break form the normal super hero fare. 

Bag & Bored:

The book has the look of watercolor, which lends itself to the feeling of a children’s book that I mentioned earlier. Cecilia Latella has a great eye for the tone of the book. It feels like someone has told this story, passed it down, and this is the recreation of that.
Rob Harrington and Guilie Speziani have created a book with no obvious hero, no obvious villain. (Though a case can be made for both.) It tells the story of how quickly children can heal, even after the horrors of war and loss of a parent. The comic book is only a peripheral part of the story here. It’s really about the power the imagination has to make us overlook the truly horrible things that can happen. Not only is The Golden Age a beautiful looking book, but it also packs a poignant, thoughtful story.

 Fanboy Comics:

A truly successful element of the comic is the artwork. The artist uses a unique watercolor style for the comic. It instantly reminds you of the paintings you often see children drawing; the inside panels transport you back to those pediatric waiting rooms sitting next to the piles of mommy/kids' magazines. The magazines always had a special look to them, unique to those magazines alone. And yet, Golden Age eerily and effortlessly captures a similar feel, an age of innocence, of youth. On page five we are introduced to the comic Rosa finds on the soldier’s body. They do an excellent job stylizing and aging the images of the discovered “comic,” so it looks like the newspaper comics of the time period - a completely different look and feel from the rest of the story. The style is so convincing, it’s as if you are reading a children’s storybook.

Jonathan interviewed by Matt O'Keefe

Matt O'Keefe, the author of Deadless (for which I drew a short episode some time ago) has interviewed Jonathan about The Endling for The Beat. You can read the interview here:

Interview: For Jonathan Larsen, The Endling is only the Beginning

 I've also just read a very interesting article on Multiversity Comics (which was reblogged by Fiona Staples on tumblr),

What To Look For When You’re Talking About Comic Art, From Pro Reviewers and Pro Artists

"- It’s a story first: Reviewers often treat writers like the primary storytellers, but so much of the story – from the pacing and mood to the subtle bits that elevate the material – is created by the artist. The story isn’t a writer telling the story, but the writer and the artist doing that together."

 

 

The Endling is back!