Egg wrote:Rob Klein, on the Dutch section:
That foreigner was Santiago Scalabroni Ceballos, an (Argentine?) artist from "The Spanish Studio" clearinghouse of artists used to draw the bulk of Egmont's production. He specialised in drawing 4-6 page Gyro Gearloose stories (especially of mine and Lars Jensen's in the 1990s and early 2000s. He also draws a few Donald and Scrooge stories. He saw his name mentioned in a thread in The Dutch "Carl Barks" thread category, but didn't understand the Dutch writing. He left his e-mail address, and asked to be contacted in Spanish or English for questions answered. He drew ALL my Gyro stories, and I feel lucky, as I prefer his drawing style to almost all the Egmont Spanish artists, except Branca. Other than Branca, I would have liked only Jippes more to draw my stories (Van Horn and Rota are also okay, but I feel no better than Scalabroni. Here is a sample of his style (from one of my stories from 1992):
http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j56/Robb_K/Gyro1A.jpg
http://forum.mcduck.nl/viewtopic.php?pid=36445#p36445
Santiago Scalabroni wrote:Thank you, Egg, for this space and thanks Robb_K for your comments on my work ( they mean a lot to me , especially now that for a number of misunderstandings I am not working for Egmonts as I would wish). I confess I miss intensively Helge Barner' s glorious era , when artists were offered all necessary support , respect and freedom to create. Mr. Barner as an Art Director was serious , demanding , responsible , cordial and sensitive. I guess he used to invest time and effort in discovering affinities between scriptwriters and cartoonists . That 's how your scripts came to my hands , dear Robb, ( like the scripts of Lars Jensen, Paul Halas , John Kane, Shaun Crail , Pat and Shelly Block, among approximately 70 more authors ). I still remember how much I enjoyed the first reading and sometimes I laughed to tears with the originality of their ideas and humour. I always felt grateful for Robb' s fluency in telling a story and driving me into his concepts without creating conflicts or holding my pencils . I definitely wish we had a second chance to work together.
Rockerduck wrote:Mr. Scalabroni, may I ask you exactly why you're not working for Egmont any longer?
Santiago Scalabroni C. wrote:Rockerduck wrote:Mr. Scalabroni, may I ask you exactly why you're not working for Egmont any longer?
We all know that comix is realised first in pencil and then in ink . Certain publishing houses ( DC , Marvel etc.) divide the work in two and deal directly with pencilers and inkers independently. Egmont buys only the whole work finished , so a penciler depends completely on his inker's capacity, fluency, honesty and responsibility, when his eyes are not that precise ( like in my case ) after having covered the whole spectre of this profession ( pencils, ink, cover ideas and realisation) with continuity in the same company since 1977 ( see INDUCKS ).
I was not that lucky to meet a professional like J. Torreiro who took on the responsibility of inking Daniel Branca's work for the last ten years .
I hope to have answered your question , Rockerduck .
Robb_K wrote:Santiago Scalabroni C. wrote:Rockerduck wrote:Mr. Scalabroni, may I ask you exactly why you're not working for Egmont any longer?
We all know that comix is realised first in pencil and then in ink . Certain publishing houses ( DC , Marvel etc.) divide the work in two and deal directly with pencilers and inkers independently. Egmont buys only the whole work finished , so a penciler depends completely on his inker's capacity, fluency, honesty and responsibility, when his eyes are not that precise ( like in my case ) after having covered the whole spectre of this profession ( pencils, ink, cover ideas and realisation) with continuity in the same company since 1977 ( see INDUCKS ).
I was not that lucky to meet a professional like J. Torreiro who took on the responsibility of inking Daniel Branca's work for the last ten years .
I hope to have answered your question , Rockerduck .
Hi Santiago. Good to see you back on our forum, again. Do I understand correctly, then, that if you were to find a new highly-qualified (and responsible) inker, that you could work once again for Egmont?
Santiago Scalabroni C. wrote:Yes , Robb , you understand very well. I would start working again today , if I met a responsible inker and qualified enough to follow the fluent line of Carl Barks's style.
Yes , Robb , you understand very well. I would start working again today , if I met a responsible inker and qualified enough to follow the fluent line of Carl Barks's style.
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