Domingo, Junho 07, 2009

Felipe Massafera at FX Con 09

Olá pessoal, aqui é o Antonio, estou colocando uma entrevista que fiz com o Felipe quando ele voltou da Fx Con em Orlando um tempo atrás. Eu adaptei para inglês a entrevista, então, para ler em português confiram no meu blog (se não isso aqui ia ficar muito GRANDE), clicando aqui.

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Hello Folks, Antonio speaking here, I'm putting an interview that I made with Felipe when he returned from the Fx Con 09, in Orlando. It's late, but, best than never releasing int!!! I translate it from portuguese, so, if there is something wrong, I'm sorry for it! Here it is:


Felipe Massafera at FX Con 09 – In Orlando, Flórida




Philosophist:
It’s your first trip, until your first flight you get. So, what was you thinking when you was there, going to the States?

Felipe:
Man I always had fear of flying, but the trip was too damn calm, the worst part is to get inside the plane, make the check-in and etc. (laughs)

Philosophist:
And what did you thought you would found there when you arrive? The American Conventions are very much massive than the Brazilians. How do you imagine your first visit to the USA to present yourself as an artist and a creator?


- Creators Alley

Felipe:
Dude, it was very easy, well, i mean, for me was a gigantic feeling, even IF that was not so big as the San Diego Comic Con for example, but there’s nothing like that here in Brazil… But it was very cool. I received lots of compliments by the fans. AVATAR is selling more and more each year and it’s very nice to see how people love the stuff they publish.


- Doktor Sleepless Cover


Philosophist:
So, you got exhausted giving many autographs?


- The Dark Knight, Miller Style by PastaBeast (MassaFera translated to english lol)

- Pin Up of Anna Mercury made for Christos Gage!


Felipe:
Yes, more than signing my material for fans, I also was making some sketches for twenty bucks each, I made lots of it, I also signed many posters of Anna Mercury, that will come in a special edition, and a plate that will be sent to Alan Moore sign for the Leather Cover edition of Light (of thy countenance).


- Light of thy Countenance Cover


Philosophist:
About the edition of Light. It was very well received by the public, not? I think that in March it was the second most sold TPB edition, just losing for the Absolute Watchmen HC. Noticing that was near to the movie being released on the theaters, and that was expected, we can say that Light had a “first moral place”.


- Anna Mercury cover

Felipe:
Yes, I talked with some Comic Shop owners in Orlando, and they Said that the AVATAR comics always sells a lot there. The Comic Shop is near a university and the students spend hours buying comics, and Light was very well received. The editions are very well made, with a special paper.


- Posters and covers of Ignition City by Massafera, art by Gianlucca Pagliarani and written by Warren Ellis.


Philosophist:
Did you manage to talk with people with your English? (One thing that Massafera feared it was that his knowledge of English language was too bad and he couldn’t talk very well…)

Felipe:
Yes! I got surprised with it! The guys gave an seven or eight for my English, what it’s a very good thing… I don’t practice conversation about seven years and my English survived from watching movies and reading comics etc…


- Felipe relaxing at the Bunny Ranch... Nah, the girls are only posing to the artists during the Con...

Philosophist:
There's something anyone said that was marked on your memories?

Felipe:
You mean, at the Con?

Philosophist:
Yep

Felipe:
Well if there was anything like that, it was totally erased by a hug that I receive from Cerina Vincent. Man she’s veeeeeeeeeeeeery beautiful. She’s the foreign student in that movie “Not another teen movie”. I met her at a party, then, other day, she went to my booth to see my work, and love it!


- Oh My HOT! I mean, God!


Philosophist:
Ah, she’s that one that walks naked the whole movie!



Felipe:
Yes, it was her. We talked about the possibility of her making something related with comics. Who knows she could pose as Anna Mercury for me someday (laughs)

Philosophist:
It would be very interesting. You know, sincerely I was thinking about this “vein” that the comics are opening into the movies, as a basis for a script…I think that in the future, many actors will be making their names in the production of comics. Then, he already will be linked with a franchise with it be well receive, what is halfway to produce a movie…


Felipe:
Yes, and Anna Mercury is a great example of great appeal. I didn’t imagined that, even with something made by Ellis. The people really like her! I think that is very possible that, principally with not so well know actors. It’s a chance for both, publishers and actors to help each other.

Philosophist:
Milo Ventamiglia (Peter from Heroes) was making some stuff like that, linking himself to a comic book series and lending his face to the main character...

Felipe:
Exactly! And others write scripts. Even Hugh Jackman made something like that...

Philosophist:
Yeah, even Stan Lee was making some stuff with Ringo Star, Pamela Anderson and even Paris Hilton (laughs)


Felipe:
I think that Jackman is creating something for Virgin Comics...

Philosophist:
Remembering that Gene Simmons always made his own comic publisher, after many participations of Kiss in the comics…

Felipe:
Oh yeah, i heard about it.

Philosophist:
Let’s continue. And with other comic book creators, you met who?


- Chuck Dixon

Felipe:
Ben Templesmith was there in his suit. Really, have a movie made from your comic with Josh Hartnett in it must help a lot to attract women. (laughs)


- Fell by Ben Templesmith and Warren Ellis


Philosophist:
The “30 days of night” isn’t it? I like his art, but I prefer Fell..


- Stuart Imonnen


Felipe:
Man, i had a very few time to talk with them, but all of then was very nice and paid a good attention. Stuart Immonen, Jim Cheung, Arthur Suydam (that said that I have a Canadian accent hahaha), Sergio Cariello, Chuck Dixon etc.


- Felipe and Arthur Suydam


Stuart said that he sees me in Marvel or in DC very soon (laughs). Oh, and Joseph Michael Lisner saw my stuff at Avatar's booth. I said that I like his covers for Conan, then William (editor of AVATAR), said that I was the Number one fan of Conan, than Michael said “Oh, smart people always are” (laughs).


- Lisner and his cats...

...and one of his covers for Conan!


Philosophist:
(laughs) But, Canadian? This is about you being very short and have many Wolverine style photos?

Felipe:
Hahahah He asked if I was from Canada, than I Said “man I’m from Brazil” and He Said “Oh man, you have an accent that looks like from someone of Canada” (laughs)


Philosophist:
Jacen Burrows went there too? (Jacen is another artist of AVATAR)


- Christos Gage!


Felipe:

No, jacen did not came. I met Christos Gage and he is a very nice person. I made a sketch in his famous sketch book. Man, when I saw it… I didn’t believe it… Only great names of comics, then he asked for an Anna Mercury then I draw it... He works for Marvel too...

Philosophist:
He is writing for Avengers the Initiative… Or was, I think…


- One cover of Avengers the Initiative, written by Gage and pecilled by Ruimberto Ramos.




Philosophist:
How was your participation on the AVATAR Panel?

Felipe:
Well, first William introduced everybody, i talked a little about me, where I come from, how I do the stuff and etc then asked to me a few questions. It was very easy, and then William talked about the present and the future of AVATAR.


- William, Mike Wolfer, the translator of Gianlucca and himself, Christos Gage and Felipe!


Philosophist:
He talked (I saw the video on youtube), that AVATAR is turning to the authorial side of comic books, something more global (I guess, the audio was really bad) hahaha

Felipe:
Yeah, about it, and more Ellis coming...

Philosophist:
More of the English Golden Egg Chicken of comics...

Felipe:
Hhahaha Yeah, William himself Said that He publishes anything that Ellis write.


Philosophist:
And how was your first contact with William? He appears to enjoy very much of your work, he said anything coming for you?

Felipe:
Yes, he’s a very happy man, and likes a lot of my work. He reminds me the Dennys Nedry from Jurassic Park (laughs). He said that my next job was some covers for an adaptation of a famous vampire book on the USA, I did not remember the name right now…


- Felipe at AVATAR booth


Philosophist:
“Twilight in comics”???

Felipe:
No (laughs), other book... For this covers Mike Wolfer (another AVATAR artist), Will make some notes and sketches!


- Crécy cover by Felipe. This cover was chosen by Wizard as the ebst cover of the month it was released.


Philosophist:
This will help a lot!!! And what did you do when you’re not at the booth or drawing?

Felipe:
Almost nothing, because I was always making both of them, but when I had some time I went to bought some action figures and see the convention. Man I bought a Big Bard and a mister Miracle with Kirby design that are gorgeous. I wanted Darkseid too, but there wasn’t any.


- Felipe, William and Gianlucca.

Philosophist:
What draw most of your attention in the Con?

Felipe:
Well, first the size of the place, then the Cosplay Chicks! Antonio, My friend, if i said that I took a picture with a girl dressed as Silk Spectre… Man I would marry with her and don’t think twice. (Laughs)




Philosophist:
So you went to the Con, draw, eat, sleep there and didn’t have time to GO to Disney World hug Donald Duck or kick the balls of Mickey Mouse?

Felipe:
I didn’t had the time, but it was very fun! I can’t complain!

Philosophist:
Well, to finish, what stayed inside you with this entire trip?

Felipe:
The Will to grow even more in this market, GO to another conventions, in the USA or in other countries. Travel is very exhaustive but worth a lot, worth a lot really!



- Click here to see Massafera drawing Zatana on Youtube.

Sábado, Junho 06, 2009

1º ENCONTRO DEVIANT ART BRASIL


Olá pessoal, mais uma atualização relâmpago!

Estou aqui hoje para convidá-los a irem ao 1º encontro Deviant Art que vai ocorrer no Animefriends (pra quem não conhece é uma convenção de anime que ocorre em Sampa, mas acho que todo mundo que visita aqui deve saber do que eu to falando).

Vou estar lá Domingo (dia 19/07) das 14:20 até as 15:20, e comigo vai estar o Renato Guedes (desenhista da revista do Superman atualmente), ambos seremos convidados ilustres hehehe. Então estão convidados a aparecerem por lá, me encontrarem pessoalmente e tudo mais! Visitem http://www.anifriends.com.br/mini_salada.shtml pra mais informações!

Até mais!

Segunda-feira, Maio 11, 2009

Sobre o Blog mais projeto secreto/ About the Blog plus secret project



Olá pessoal, aqui é o Massafera e mais uma vez vou fazer um post bilíngüe para que o pessoal que entende só inglês também possa acompanhar o blog. Entendam que é um mundo globalizado e tudo mais e, o inglês é uma necessidade para comunicação entre pessoas de vários lugares (especialmente no caso desse trabalho que eu adoro fazer).


Seguindo, gostaria me desculpar pela demora em postar aqui, mas vejam bem que nesses últimos tempos eu andaei meio ocupado para postar aqui, dou mais atenção ao Deviant Art que é mais fácil para postar (simplesmente colocar uma imagem e um título), e no blog eu preciso trabalhar um pouco mais o texto e tudo mais (ainda mais agora que vai passar a ser bífido, digo, bilíngüe), e, por ocasião disso, vou ser ajudado pelo meu amigo Antonio Tadeu, que vai passar a escrever pro blog sobre o que estou fazendo e tudo mais. Darei as diretrizes e ele vai se encarregar de transmitir para vocês aqui as informações.


Nesse post, vou mandar algumas imagens de um projeto secreto que estou trabalhando com o Antonio, chamado EffectMan. Como estou atarefado fazendo as capas para a Avatar, vira e mexe uns cards e o projeto 22 de Abril, fiz somente alguns sketches rápidos:


Os dois primeiros esboços são para um dos “vilões” da história, chamado de Acid King, uma espécie de gênio do crime, mas com intenções misteriosas, uma mistura de Grant Morrison com Lex Luthor, que ainda tenho que trabalhar.


O último esboço é de um personagem que surgiu por sugestão minha, inspirado na música do The Who “Boris, the Spider”. Poisé! Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly...


E a princípio é isso aí, quando eu tiver mais alguma coisa sobre isso ou outros projetos, eu já passo e repasso pra cá com a ajuda do Antonio. Não sei bem a periodicidade que terá, mas espero que semanal ou pelo menos quinzenal.


Abraços a todos que me acompanham e que me dão forças! Tchau!


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Hello folks, here is Massafera again and for the second time I’ll do an English post here, for you who doesn’t know nothing of Portuguese understand and follow more comfortably this blog. I know that this is a globalize world and the English is more than essential for communicate with the people from other countries (and especially in this job I absolutely love).


So, I would like to excuse myself for not updating the blog earlier, but to tell the truth these times I’ve been very busy to post here. I pay more attention to my Deviant Art profile, that is easier to post (simple is just put an image and a title), and in this blog I have to spend more time to write about everything (even more now, that I have to write in both languages), but, by the way, I’m gonna receive some help from my friend Antonio Tadeu, who’s going to write for the blog about what I’m doing and everything else. I’ll give him the info about what I want to be post, want he’ll put the news here.


Well, in this first post I’ll put some images about a secret project that I’m working with Antonio, called EffectMan. Because I’m too busy drawing covers for Avatar, some cards and with the April 22nd project (about the participation of the Brazilian air force in the WWII), and just made a few sketches ‘till now:


The first two sketches are from one of the “villains” of the story, called “Acid King”, a sort of crime genius, but with mysterious intentions, mixing Grant Morrison with Lex Luthor (with a character design I have to improve).

The last one is a character that was created with a suggestion of mine, inspired in the song of The Who “Boris, the Spider”. Oh yeah! Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly...


And... So this is, when I have more something about it or the other stuff I’m doing, I’ll put here quickly with the help of Antonio. I don’t know how it’s gonna be this, how much time I’ll make another post, but I hope that this blog became weekly or, at least, with one new post at fifteen days.


A big hug for everybody who follows me and give me strength to go on! Goodbye!

Quarta-feira, Janeiro 14, 2009

ANNA MERCURY volume one.


O primeiro encadernado da série Anna Mercury de Warren Ellis vai contar com duas capas diferentes pintadas por mim.

Pra estas duas capas eu brinquei um pouco com diferentes estilos, pra capa dura fiz uma homenagem ao artista Alphonse Mucha e seu estilo Art nouveau, e pro encadernado brochura fiz uma capa com a personagem posando ao estilo Pin-up do artista Gil Elvgreen e também ao design de capa da revista Saturday evening post que publicava as ilustrações de Norman Rockwell, nomes que são grandes influências para muitos artistas, incluindo eu.

As edições estão previstas para março deste ano. Também existe um artbook da personagem pro mesmo mês, com arte inédita de vários artistas e mais uma capa minha. Até mais e
comentem!
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The first TPB of Anna Mercury series of Warren Ellis will gonna have two diferent covers painted by me.

For this two covers I played with some different styles, for the hard cover I made a homage to the artist Alphonse Mucha and his style of Art Noveau, and for the soft cover I made the carachter posing as a pin-up like the artist Gil Evgreen and also to the cover design of the magazine “Saturday evening post”, who published illustrations from Norman Rockwell, names that are great influences to many artists, including me.

The editions are coming in march of this year. Also there’s coming an artbook of the character for the same month, with some new arts of many artists and another cover of mine.Cya later guys and post your comments!

Sketchcards FF


Alguns dos sketch cards que eu fiz para a coleção de cards do Quarteto Fantástico da Rittenhouse/Marvel.

Sexta-feira, Novembro 14, 2008

Ellis e Moore


Alguns trabalhos que vão sair pela Avatar em alguns meses:
Capa para ANNA MERCURY 5 de Warren Ellis e Facundo Percio, e também uma capa de uma edição especial da mesma série impressa em tela.
Capas variantes para a graphic novel LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE adaptada do conto de Alan Moore e inteiramente ilustrada por mim.


" Light of Thy Countenance é uma crônica sobre a TV aqui apresentada como uma graphic novel de 48 páginas. Maureen Cooper, famosa na TV, não é real. Ela foi criada por Carol Livesly e entrou no coração e na mente da audiência. Mas Carol não é a deusa que criou a ilusão que capturou a mente e aprisionou a alma das pessoas. Ela é apenas a serva de um poder maior, tão velho quanto o mundo e eternamente novo! A adaptação foi feita por Antony Jonhston e existem duas edições alternativas. Uma com capa normal e outra, limitada a 2000 cópias, com capa dura. Ambas trazem desenhos de Massafera."


Quarta-feira, Setembro 17, 2008

Bizarro...


Pintura do Bizarro doada para a Siegel & Shuster Society para salvar a casa em que o Superman foi criado, para mais informações acessem o site http://www.ordinarypeoplechangetheworld.com/ e para ir para o leilão da pintura http://cgi.ebay.com/Felipe-Massafera-Donated-by-Joe-Prado_W0QQitemZ250294369991QQihZ015QQcategoryZ972QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem


Até mais!

Sexta-feira, Setembro 12, 2008

De volta...


Saudações pessoal!

Depois de uma ausência justificável, ( estou meio atolado no serviço estes meses, o que é bom ) apareço para colocar alguma coisa nova por aqui, vou tentar colocar postagens semanais mas não prometo nada, logo mais tarde vou estar respondendo todos os comentários do post anterior ;)

Aí vai mais uma capa de um encadernado da série Doktor Sleepless do grande Warren Ellis, e tbm a abertura de uma matéria publicada na Wizard gringa sobre ele, onde colocaram além de um desenho dos X-men do Simoni Bianchi uma ilustração minha da Anna Mercury, fui alertado sobre isso pelo meu amigo gringo Hao Lam. Comentem e até mais!!!


Quinta-feira, Julho 10, 2008

Coisas novas


Olá pessoal, como foi divulgado na Wizard World Chicago, http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17033 acabei de completar uma Graphic novel chamada Light of thy Countenance, que é a adaptação de um conto do Alan Moore para os quadrinhos, a Hq de 48 pgs é toda pintada e deve ser lançada em breve pela Avatar. E pra terminar, algumas capas mais recentes que foram divulgadas pela editora contando com artes minhas, um dos encadernados do Doktor Sleepless e umas capas do Wolfskin, séries escritas pelo genial Warren Ellis, até a próxima!

Sábado, Maio 31, 2008

Mais uma capa da MSH...


Olá pessoal, está nas bancas mais uma excelente edição da Mundo dos Super-Heróis da Editora Europa com o dossiê duplo sobre Homem de Ferro e Hulk, contando mais uma vez com uma capa minha e tbm duas pgs mostrando a criação da ilustração e mais um poster central com a ilustração completa, até a próxima!

Segunda-feira, Maio 26, 2008

Capas mais recentes...


Saudações pessoal, aí vai mais duas capas minhas que saíram recentemente pela editora Avatar, Anna Mercury #4 e Doktor Sleepless Manual ( que além da capa wraparound contém umas ilustrações minhas dentro tbm ) até mais e comentem ;)