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Interview with Sergio Cariello
By: Jek Tezak |
Sergio Cariello has drawn our hero for some time now. We have some questions for you Sergio, related to the the art of Azrael. Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule at DC Comics to do this interview. How did you land the job of doing the art for Azrael: Agent of
the Bat?
Did you read Azrael previous to getting the job of doing the art?
We know that the Azrael line will eventually come to an end at
issue #100. Will there be any hype for the last issue, like chromium,
cardstock covers?
What line will you do after the Azrael line is finished?
As in our interview with Joe Quesada, he said that many artists
had trouble drawing the Azbats armor. You seem to draw it quite well
in fact, was it hard to keep drawing a complex piece like that, frame
after frame?
Can you give us an idea of what it takes to complete an issue
of Azrael? 1)I start by doing small, 4x6 mini version/layout version of the whole book, from Denny's scripts,in about 2 days... 2)I then transfer 11 of those layouts to the boards in about one day 3) and fax them, reduced, to Mike Carlin, so he can place the balloons while 4) I mail the actual boards to the letterer. While Jack Morelli letters the first batch of pgs 5) I work on the last 11 pgs. In a few days I get the first 11 boards back from Jack, lettered and with the panel borders inked. 6)So now I'm ready to ink the pages, adding enough details to the rough layout pencils before inking them. I'll get the last pgs from Jack before I'm even done with the first 11 pgs. By the end of the month I get to work on the next book layout. After all is done 7) I'll erase all the pencils. Add or white out whatever is necessary before sending the pages to DC Comics. That's about it. It takes a lot of of prayers, references, erasing, reworking, long hours on the board, juggling between teaching at the Kubert School and other projects, lots of coffee, lots of ink, paper, pencil leads, more erasers and a great amount of fun!!!! I love it!!!!!
In your very honest opinion, what do you think of the character?
How long have you been in the comic industry?
Where did you go to school, or is your talent natural? |