#ARTEMIS FOWL COMIC BOOKS SERIES#
Finally the difference is that Eoin choiced my vision of his world, and that’s all.Īre there any plans for other books in the series being adapted into graphic novels? Other artists could have done differently, I did it too realizing at first some humouristic sketches and then some more realistic and grotesque ones: it’s a question of mixing up the ingredients in order to express the character’s personalities the best. Eoin was very respectful of my choices, but that means mostly that I was in the mood of what he intended, so I did respect his book as well. I gave my personal point of view of them, as it should be, and surely the big gap between the earlier sketches and the next ones helped me to develop myself as artist and, by consequenze, my vision of Artemis’ world. There were a thousand possibilities, and no right or wrong. How did your original vision of the characters compare with Colfer’s?Īll and nothing, I guess. I remember people glancing at us while we were speaking and acting as if we were characters from the book: it was really funny! In that it was really useful discussing with Andrew, the Adaptor: he came to Como twice and we did the storyboards of the whole GN togheter, sitting in a bar just in front of the Lake. But in fact he never shows so much his feelings, his acting is very subtile and that was the harder part to visualize. In the book Eoin’s describes perfectly his frailty, his relationship with Butler, his mother and the missing father.
If we forget this we risk to see him only as bad boy with money and a good brain. What would you consider to have been the most challenging aspect of turning the Artemis Fowl story into a graphic novel?Īrtemis himself: he’s a genius and he acts as an adult, but he’s a child. At the same moment Butler enter in the room with his gun aimed just in front of him ready for action and… So he leans over and claps his knees for support with his bottom directly pointed at the open door. When Mulch Diggums is in a little room in Fowl’s Manor and he has some problems with his stomach. What has been your favourite scene to create? In fact, it’s not so obvious that a good book could be adapted in graphic novel with the same result, but, by reading it, I really had the feeling I could have done something good. the first time I read the book I tought: wow, this would be great in comic! What interested you most in taking on the project? The result was more gothic and realistic, and I’m really happy of it. Then, under Eoin’s request, I focused myself on the general atmosphere of the book and I digged the characters’ personalities. Looking now at those early sketches it’s funny to see how changed my art and my point of view to the original novel: at first I was attracted by humouristical and grotesque side of it, and I made drawings with a cartoon style. Then I didn’t receive any new for almost three years, until I was contacted by Hyperion for more inspirational artwork at the end of 2005. So I bought the two first book, I studied them for good and I did some fast sketches to submit to them. At that time I already knew the Artemis’ books, but didn’t read them yet. I received a request from Disney Italy some time ago to make a visual proposal of comic book with Eoin’s characters. How did you first get involved in the project? The artist behind the graphic novel, Giovanni Rigano, joined us in May 07 for an interview on his experience creating the book (And please remember that his primary language is Italian, not English). It shows everything from the initial sketches, to the final lighting and special effects. Puffin released a video of the process behind creating each frame in the novel, which you can view below. Click the thumbnails below to see them in full! The official US site has uploaded 3 preview images of the upcoming graphic novel. I know you think that I have to say all of this- but it’s true. The Artemis Fowl graphic novel will stand proud beside any work of art on the bookshelves. Colfer has said that it will be out sometime in September, and Amazon currently have it set for 2 October, 2007.Ĭolfer has worked on this with Andrew Donkin (Who also worked on Batman), and the artist is Giovanni Rigano, who also worked on Disney’s “The Incredibles.” Colfer has said: The Artemis Fowl Graphic Novel will be a complete rendition of the first Artemis Fowl book, in comic style.