Por que Charlie Adlard substituiu Tony Moore?

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Robert Kirkman sempre escreveu os quadrinhos de Walking Dead , mas a série teve dois artistas diferentes fazendo o lápis. Nos primeiros seis números, Tony Moore fez todo o trabalho de lápis; do número 7 ao número 24, Tony Moore fez as capas e Charlie Adlard fez o resto; do número 24 até o presente, Charlie Adlard fez todo o trabalho de lápis.

Embora seja obviamente uma questão de gosto pessoal, acho que Moore foi o melhor artista, mas Adlard teve mais sucesso em captar o clima da série.


Rick Grimes, desenhado por Moore (à esquerda) e Adlard (à direita)


Zumbis, conforme desenhado por Moore (à esquerda) e Adlard (à direita)

Por que Adlard substituiu Moore? Moore, Adlard ou Kirkman já explicaram isso?

    
por Wad Cheber 22.05.2016 / 02:16

2 respostas

Moore teve problemas com prazos

De acordo com uma entrevista com Kirkman :

Q: You and artist Tony Moore are longtime friends and collaborators. You created The Walking Dead comic together. What prompted Tony to leave the series? Any drama, I hope?

A: Well, there’s always drama when people as close as Tony and I work together. So, you know, sure. My favourite response to this question is that Tony got pregnant and had to leave the book, because that leaves things interesting and mysterious which is the best way to leave them.

The real answer is much more boring. We were very adamant about scheduling early on, and Tony—fantastic artist though he is—is much more the type that works best on a variety of projects, rather than a single, constant deadline, so we decided it would be best if we went our separate ways for the time being. So, at that time, I contacted Charlie Adlard, who is a fantastic artist, and we’ve been working together ever since.

A escuridão do estilo de Adlard pode ter melhor adaptado ao quadrinho

Existem dois outros possíveis fatores contribuintes.

Robert Kirkman, criador de The Walking Dead , declarou que o estilo de Adlard é mais adequado para captar o "humor" e "eeriness" da série.

When asked about the artistic switch from Tony Moore to Charlie Adlard, Kirkman replied:

"Tony and Charlie both do a great job portraying the characters emotions and expressions, as well as drawing some mighty cool zombies, Tony especially—I think that guy kills people and keeps them in his basement for reference. Charlie, I think, adds an additional layer of mood and eeriness that Tony wasn't really bringing to the plate. This book just keeps getting darker and darker and I think Charlie came on the book at the right time for that. I think Charlie's stuff makes the book seem more "serious" somehow. Both artists do a great job, though. Tony's covers are spectacular and Charlie blows me away with every issue he turns in."

Embora isso seja dito em termos de Adlard "vindo na hora certa" para uma mudança de tom, parte da linguagem me faz suspeitar que essa foi uma das razões para trazê-lo . Por exemplo:

"...an additional layer of mood and eeriness that Tony wasn't really bringing to the plate."

Kirkman e Moore podem ter tido um desentendimento

De acordo com Kirkman , em uma entrevista com Marc Maron:

Kirman: “Yeah, it’s definitely an unfortunate thing but I think like, uh, I don’t know. I still love the guy. If he called today and said he needed a kidney, like, there’s a history there. It’s like real, you know? But yeah, we definitely drifted apart. So, you know.”

Maron: “Over the show?”

Kirkman: “Over the comic. That six issue break was a pretty, uh, defining moment in both of our lives.”

Mais tarde, Moore entrou com uma ação, alegando que ele (como co-criador de The Walking Dead ) havia sido enganado em desistir de sua participação no trabalho. Embora o processo não tenha sido arquivado até 2012, do que Kirkman diz na citação anterior, o "afastamento" pode ter acontecido antes, durante a exibição dos quadrinhos. Isso, é claro, não é inconsistente com a idéia de que Kirkman julgou o estilo de arte de Moore inadequado para a direção em que a revista estava indo.

Como evidência de que a contratação de Adlard provavelmente era acrimoniosa, uma entrevista com Moore :

Q: If you were on a boat with Kirkman and Charlie Adlard and you and Adlard fell out of the boat and were drowning, who do you think Kirkman would save?

A: Charlie is clearly much more useful to him. I'd wager I was pushed out of the boat in the first place.

    
02.06.2016 / 10:55

Depois de cavar um pouco, aqui está o que eu descobri.

Isso aconteceu em 2012:

Moore alleges in a lawsuit that Kirkman, a childhood friend with whom he collaborated on several comics, tricked him into surrendering his rights to them in 2005 in exchange for payments that never came. Kirkman calls the allegations "ridiculous."

Source

Mais alguns extrair da mesma fonte, ênfase minha:

He said self-publishing "Battle Pope" with Moore helped him find other artists' online and win their trust.

"Because I had gotten 'Battle Pope' published, when I went to people online and I was like, 'Hey I've got this thing'… I seemed somewhat legit, despite not being legit at all," he said, with a large dose of self-deprecation. "So they trusted me and I was able to do that and people would agree to do books with me."

He added: "But it's very hard if you haven't done that, because there's hundreds of people that are contacting artists that are on… different websites all the time going, 'Hey, you want to do a book with me?' And you don't know who that guy is, and a lot of times artists get screwed where peole are like, 'Oh, let's do a book together and I'll pay you or I won't pay you… people are a little squirelly."

He ended by repeating his proven laugh line: "So I would advise trickery and deceit."

Moore said he agreed to sign over his rights to his collaborations in exchange for a cut of their earnings. But he said he has not received the earnings, or been allowed to look over Kirkman's books, as they had agreed in a 2005 contract.

Lendo nas entrelinhas, acho que Kirkman, que era amigo de infância de Moore, trabalhou com ele como artista no começo, porque não tinha outra escolha. Mas à medida que sua legitimidade cresceu (a partir da publicação de algum livro real), ele procurou outros artistas.

Então eu acho que a verdadeira questão não é "Por que Adlard substituiu Moore", mas "Por que Kirkman queria Moore?" Vou continuar cavando.

    
02.06.2016 / 10:55