Yeah. These days, looking around in the sea in the world of comics in Italy, seem to see some of the constants' everywhere. Look, look, think, and you realize that the world of minor publishers often lack of important figures. Consider perhaps superfluous, unnecessary, that you can do without when it comes to limit expenses. A salary less. Money saved, so the comic book comes out well anyway. " Let's not let them disappear in 'indifference .
And we begin with a very special figure. Yes, we speak of because editor, this unknown.
"Who is it, man?" What? Why would anyone would miss it? " application, the reasonable reader.
Well, let's see. A self-respecting editor, to begin working in a drawing, for example. With a phone maybe. Here's the first problem: if there is no editor, if we can do without him, what the hell is an editorial? You can do without, of course. And his phone.
But (of course) who is it? What exactly does? How does it fit in a process editorial that leads to create a popular comic strip?
We try to answer. In a comic, there must be a writer . Which is often the subject. Then there is the designer. And letterer. And the publisher and printer, and distributor , and newsagent, and so on. The
writer writes the script . It goes to the artist. In a popular comic strip, monthly or so, find themselves working together most designers. A cartoon drawing in 100 pages a month (although some did), in theory even in three months (even if someone is proud of it), and if a number has to come out every month, meet to work on the same days at least 4 or 5 designers. Sending the tables designed, and are paid accordingly.
Here, those who send them? By mail or in digital mode? To someone who should be taken against the production, dates, number of days before the deadline. That once received by mail sent to the letterer , catering and put the lyrics. Which shall be read and checked. And once the re-read the story several times, looking for inconsistencies and errors. "One moment," he interrupts the watchful attentive reader, "But that's what makes him writer! "Yeah, now he thinks it. And he always takes into account the time, all the while writing stories for 3 3 designs that bring a hurry.
is that our figure is missing out. P hy this part of the work should be him doing it, our editor is missing. One who might be willing to spend the whole day to examine the literary history, to check if everything is clear and in place. All while answering the phone ringing.
you know how many times it happens that an author builds a story, you face all the questions and give answers, and then a Once you start to forget to write them all ? You forgot to mention or give a solution, believing that everything is clear? Why is absolutely convinced of her date, know why they had thought about so much, that he invented a perfect solution?
Example: The editor read the complete story, and finally says, "But this misses the motive of the crime." The writer says that there is, the cop says so clearly. But then he goes to check and see that ... at the last moment he changed a dialogue, and without noticing has taken important clue. But more will become aware potersene easier than I can someone who read that story for the first time. The reason why a cartoon (but also applies to the novels) should always reread several times by several people (old rule Bonelli ). Otherwise the forum will be filled with readers who enjoy find errors and inconsistencies . Here, the editor is the first critical eye. But then, to think is not good. There may very well think the writer , while simultaneously writes 4 stories for 4 designers busy. Or read it (without commitment, but hurry, please) to friends, relatives, his girlfriend, or Baker's fumettofilo .
Our editor should also keep an eye on the drawings. Assuming it has a good working knowledge of comics, will find that a designer is "pulling out" (they do, they do, the designers are human beings, with all faults and qualities that this entails), or using a valid and anonymous aide for backgrounds. Or inexplicably delayed deliveries. And then the necessary changes to our editor detective, investigates and informs, because this could affect the quality of work. An artist falls ill and can not draw for three weeks? And his story is at risk of not ending time? Who makes measures, investigate who else might continue the story, if it was not really possible to postpone ? Which is held every schemini and dates on a sign on the wall?
Yeah. But this can also do the writer in his free time that allows the work to write 5 stories for 5 designers involved, so what good is the editor? Let
. to acquire and prepare designs for print, perhaps? Well, of course, somebody has to think, no? Or to receive shipments of the designers, to photocopy or scan everything. "You do not think the designers?" Calls the inclined reader. Oh, yes, it must also thwart the designs because are ready for printing. Where once it was not their task. Either we think our dear writer, in his spare time that leaves the difficulty writing with 6 stories for demanding designers 6.
And if the artist has copied from other comics? Modestly or entirely intentional ? Who ever let him touch the cazzettone a must? Always the writer
, breaks for meals that can win while writing stories for 7 7 designers in a panic.
Okay, but then who meets the young designers and willing to make calls and send their drawings to the young and aspiring writers who send their revolutionary logorrheic and trilogies? Those who read and watch everything, to be fair to them? In order to encourage an informed opinion of them to give themselves to the noble art of horseracing, or others to insist because something good, though still immature, is it?
"I know, I know!" said the reader easy-going, "We think the WRITER!"
Damn. You can not really hide anything. Already, in the end can really think of him as he writes damn 8 stories for 8 damn designers in a hurry.
Well, then yes. So I really do not need (an employee salary less). Just as it is a drawing (a rent less). The editors may well become the home of writer , spaces that carves out writing stories for 9 complicated 9 workaholic designers, with the money they earn and can afford to pay for the phone whenever he called the designer who moved to Iceland.
Well, now maybe the next time a reader complains that a writer is losing shots, or who no longer writes a time, take 5 minutes to think and reason above, and then gives the answer himself. If not then there is the problem, it means that I only lost 20 minutes to write a post that is perhaps unnecessary, God bless. Anzichenò.
Yes, yes, as a very old advertisement said, "It looks easy!"
Easy, right?
PS: Well, after all this (and more) could do it another figure missing, the editor . But it seems he may well do without. But we will see in another post.
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