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Matthieu-David:
Which artists influenced you the most ? And what
are your influences in general ?
Eduardo
Risso:
I
consider that I was influenced by every artist work that
I had at the front of my eyes, and somehow if this makes
me take some knowledge, I took it. If I have to mention
the ones from who I obtained better things, they are
Alberto Breccia, Jose Muñoz and Moebius.
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M-D: On which comic book would you like to work or is there a specific
character that you would like to work on (
can even be a dream project )?
E.R.:
To
think about a dream project within comics would
steal the pleasure to enjoy the one that I’m
doing at this moment, so I don’t think about
this. What I would really love to do is to be
involved in a film project, living every second
inside the set.
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M-D: If you hadn’t worked in comics, what would you have done for a
living?
E.R.:
Who knows it? The near possibility was to
continue with my father’s mechanic workshop – that’s
the work that my brother does until today. It wasn’t the
kind of future that I wanted for me, and I had the luck to
have a second chance, just searching for it.
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M-D:
Could you describe your typical day ?
E.R.:
I
wake up early in the morning (earlier than I want) because
I have to take my children to the school – sometimes I
do this task, sometimes my wife does it. After that, I
walk 15 minutes to my studio. I love to do this. I’m
there with my assistant and some friends (who visit me
once in a while) until noon. Then, I return to my house to
lunch with my family and to take a little “siesta” –
that’s essential to recharge energy. In the afternoon, I
return to the board, together with my assistant and more
friends - their presence becomes very important for me;
when they cannot visit me the studio seems to be empty. I
keep on working in this way for a reasonable time. Plus, I
play paddle twice a week, and I take English lessons too.
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M-D:
If you were a comic book character, who would you be ?
and why ?
E.R.:
Someone
with superpowers that allows me to put so many ruthless
idiots, who start wars without taking care of what will
happen to rest of the people thanks to their ambition, to
start a dialog.
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M-D: What’s the weirdest drawing a fan asked you ?
E.R.:
I
think that there wasn’t a single one. One fan wanted to
obtain "a cow", another one wants any character
but like a goat, and other that requested any character of
each artist but hanging on a cliff.
M-D:
The cliff guy : Walt ! , he got an awesome collection here:
http://www.thecliffguy.com/
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M-D:
Did you have some hard times in your career? Which ones and
how did you deal with those?
E.R.:
They were two. The first was during a
long disease that put my father in a hospital. I have the
chance to escape from this reality for a while making
"Parque Chas", and return with strength and a
certain kind of wisdom that all my surroundings needed. The
second happened when I went from the Italian market to the
American. I was almost a year without work, with the
economic consequences that a situation like this can cause
in a family like mine, with three little boys. Until the
first work appeared, my friends and my family support
encouraged me to continue.
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M-D: What is your best achievement so far ?
E.R.:
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I
don’t know. I don’t think I must be the one who analyze
this. I try to give the best in each one of my works; even
though this is not always reflected in commercial success.
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M-D: What material
do you use for your art ? what type of pencils do you
use ?
E.R.:To
make pencils: any kind of pencil that has a light line and
it allows me to play with the forms without transforming
the page into a mess.
For
inks: black ink markers of
different thicknesses to fill the black spaces.
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M-D:
What's your favourite type of scripts? Very detailled or
not?
E.R.:Surely my favorites were the ones that abound
in details to consider for the development of the history
but without stealing me any freedom to narrate it
graphically.
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M-D:
how
do you look back at your past work ? do you critizise your work a
lot ?
E.R.
:
I’m still happy with them, because I understand that they must serve me
to grow up. I learn from them to surpass mistakes and to
improve whatever I done.
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M-D: you did work
a lot with French publishers
E.R.: None of my works published by French
publishers was done by order of them. Lamentably, when the
proposals began to appear to do something directly to the
French market, I was already working for the American one,
and this demands all my time.
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M-D:
have you ever been to Paris?
And if so what surprised you the most when you arrived?
E.R.:
I have the luck of having been
in Paris in several opportunities. It’s so pretty that
never stops to surprise me. I keep on surprising when I see
that Europe in general preserve their culture and their
roots, and this surprise is transformed into a certain
disagreement when paradoxically some people fights to each
other forgetting the effort invested from their ancestors to
preserve this. This is the kind of paradox of the human
stupidity that surprised me in every place that I have the
pleasure to go.
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M-D:
And
since my website is focused on Dr Doom How would you
describe this character ?
E.R.:
I am sorry , i'm not familiar with the character
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M-D:
no
problem at all ;) thanks
for the interview Eduardo !
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Wanna
know more about Eduardo ? check his website at : http://risso.redsectorart.com/
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