Walter Moers: a complete artist
Dec 27, 2023 3:33:34 GMT
Post by account_disabled on Dec 27, 2023 3:33:34 GMT
Walter MoersI don't remember why I started reading Walter Moers , but one day I bought his first novel, The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Blue Bear , and from that moment on I bought and read everything that came out in Italy. Read, however, is an understatement, because I practically devoured those books in just a few days. Maybe I was attracted by the cover. Yes, I am one of those who bought books because I was attracted by the cover. So far it's gone well for me. Or perhaps from the plot read in some presentation of the book. Walter Moers is a complete artist. For those who don't know him, he is the creator of the Adolf comic strip. He is therefore a cartoonist.
He is an excellent storyteller. Several novels by him have now been published in Italy, more or less one every two years (I expect one soon, so don't disappoint me, Walt). Almost every page of his wonderful novels contains at least one drawing, all strictly in black and white. But it is a well-studied black and white, with thick hatching that makes each illustration almost Special Data three-dimensional. These splendid drawings are accompanied by an almost unique writing, which manages to capture the reader's attention, a well-studied and not at all banal plot. They are fantasy stories, because they are set in an imaginary world, populated by the strangest creatures. Reading Walter Moers one cannot help but admire his inexhaustible and powerful imagination.
Because each story is populated by many characters, whose lives are intertwined with those of the protagonist, sometimes helping him in his undertaking, sometimes hindering him. It is the world of Zamonia, the continent where everything is possible. But who is Walter Moers? He is a writer who lives almost anonymously. Some time ago I tried to interview him for my blog Books to read, writing to one of his collaborators I found online. The response, quick and courteous, was that Moers, for some time, had decided not to give any more interviews. And the author should be appreciated even more, in my opinion. I will continue to buy and read Walter Moers, because, to be honest, I have never liked gossip related to writers and singers. A writer must be read, just as a singer-songwriter and a band must be listened to. Nothing else matters.
He is an excellent storyteller. Several novels by him have now been published in Italy, more or less one every two years (I expect one soon, so don't disappoint me, Walt). Almost every page of his wonderful novels contains at least one drawing, all strictly in black and white. But it is a well-studied black and white, with thick hatching that makes each illustration almost Special Data three-dimensional. These splendid drawings are accompanied by an almost unique writing, which manages to capture the reader's attention, a well-studied and not at all banal plot. They are fantasy stories, because they are set in an imaginary world, populated by the strangest creatures. Reading Walter Moers one cannot help but admire his inexhaustible and powerful imagination.
Because each story is populated by many characters, whose lives are intertwined with those of the protagonist, sometimes helping him in his undertaking, sometimes hindering him. It is the world of Zamonia, the continent where everything is possible. But who is Walter Moers? He is a writer who lives almost anonymously. Some time ago I tried to interview him for my blog Books to read, writing to one of his collaborators I found online. The response, quick and courteous, was that Moers, for some time, had decided not to give any more interviews. And the author should be appreciated even more, in my opinion. I will continue to buy and read Walter Moers, because, to be honest, I have never liked gossip related to writers and singers. A writer must be read, just as a singer-songwriter and a band must be listened to. Nothing else matters.