André Nóbrega's Blog, page 25
December 5, 2012
Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Published on December 05, 2012 03:00
December 2, 2012
Z by Manuel Alves

Published on December 02, 2012 13:37
Sucker Punch by Zack Snyder

O filme baseia-se na ideia de uma rapariga que, numa situação terrível, deixa a sua mente escapar para um mundo...
Published on December 02, 2012 07:58
December 1, 2012
Cloud Atlas by Tom Twyker, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski

O Cloud Atlas é difícil de comentar sem revelar demasiado e estragar a experiência de quem ainda não viu, pelo que me vou conter o mais possível. Sim, admito que isto é também uma boa desculpa para o facto de me ser impossível fazer um comentário que lhe faça realmente justiça. O filme segue meia dúzia de personagens em várias alturas da história da humanidade, explorando as ligações entre eles através daquilo que lhes acontece ou da forma como eles reagem às situações. É um trabalho fenomena...
Published on December 01, 2012 04:53
November 29, 2012
Killing Them Softly by Andrew Dominik

Published on November 29, 2012 11:31
November 26, 2012
Lusitânia - Número 1

Published on November 26, 2012 17:50
November 19, 2012
American History X by Tony Kaye

Published on November 19, 2012 16:01
November 18, 2012
Steampunk and Clockwork Portugal or the story of where I've been all this time
Como acontece ciclicamente comigo, mais uma vez passei uma temporada sem produzir conteúdo para o blog. Não que não tenha o que dizer ou vontade de escrever no blog, mas porque o tempo é pouco, a capacidade de concentração é esgotada pelo trabalho e porque há novos projectos a ocupar o que resta de ambos. É disso que decidi falar desta feita, porque este ano tem sido marcado pela minha participação num projecto que envolveu outro blog, um tumblr, uma webseries e uma convenção: a Clockwork Por...
Published on November 18, 2012 16:23
June 6, 2012
Skottie Young


Nowadays I pay more attention to what he posts on his site or his dA account and it's just amazing. I usually have to stop myself from flooding my favourites list with his work. Not only does he have an original style, completely unmistakeable, he also achieves some beautiful and meaningful illustrations of a lot - and I mean a lot - of characters and concepts. His daily sketches, posted on his blog, sometimes thematic, others by request, are so surprising, funny, witty and overall really awesome, that I could just keep featuring them here. But well, I think it might be better for you to just go check it out: www.skottieyoung.com. Not only is his drawing style that good, he also has a really cool sense of colour use. A good example is his Mind the Gap cover (above).
Obviously, his work on the L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz with Eric Shanower is on my to read list. If only I had more time and money!
I leave you with yet another example of how fun Skottie can be:

Enjoy!
Published on June 06, 2012 09:23
May 16, 2012
Beasts of Burden - Animal Rites by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson

Now to speak of the book itself, I'll start by saying this isn't your everyday children's fable, far from it, and for me that's the first good thing about it. And to think it all started as a short story for The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings. To give you a short and as unpoiling as possible description of Beasts of Burden - Animal Rites, it's about a group of dogs and one cat that live on Burden Hill, talk to each other like regular friends and before long are running from and fighting the likes of witches, zombies and other typical horror stories' creatures. And yes, there are wise magical dogs and the witches have black cat familiars. While you follow them on these adventures, the author takes you on a tour about friendship, heroism and self-preservation, racism, responsability and dealing with consequences and suffering. Of course, these themes are only slightly explored in so little time, but you can feel the potential of this set-up. Then there are details that make the reading experience so much better: the personalities matching the species, races and even names of the characters, the chapters' names reminding you of famous fantasy or horror books - "Something whiskered this way comes" - the way they all talk about humans, the fact that they have their own religion and much more.
If Evan Dorkin did his job well, what can I say of Jill Thompson? The illustration makes the story work, but more than that, sometimes you just feel like checking the artwork for itself, some pages are literally out of this world. Even the lettering here was perfectly adapted to the context and the drawing.
All in all an awesome book, recommended for all who don't mind talking cats and dogs of fun and games. Just don't let young children read it before bedtime or you might be in for a rough night. Give it to them the next day and be sure to check it out yourself beforehand, you won't regret it!
Published on May 16, 2012 11:18