Word: watsons
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Director of creative writing Brad Watson says that the creative thesis process is a lot like writing a book...
...Universal's new star Russell Watson, a British soccer fan who was first noticed singing Nessun dorma before a Manchester United football match, has no significant professional operatic experience. As in the case of Bocelli, hardly anyone knows what his voice sounds like outside a recording studio or an amplified sports stadium. Yet Kevin Gore, president of Universal Classics, sees him as the latest key to the cash tills. "Russell is a phenomenal communicator," says Gore, "and that ability to communicate with an audience unfamiliar with your music is what makes stars of all of these big-selling artists...
...fact, part of the charm, for Americans anyway, will be the authenticity of the modern English scene, most noticeably the lingo. But it never prevents you from figuring out what they're saying. Watson, a native of England, kindly includes a glossary for such phrases as "cuppa" and "five-a-side...
...Watson's drawing style is spare and square, in the literal sense. People's fingertips have two right corners and the layouts are easy-to-read grids. His lines are thick and heavy, mostly tracing the outline of things and leaving detail to the imagination. For variety and depth he uses a single shade of gray. You also get a sense of "Japanoise," as the expressionists would have said. I can't quite say why I think this. Perhaps because Watson's previous work was titled "Geisha...
...issues of "Breakfast After Noon" in one place will be difficult. You should only try the top-tier comic shops, both virtual and real. You can also get them from the publisher's web site: onipress.com and they will be collected into a trade paperback in July. Andi Watson also has a web site: andiwatson.com