BW: How long had Jose been working on the Death character and stories before? What was the creative vision there before blockchain came along?<\/strong><\/p>\nNF: Yeah, so as I was saying before, Jose worked on every other character created by every other person for 50 years. So I think every comic artist has a dream of creating their own superhero or character or comic book that\u2019s truly theirs, but that\u2019s usually not what pays the bills. They do it on the side but keep working with established characters.<\/p>\n
I think for Jose, his age and thoughts about death and the afterlife prompted him to explore and illustrate these themes through his comic art. The Death<\/em> comic book was his way of creatively exploring these concepts, and the stories within it reflect his perspective on death. Each story is made up of several short, mostly silent stories that rely heavily on the art itself to convey the narrative.<\/p>\nAnd so, when I look at the Death<\/em> comic and knowing Jose, I see how all the things he\u2019s interested in life tie into the theme of death. For example, he grew up loving cowboy westerns, and so he extracted the death element from those stories and incorporated it into scenes within the comic.\u00a0<\/p>\nHe also explores the concept of death through topics like robberies, gangsters, and plane crashes, drawing from his own experiences and interests. I remember him watching these types of movies growing up and finding them fascinating. And now, as someone who doesn\u2019t fly very often, he reflects on how people worry about death in various situations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Death<\/em> comic is made up of several short stories, mostly told through the art itself, and each one is an exploration of death from Jose\u2019s unique perspective.<\/p>\nDeath <\/em>by Jose Delbo and Silvana Delbo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBW: Another interesting thing about Jose\u2019s work is that, like many OG crypto artists, he incorporates the mythos of blockchain into his work in a way that previously successful artists generally do not. Why create characters like Satoshi the Creator or Captain Apemo?<\/strong><\/p>\nSo, there\u2019s a little bit of background there that stems back to my relationship with Jose and how we\u2019ve worked together in the space. Both Satoshi and Captain Apemo were ideas that I brought to him.<\/p>\n
With Satoshi, I proposed to Jose that we create a superhero for the blockchain space. I said, \u201cYou\u2019re a superhero artist, and this space has been so great to you, let\u2019s create something for it.\u201d We discussed what the superhero would look like and incorporated features of the space such as the anonymous mask, all while maintaining Jose\u2019s unique style. We came up with the idea of a half-man, half-machine superhero who leverages technology for the greater good, and Jose illustrated the character accordingly.<\/p>\n
It was a little bit different with Apemo, which was obviously based on the Bored Ape that I owned. Together, we developed a whole character around it. We started with the idea of what Apemo\u2019s backstory would be. Jose dove in and illustrated the story of how this ape came to be. In the story, a jaguar ate Apemo\u2019s parents, and Apemo was rescued by pirates, learned their ways, and eventually became the captain of the pirate ship, thus becoming Captain Apemo.<\/p>\n
And that was really a collaborative effort between us. It put him back in those days of illustrating a concept that was presented to him like in the old comic book days. It was fun for me because I would give him a loose idea, and he would run with it and make it his own. It was really fun to see how it played out.<\/p>\n
Captain Apemo <\/em>by Jose Delbo & Silvana Delbo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBW: What prompted the collaboration between you, Jose, and Silvana? Have you collaborated before this?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\nSure. It was a collaborative effort between the three of us. I think the characters themselves are very special to me, and I saw an opportunity to showcase them in a new way with Jose\u2019s illustrated characters and my mom\u2019s style, which I\u2019ve always loved for the colors.<\/p>\n
So I pitched them the idea of showcasing these three characters that Jose has illustrated in the past, since we have this great following and community who loves these characters. I suggested we could have them done in Silvana\u2019s style, which is totally different from how we\u2019ve ever portrayed them before. And they were on board with the idea.<\/p>\n
My mom and Jose collaborated on the concepts. After I pitched them the idea, it took about three months for me to see the pieces, and I fell in love with them. They are really cool. Then we started discussing what the final draft would look like. But I think there\u2019s something special about the initial collaboration, the story of a father and daughter working together.<\/p>\n
And I think that since they had worked together successfully in the past, it would have been a missed opportunity not to collaborate on these characters. I didn\u2019t want to look back later and regret not doing something special with these original characters that were so dear to me. Bringing my mom\u2019s unique style and my grandpa\u2019s illustrations into the mix really tied everything together in a beautiful way.<\/p>\n
SD:<\/strong> And we incorporated what he wanted to see. You know, he has his perspective and proportions, with my insanity of non-perspective and non-proportions. So that was the fusion of both worlds. And it turned out great, in my opinion.<\/p>\nFor updates on all of our upcoming drops and creator Spotlights, subscribe to our newsletter below.<\/h4>\n \n\t\t<\/div>\n
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