EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 25 © 2019 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

40 Text continued from page 35 2017 with the unveiling of a bronze statue at St. Tropez, based on one of his watercolours), and the other a comic series about Italian renaissance painter Michelangelo Merisi of Caravaggio whose emotional paintings with their dramatic use of light and shadows gave way to Baroque art. This last work proved that Manara, now in his seventies, was an even better artist than ever. His work on the Caravaggio series will certainly bring him up to the pantheon of top artists of the medium (easily placing him between Hal Foster and Alex Raymond). It was also the first time he applied colour with a computer, over his already inked work with gray washtones. l l The artist’s website is at: www.milomanara.it . and you can also check the Manara shop online at: www. comicon.it/MiloManarasite/shop/ . ABOVE: BB Bracelet, Lot 8 , ink and watercolour on paper, 2015. From a set of 25 watercolours (later auctioned) that Manara did of the famous sixties French movie star. The daisy at the upper left corner is Brigitte Bardot’s signature. BELOW: Bronze statue of Brigitte Bardot based on Manara’s watercolour (see above), revealed in 2017 at Saint-Tropez (France), where the star lives. © supervison.fr