"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Ancora Simone Bianchi

Così, giusto per la gioia dell’anonimo con un gusto pessimo.
Anche voi preferite la versione in bianco e nero o sono solo io?simone bianchi bw

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Bulgakov’s The Fatal Eggs

Mikhail Bulgakov (Kyiv, 1891–1940) was a novelist, playwright, and former physician, whom I’m sure you know for The Master and Margarita, published posthumously. His work blends sharp satire, fantasy, grotesque comedy, and moral seriousness, often targeting Soviet bureaucracy and ideological hypocrisy, but I had no

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8 Comments
  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 11:22h, 18 March Reply

    Credo anch’io che, avendo a disposizione la tavola in grande formato, preferirei il b/n.

    Nel piccolo, il colore aiuta a definire le figure.

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:46h, 18 March Reply

    Per essere in bianco e nero, comunque, è piuttosto definita: se le trovo, ti posto altre due copertine (ne ho in mente una di Greg Land e una di Cassaday) in cui veramente in bianco e nero non si capisce una mazz… ehm… non si capisce niente. In questo senso, l’uso delle ombre di Bianchi aiuta davvero.

  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 15:18h, 18 March Reply

    Pienamente d’accordo, anzi, ha un tratto splendido… il fatto è che nel piccolo il colore aiuta…

  • Damiani
    Posted at 19:44h, 18 March Reply

    B&W of course!

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 12:49h, 20 March Reply

    Da te non avevo dubbi, mio caro.

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 08:35h, 21 March Reply

    assolutamente meglio il b/n.

  • Lothwen
    Posted at 11:44h, 21 March Reply

    Li hai fatti tu?

    cmq non sapri quale è meglio mi piacciono molto tutti e due

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 13:17h, 21 March Reply

    No no no, ci mancherebbe altro, magari! E’ roba di un professionista attualmente piuttosto quotato.

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