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MATTEO GUALANDRIS’S CAT JUST DIED, SO PLEASE BE NICE TO HIM
INTERVIEW BY SERENA PEZZATO
MORE DRAWINGS BY MATTEO GUALANDRIS1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | >
Vice: Hi Matteo. The first digits of your phone number sound familiar. Do you live close to the Milan airport?
Matteo Gualandris: Yeah, I live in Robecchetto con Induno, a small town on the border between Lombardy and Piedmont.
Is that Induno Olona?
No, no. Robecchetto—space—con—space—Induno.
All right, sorry! I thought you lived close to the industrial shithole I grew up in, Busto Arsizio.
Well, it’s not far from Busto. I live too far from Milan to enjoy the city, but I live too close to actually “move” there.
I hate Busto. It’s a boring place filled with terrible people. Do you think you were drawn inward and toward creative stuff because the place where you grew up offered so little?
I wouldn’t say so. I don’t draw because I’m bored. I draw because I like to draw.
Touché. Who are your favorite illustrators?
First off: Quentin Blake. Roald Dahl’s stories were my favorite when I was a kid. The Twits and The BFG and Danny the Champion of the World. Blake is immediate and quick but at the same time he’s rich and sharp. When you see one of his drawings it’s clear that you don’t need anything more or anything less. He can sum up an entire story with two scribbles and a touch of watercolor: He’s a genius. For a while I thought that Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake were one and the same, that it was just one guy who’d tricked us. That’s how well the stories and the illustrations fit together.
What’s your favorite subject to draw?
In general, I like monsters. Also mountains. Occasionally I read a book or watch a movie that really inspires me.
Who are your favorite monsters?
I never tried to draw her, but I have a thing for the alien from Alien. I like the way she’s put together. I like the shape of her head and her body structure. I think she’s a very elegant monster. Also she’s one of the few coherent monsters around. She’s real. She eats people because she’s hungry. She’s not evil. It’s just her nature as a monster.
What about your favorite animals?
I loved my cat, but she died two Fridays ago. They had to put her down because she was suffering too much. It was so sad.
Oh, poor thing.
But yeah, I like cats. I like either leopards or cheetahs. I can’t remember which one—you know, the fast one.
Anonymous, on Dec 10, 2008 wrote: you really have enough contempt over a drawing to leave hate comments, drew? you must live a sad, sad life.
Anonymous, on Dec 9, 2008 wrote: INTERVIEW BY SERENA PEZZATO
ever consider the possibility that the interviewer is italian? dumbass...
Anonymous, on Dec 9, 2008 wrote: damn drew, did your pratt instructor hate your project or something? lay off the caffeine a minute and get over your self righteous crap. you don’t like it? fine. say so. no need to have a conniption fit buddy.
Anonymous, on Dec 6, 2008 wrote: methinks this interviewer actually lives in milan, asshole.
Anonymous, on Dec 5, 2008 wrote: Your interviewer knows the first digits of the Milan area code. And fucking references it. And fucking puts it IN PRINT. You pack of assholes. Your magazine was WAAAY better when it was being run by junkies. Not a lot of businesses can say that.
Anonymous, on Dec 4, 2008 wrote: i hate everyone i’ve ever met named drew. every single one has been some "shy kid" who you can’t get a read on. oh yeah, most of them reek of semen too.
Anonymous, on Dec 4, 2008 wrote: wow drew, where did you foster such a hatred for doodling? get spanked much as a kid?
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: oh....
sorry about your cat. i should of been nice to you...
....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
apparently vice knows how much your shit sucks so much they had to warn us not to call it shit.
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: this is not art. its fucking bullshit. never ever in a million years will this become art.
it is indicative of its time and for vice to add importance to this piece of shit by being pretentious and trying to bulk this style up by making it sound importatnt enough to give and interview and be caddy
FUCK
THAT
SHIT
thank you,
with love,
sincerely,
drew
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: I’m an automatic fan of this guy for liking Quentin Blake. The devil (or whatever the red one is) is my favorite.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: okay look at the top right of the first one. to the left of the magenta head it looks like the cover of the little mermaid where the castle is penises. i know i’m revealing my inner dork here but i know some of you remember all the hidden sex stuff in disney back then.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: avoid scandals didn’t avoid sandals! don’t!
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: hey neckfacers, check out the hands on the red one. see anything you might recognize?
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: don’t drink fanta, kids. or else you end up like elephantitis ball cheeks here
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: it’s also nice that that one is wearing loafers with all the running get up.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: love the elastic waist and socks on the last one.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: anyone that likes roald dahl is okay in my book
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: monsters and mountains are great subject matter.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: the pink devil guy has a nasty trunk thingy with extendable pieces. grody.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: does that lady have eyeball tits? genius.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: the avoid scandals guy looks like he has scrotums for cheeks
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: digging on the multiple noses thing. haven’t really seen that before.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: and scandal boy is rocking the fred perry tanktop with pit stains
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: the "avoid scandals" one is the best. you can’t go wrong with boxer jowls and a doobie.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: the second one looks like a threadless shirt
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: i kind of see what youre getting at with the neck face comment. the shape of the legs not so much, but the way the hair is done is definitely similar.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: just the legs, sonny boy
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: pretty sure leopards and cheetahs are both pretty speedy
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: not a fan of the colors in the first two. the lines are great. i would have left them b+w.
Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote: neck face? kind of a stretch there, don’t you think?
