Dreams and associations again play an important role. The main character is a crew member of a pantser ship who has to make sure a mysterious island is ready for civilization. The story revolves around the struggle between nature and civilization. With Fires (1986) Mattotti made his name in the comics world. He always makes sure the text has enough freedom for multiple interpretations.
Unusually, in Mattotti's comics the text illustrates the illustration instead of the other way around.
To him, the relation between text and image should be the same as with text and music. Mattotti is mainly inspired by painters, musicians, writers and directors. He focused more on the inner world of his characters and the total absence of an adventure was also a radical change in the comics universe. The story centred on the dreams of a train passenger making it possible for Mattotti to use forms and colors in a way previously unseen in the classic French-Belgian comic world. Il Signor Spartaco was the first comic made under this ambition. After a few traditional comic stories he decided he wanted to tell different kinds of stories and portray these in a different style. He studied architecture when he was young, but did not finish the course. Mattotti was born in Brescia ( Lombardy).
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