Bleeding Cool has been given an unique first have a look at the complete creator listing for the Lake Como Comic Art Festival, being held subsequent month in Italy
Last 12 months I went to Lake Como Comic Art Festival, and it was probably the most superb comedian e book conference I can keep in mind going to in my life. You can see a lot of our protection proper right here. Held at Villa Erba in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, operating on the twelfth and thirteenth of May, in addition to a opening soiree on the night of the twelfth. And it is a very completely different comedian e book conference, certainly. It has a capped attendance of a thousand, an deliberately excessive ticket worth, and round 100 comedian e book friends, all artists. It is there for attendees to fulfill creators, to speak to creators, to purchase authentic artwork and get commissions. It is just not a cosplay venue, there aren’t any toys, motion pictures, video games or different tchotchkes, there usually are not even comedian e book writers – except additionally they draw. And whereas a European conference, additionally it is geared toward Japan, the UK and the USA, with English spoken via the present.
Bleeding Cool has been given an unique first have a look at the complete creator listing for the Lake Como present.
Joining beforehand introduced creators at Lake Como will likely be a number of recent and returning friends, together with Milo Manara, Enrico Marini, Esad Ribic, Liam Sharp, Tanino Liberatore, Kevin Eastman, Terry Moore, Mike Grell, Brian Stelfreeze, Joe Benitez, Dave Johnson, Jim Mahfood, Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Mirka Andolfo, Adi Granov, David Mack, Alex Maleev, Sean Phillips, Tula Lotay, Gary Frank, Iban Coello, Jorge Fornes, Terry Dodson, Dave McKean, Mark Buckingham , and the just-announced Sean Gordon Murphy, a shock last-minute addition to the competition. And it seems like he will likely be debuting photos from Zorro: Man Of The Dead there,
They be part of the beforehand introduced Stanley ‘Artgerm’ Lau, Ryan Ottley, Peach Momoko, Dan Brereton, Jenny Frison, Alexander Lozano, Eric Powell, Sozomaika, Frank Cho, Emanuela Lupacchino, Simon Bisley, Mark Bodé, Cat Staggs, Art Adams, Gabriele Dell’Otto, Lee Bermejo, Travis Charest, Geof Darrow, Arantza Sestayo, Riccardo Federici, Joyce Chin, Olivier Coipel, Simone Bianchi, and Humberto Ramos.
In addition to these already listed, Lake Como may also be welcoming: Mark Raats, Cully Hamner, Matteo Scalera, Shawn Crystal, Eric Canete, Elia Bonetti, Matteo Lolli, Sanya Anwar, Giulio Ricione, Danijel Zezelj, Giorgio Cavazzano, Joe Rubinstein, Marco Galli, Alex Konat, Nir Levie, Lorenzo Sperlonga, Olivier Vatine, Zu Orzu, Willem March, Mattia De Iulis, Simone Di Meo, Paco Diaz, Ingrid Gala, Michael Ivan, Emilio Laiso, Helena Masellis, Francesco Mobili, Tomeu Morey, Gerald Parel, Casey Parsons, Paul Renaud, Vincenzo Riccardi, Dike Ruan, Chris Shean, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano, David Baldeon, Javier Fernandez, Belen Ortega, REIQ, Pere Perez, Bruno Redondo, Daniel Sampere, Tom Grindberg, Federico Bertolucci, Sabine Rich, Giorgio Comolo, Pierangelo Boog, Zoe Lacchei, Dan Quintana, Federico Mele, David Genchi, Bartosz Zaskorski, Emanuel Simeoni, Mario Foccillo, Laura Braga, and Zulema Scotto Lavina. Their sole cancellation up to now has been Tony Harris.
They may also have a brand new version of the Lake Como Comic Art Festival’s artist portfolio, together with a brand new Zorro: Man Of The Dead piece from Sean Murphy. It is free with 2 or 3 day ticket purchases earlier than midnight, Sunday , the sixteenth of April – Italian time. And this 12 months, it is hardcover as properly. It has been identified for folks to promote copies on eBay and canopy the price of their journey to the present…
That’s over 100 big-name comedian e book creative abilities who will likely be signing, sketching and promoting authentic paintings at this 12 months’s Lake Como. As ever, the present units a most of 1000 tickets for the weekend, so with one creator for each ten attendees, there’s a assure of shut private time between followers and creators. Also exhibiting will likely be artwork sellers equivalent to Alex Ross Art, Bill Sienkiewicz Art, Metropolis Collectibles / Comic Connect, and plenty of extra from across the globe.
“This is easily our biggest show yet, but we’re committed to maintaining the intimate setting that our fans and creators have embraced in previous instalments,” add co-founders Arnaud Lapeyre and Steve Morger, the identical individuals who created Big Wow Comic Fest in California and the Paris Comic Expo. “When you have one creator for every nine to ten fans, they have a real opportunity to connect and celebrate this industry we all love together.”
Tickets are bought on a first-come-first-served foundation for this 12 months’s competition which is barely a month away.
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