Davide Toffolo he is among the most fervent artists and musicians we have in Italy. Draftsman, cartoonist and guitarist of "The Three Merry Dead Boys”Born in 1965 is considered an authentic master of the visual arts. His graphic works are interconnected between music and drawing in a parallel universe focused and aimed at the adolescent world. Central theme of his talent on the comic strips. His style draws heavily on the great school of Italian comics. Magnus, Patience these are the cornerstones on which he made his career as a designer blossom. He defines himself as a "wounded soldier" who wields weapons such as a pencil and musical instruments. This infantryman fights his battles in the name of freedom, equality and diversity. Toffolo's production activity has seen him involved numerous times in the comics field alongside artists such as Vinicio Capossela (2008) and in theatrical works in the comics he created "Interview a Pasolini"(2011). In 2014 he published the graphic novel "Graphic Novel is Dead" from which the musical Cinque Allegri Ragazzi Morti "was born."The path of Cumbia " is the new graphic novel coming out in November for Oblomov- The Ship of Theseus.
Davide Toffolo, the pencil of the Three Merry Dead Boys
Among the most important comic book authors of the last twenty years, Davide Toffolo has always been iconized as the pencil of "Three Merry Dead Boys ". Path that led him to become an authentic innovator in the Italian context. There are many works in his career as a draftsman. Phenomenology of an author who ranges with grace from Pasolini at the birth of magazines such as “Dynamite”, “Fandango” and “Mondo Naif"Or to the biography of the boxer Primo carnera. A research work of the language then transmuted in the comic works. The latter also atypical and impromptu such as " The White King ", the story of the zoo's albino gorilla Barcelona. Voracity of realization that also touches the theater with Tres! Comic books for theater and opera “The winter of Italy all published for Coconino Press.
The Cumbia Way, the new Graphic Novel
Il Way of the Cumbia is the title of the new graphic novel signed David Toffolo. Published by Oblomov- The ship of Theseus the work comes five years after Graphic Novel is Dead. An editorial return that confirms Toffolo's link between music and design but that sanctions the birth of a new soul and passion of the same artist that for Cumbia. A journey of about 8 500 km made by the artist between January and February 2018 from Buenos Aires to Cartagena tells the genesis and the birth of an identity, passionate, visceral rhythm of a people, the Colombian one. Cumbia is history, anecdotes and the cradle of a South American country that has always fought for its dignity. The latter will relive step by step in Toffolo's pencil, painting and rediscovering also in Italy the virtues of an almost lulling rhythm, cornerstone of South American musical culture. In each stage of his tour, the artist will accompany the presentation with a thematic DJ-set with South American music, alongside him Nahuel Martinez aka Paquiano. It will start in November from Rome, and then continue in December in Brescia, Modena and Padua.
