Like every year, the appointment with the most awaited event returns lovers of cinema, videogames and comics. From October 31st to November 4th there will be the Lucca Comics 2018, which will give us dozens of events and highly anticipated guests. There review it is unquestionably the most important of its kind in Italy and in Europe, second in the world only to the Comiket in Tokyo.
There are many exhibitions on the masters of comics
Among the most anticipated guests there will be the American Neal adams and the Japanese Leiji Matsumoto. In the exhibition dedicated to the first, The dark side of the comic, will be proposed a series of tables by Adams, famous for having contributed to the success of Batman and X-Men. Sensei from spaceinstead, it will be a tribute to Matsumoto, father of Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999.
The exhibitions of Lucca Comics 2018, as mentioned, will be multiple, and will involve authors of the most disparate genres. The satire will be celebrated by the presence of the exhibition Constant movement, dedicated to Jeremy Moreau. The horror parenthesis will not be missing, with the exhibition dedicated to Junji Itō, The spiral of the mind, the hell of the flesh.
Two exhibitions on comics Tex and many other guests loved by enthusiasts will delight the thousands of connoisseurs and onlookers who will come to Lucca, like every year, full of expectations, never disappointed.
Made in Italy as a central theme
The main theme of Lucca Comics 2018 will be the Made in Italy:, since the need to celebrate the genius of the Italian cartoonists and game designers, increasingly at the center of the world panorama of the two genres. The official posters of the event were also made by an Italian. They are the work, in fact, of the famous Lorenzo Ceccotti, aka LRNZ, which uses the philosophy of gifs to create an ever-new and ever-changing manifesto.
The great Italian guest in the genre of comics will be Zerocalcare, one of the most famous exponents of the genre. On 2 November the artist will be the protagonist of the event Robinson presents: At school with Zerocalcare, in which he will meet young students from the A. Vallisneri high school in Lucca. Not only. In addition to Zerocalcare, other Italian cartoonists such as Gipi, Leo Ortolani, Simone Bianchi, Marco Corona, Vittorio Giardino and Tuono Pettinato will not miss the appointment.
Great emphasis also on game design and cinema
Great prominence, as always, will also have the masters of Game Designer. Ryan Laukat, the most innovative artist of the moment, will be present. The author of the Pandemic board game, Matt leacock, will be present at the event for the world final.
In the Movie area, however, the great guest will be Sibel Kekilli de Game of thrones, the HBO series that has thrilled millions of people around the world. There will also be Marco d'Amore, the Ciro di Marzio di Gomorra, who will hold a masterclass on November 2nd. Paolo Virzì, a director who has always distinguished himself also in drawing, will present his works, the proceeds of which will be donated to charity. The series will also be launched Narcos: Mexico, soon available on Netflix, after the success of the seasons with Pablo Escobar protagonist.
These are just some of the events that will delight fans, who have purchased tickets well in advance so as not to get lost the event of the year as far as comics, playful and cinematic entertainment is concerned. We will let you discover the rest by going to Lucca Comics 2018, perhaps leaving some time to visit Lucca, yet another pearl of the Tuscany region.
Lucca, a cradle of Tuscan art
The city of Lucca, in fact, is a one magnificent place of art. The walls that surrounds it, built in the sixteenth century, is still totally intact and is in the list of UNESCO heritage. Lucca is a city of Roman origins, but which was probably built on settlements prior to the Latins. Over the years it has maintained its autonomy as Independent state, until the conquest of the French troops, which took place in 1799, which first gave life to the Principality of Lucca and then to the Bourbon Duchy of Lucca.
Also thanks to the buildings linked to many historical periods, Lucca presents itself as one strongly tourist-oriented city. The wonderful Medieval Cathedral of San Martino and the Ducal Palace whose works were begun by Bartolomeo Ammannati in the sixteenth century and continued by Philip Juvarra in the eighteenth century they are two real jewels in the very flourishing Tuscan land. But the other sectors in which Lucca excels are that industrial (small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly paper mills are very popular) and in that wine. The development of excellent wineries, in fact, has led to the wine from the Montecarlo area to the Controlled Designation of Origin.
