Constant as breathing, as certain as dawn, awaited as never before, one of the most iconic and dynamic Comics Festivals in Italy returns for the XVII edition: Le Strade del Paesaggio!
The alleys of the historic center of Cosenza, the rooms of the Comics Museum, the natural venue of the event, and the imagination of those who choose to experience two days dedicated to the ability to be amazed and marvelled, will be flooded with a series of activities and events that will explain drawn literature in its thousand kaleidoscopic facets, with a particular look at the relationship between comics and food.
The Festival will host exhibitions of original drawings by some of the most innovative Italian authors, capable of drawing a new map of the current graphographic imagination, testifying once again to the choice of the “Le Strade del Passaggio” Festival to place the spotlight on the dynamic and never static in the world of comics and illustration.
The works of authors of the caliber of Fiorella Cogliandro, Antonio Malara, Vincenzo Puglia, Archivio di Ferro, Alpraz, Fabrizio De Masi, Mr Holyshit will be exhibited, guests of the author’s residence inside the Comics Museum, which will become admirable and livable creative workshop of their art, reconfiguring the design of some wings of the historic Cosenza building in an unprecedented exercise of creativity.
The first day of the Festival will see among the protagonists Quasirosso aka Giovanni Esposito, an author who will present to those present at 4.00 pm Things that I like, and that maybe you like too, his latest graphic novel published by Feltrinelli Comics, dedicated to an inner journey in the lost and found self.
At 5.00 pm Eros will be the main actor on the comics stage of the festival with Luna Belsito, aka Wallypain, Ester Cerdella and Andrea Scoppetta telling their stories and describing an emotionally engaging theme such as eroticism in comics
At 6.00 pm Lorenzo La Neve will show you an unpublished vision of Lupo Alberto, starting from the volume published by Gigaciao “Tutto unaltro Lupo Alberto”, a variation on the theme of a classic full of charm.
If the comics Saturday was crackling, Sunday will be both engaging and shocking, starting with the two presentations that will take place in the afternoon.
At 4.00 pm the Bruzia Green Comics publishing house will present Marcel, a tale of passion and delicacy, while at 5.00 pm, the Japanese Vincenzo Filosa, one of the most provocative Italian comics authors and a multifaceted expert in Japanese drawn literature, will tell us about the suggestions of the land of the Sun Levante on the Ionian coasts of Calabria, through his disturbing book published by Rizzoli Lizard, Il Saraceno, work capable of wounding and healing at the same time, through a sweet and merciless narrative.
The festival will close with the presentation of the works created during the artist residencies, which will design the new face of some areas of the Comics Museum.
The epilogue of the two days will be the revelation to the public of the unpublished original artwork created by Luca Raimondo, author of Dylan Dog, and dedicated to the relationship between the Nightmare Investigator and Cosenza.
There will be no shortage of space dedicated to comics education: highly anticipated events within the program are the three illustration and screenplay MasterClasses, by some of the most important and beloved Italian authors.
Saturday 30 November, from 10am to 1pm, Illustration MasterClass with Quasirosso
Sunday 1st December, from 10am to 1pm, Erotic Comics MasterClass with Ester Cardella
Sunday MasterClass, from 10am to 1pm, screenwriting with Lorenzo La Neve
To participate, registration is required by contacting 333 505 7534
Le Strade del Paesaggio is an event that rewards those who love to be amazed in unexpected and creative ways, a characteristic that has determined its longevity and ability to always be true to itself and yet always new, different, unique and original.
On Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December come and discover at the Cosenza Comics Museum, in via del Liceo 1, in the historic center of the Calabrian city, from 10.00 to 20.00 how many ways it is possible to express the passion for the art of cartoons and some balloons!
“The event falls within the scope of the Graffi di Primavera Project which is financed with CAP resources 2014/2020, Action 6.8.3., provided following the “Cultural Activities 2023” Notice by the Calabria Region – Department of Education, Training and Equal Opportunities – Culture Sector”