As part of the Turin Book Fair 2024 (9 – 13 May), the thirty-sixth edition of the most important festival in Italy dedicated to publishing, a series of comics workshops dedicated to adults.
It is the third year in a row that, thanks to the success of the participations, the Show is offering these meetings: real masterclasses in collaboration with entities such as Scuola Comics Torino, Bonelli, Panini Comics, Bao Publishing, Tunué and Renoir Comicsin which industry professionals – including authors and publishers – will meet the public for lessons on specific topics related to comics.
These events are almost all limited in number and require limited participation which can be accessed via reservation. Below is the complete list of workshops and related data with the link where you can book a place (for events not yet sold out).
THURSDAY 9 MAY 2024
Introduction to the manga technique
3.30pm-4.30pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
In collaboration with the European Manga Academy
Sold Out
Address some characterizing elements of the Japanese comics technique, from the construction of the face in frontal and lateral views to the anatomical and expressive synthesis. A workshop also aimed at those who have no drawing experience.
Japan in watercolor
4.45pm-5.45pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Ayano Otani
By NuiNui
Sold Out
Refinement, balance, simplicity and energy. An introduction to watercolor drawing, with basic notions, exercises on the fundamental traits and creation of a personal work in Japanese style.
Telling a life, in comics
6.00pm-7.00pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
with Gianluca Buttolo and Roberto Lauciello
By Renoir Comics
BOOK
Every year many biographical graphic novels are published, dedicated to historical figures, sportsmen, directors, artists, cartoonists… But how do you create one of these books? What permissions are needed to do this? How do you tell a life story by giving it a unique and original slant?
FRIDAY 10 MAY 2024
A comic story
3.30pm-4.30pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Alessandro Baronciani
In collaboration with Bao Publishing
SOLD OUT
In the noughties, before e-mails, before social media, Baronciani’s comics were born from relationships via post: first letters were written to future readers, then the comics were drawn, printed, photocopied and finally sent. In the laboratory we will relive this experience together with the author, to create a comic story.
How is my comic born?
4.45pm-5.45pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Sio
In collaboration with Gigaciao
SOLD OUT
In this workshop Sio takes you inside his creative process, showing the main steps that take him from the simple idea to the finished story.
Working class cartoon
6.00pm-7.00pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With bizarre Emilio Pagani and Vincenzo
In collaboration with Tunué
BOOK
Consumption and representation, reality and realism, social rights and protests. How does the working class enter comics and vice versa? Emiliano Pagani and Vincenzo Bizzarri tell it starting from their graphic novel ‘Enemies of the People’.
SATURDAY 11 MAY 2024
Mickey Mouse’s signature playing cards
3.30pm-4.30pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Alex Bertani, Corrado Mastantuono and Paolo Mottura
In collaboration with Panini Comics and Mickey Mouse
SOLD OUT
Playing with custom decks of cards featuring Disney characters is now possible! The director of Mickey Mouse, Alex Bertani, tells us about the new direction of Disney playing cards, entrusted in recent years to the most significant authors of the weekly. A collector’s volume is dedicated to their creative work which collects Mickey Mouse’s Author Playing Cards, with preparatory sketches that highlight different details and styles of each artist and many curiosities. The designers Corrado Mastantuono and Paolo Mottura will participate in the workshop and will show live how they came to build their designer card decks.
Screenplay and storyboard – From comics to cinema
4.45pm-5.45pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Roberto Gagnor and Manfredi Toraldo, moderated by Jacopo Masini
In collaboration with Scuola Comics Torino
SOLD OUT
How different can it be to create a story for comics and cinema? What tricks do you need to devise to make an idea effective both on paper and on the big screen? It may not seem easy, but finding a brilliant and engaging idea has often been the fortune of many writers.
(Dis)assembly chamber
6.00pm-7.00pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Sualzo
In collaboration with Tunué
BOOK
A comics workshop with Sualzo to understand how a story is born and how a comic comes to life starting from his ‘Where there is more light’.
Claudio Marinaccio and his herons
7.15pm-8.15pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
In collaboration with D editore
BOOK
Sad, disconsolate, fed up with life: Aimone the heron has become one of the funniest comics on the web and in print. On the occasion of his latest book, Claudio Marinaccio recounts the birth of the character who was luckier than him.
SUNDAY 12 MAY 2024
Frame by Frame
3.30pm-4.30pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Paolo Tangari and Bruno Ugioli
In collaboration with Scuola Comics Torino
BOOK
In communication, as in cinema, it is always a question of the eye. Choosing the right shot is essential to capture the viewer’s attention, whether it is creating an impactful photograph or a scene from a film.
Make yourselves uncomfortable
4.45pm-5.45pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Maicol&Mirco
In collaboration with Bao Publishing
BOOK
Gli Scriabocchi by Maicol&Mirco: a fairy tale workshop for psychotherapists.
How is a Dylan Dog album born?
6.00pm-7.00pm – Comics Lab, Hall 4
With Barbara Baraldi and Davide Furnò
Edited by Sergio Bonelli
Born in 1986 from the mind of Tiziano Sclavi and published by Sergio Bonelli, Dylan Dog is a true pop icon. The curator and one of the designers tell how one of his adventures was born.
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