Among the main guests Bruno Bozzettoauthor of extraordinary animated films such as “Allegro non tanto” and “West and Soda”, who will present his autobiography “Il Signor Bozzetto” – written together with Simone Tempia (already author of “Life with Lloyd”, illustrated by Tuono Pettinato) – and his latest cinematographic work “Sapiens?”, and Adriano Carnevali, creator of the legendary “Ronfi”, which recently became an animated series for Rai YoYo. There will be also Mario Natangelo, the caustic cartoonist of Il Fatto Quotidiano, who will talk about his recent intense graphic novel “Cenere”. Also among the prominent names of the festival Davide Toffolo, cartoonist and musician in the ‘Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti’, who, with the show “Remotti. The last old man on Earth”, will be among the protagonists of the concert on Saturday 8th at Giardino Scotto together with the bands Divulgazione and Inferno. Toffolo himself will curate a public reading of “Nevermind” to music on Sunday 9th at the Cinema Arsenale. Other exceptional names are those of Silvia Ziche, famous Disney designer and author of ironic graphic novels, e Vincenzo Filosaamong the most refined contemporary cartoonists, author of the recent “Il Saraceno”, involved (with Maicol & Mirco) in a reflection on the alter ego in contemporary comics, in an event in collaboration with the Fumetti & Popcorn exhibition.
Alessandro Baronciani will present the new edition of “A Comic Story”, also containing unpublished drawings by Tuono Pettinato. In a tribute to Alan Turingon the day which marks seventy years after his death, we will talk about the interaction between art and information technology with Francesca Riccioni And Claudio Francesconiwhile in the panel “Young peace” they will be presented, together with Don Emanuele Morelli and Don Antonio Cecconi“Waking up the dawn” by Roberto Lauciello And Andrea Piccardo and “Until the last one sings again” with La Tram. There will be no shortage of Super Friends: Maicol & Mirco he will be questioned about his new comic “Fables for psychotherapists” and will present his VR show “The story I have never drawn”, while Doctor Pira will delve into the themes of his crazy new volume “Dragon Blaze G” with the public and LRNZ he will talk about his involvement in the making of the feature film “The secret of Liberato”, which will be screened before the usual “Maratuona”, the nocturnal film marathon, as Tuono liked, which will close the festival.
Among the scheduled exhibitions, the Graphics Museum will host the original drawings of “Nevermind”, Tuono Pettinato’s masterpiece dedicated to Kurt Cobain – the leader of Nirvana who tragically passed away 30 years ago -, recently reprinted.
During Giorni di Tuono there will also be the award ceremony for the third edition of the Tuono Pettinato Prize, won by “Malanotte. The curse of the Pantafa” by Marco Taddei And The Came, to which an exhibition of the panels taken from the comic will be dedicated at Studio Gennai. And it is La Came who is the author of the poster of this third edition of Days of Thunder, in a successful encounter between irony and horror, where Thunder walks, whistling and sipping a lemon tea, in a disturbing forest, a typical element of Tuone’s comics and the turning point of the events told in ” Malanotte”.
But the exhibitions don’t end here: don’t miss “Storia humid” at the Concept River gallery, with tables taken from the graphic novel of the same name by Spam the Psychic Mandarin – to the century Roberto Guerinoni -, winner of the first Tuono Pettinato scholarship, promoted by the Foundation with the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and Coconino Press; “Alan Turing in comics” at Ottica Allegrini, with the panels of “Enigma” by Tuono Pettinato and Francesca Riccioni, a tribute to the scientist who passed away 70 years ago; “Drain You” at Cantiere Sanbernardo, exhibition of Tuono Pettinato’s illustrations for the “This Is Not A Love Song” cassette.
During the festival, it will also be possible to visit the exhibition of comics created by girls and boys from Pisan schools involved in the “Magnifici Lavativi” laboratory, a comics course which involved over 350 primary and lower secondary students with exceptional teachers such as Alice Milani, Giovanni Timpano And Margherita Meini.
The complete program
FRIDAY 7 JUNE
GRAPHICS MUSEUM
12.00 PM
NEVERMIND
Inauguration of the exhibition of the original drawings from the comic of the same name by Tuono Pettinato. Speakers include LIA REMORINI, MICHELE CONTI, ALESSANDRO TOSI, ALBERTO RIGONI
SMS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
4.30 PM
MAGNIFICENT WASHINGS
Exhibition of tables created by students of the IC Tongiorgi, R.Fucini and G.Toniolo schools. Speakers include ALICE MILANI and MARGHERITA MEINI
SMS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
5.30 PM
ENIGMA
Homage to Alan Turing on the 70th anniversary of his death with FRANCESCA RICCIONI, CLAUDIO FRANCESCONI, moderated by FABIO GADDUCCI
SMS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
6.15 PM
YOUNG PEACE
Presentation of WAKE UP THE AURORA And UNTIL THE LAST SINGS AGAIN and meeting with ROBERTO LAUCIELLO, ANDREA PICCARDO, LA TRAM, DON EMANUELE MORELLI and DON ANTONIO CECCONI, moderated by MATTEO PELLITI
SANBERNARDO SHIPYARD
9.00 PM
A COMIC STORY
Presentation of the graphic novel by ALESSANDRO BARONCIANI interviewed by GUIDO SILIOTTO
SANBERNARDO SHIPYARD
10.00 PM
DRAGON BLAZE G
Presentation of the graphic novel and DJ Set of DOCTOR PIRA
SATURDAY 8 JUNE
CONCEPT RIVER
11.00 AM
WET STORY
Presentation of the SPAM graphic novel THE PSYCHIC MANDARIN, winner of the 1st “Tuono Pettinato” scholarship, and inauguration of the exhibition of the tables
STUDY JANUARY
12.00 PM
ILLNESS
Presentation of the graphic novel by LA CAME and MARCO TADDEI, “Tuono Pettinato” Award 2024 and inauguration of the exhibition of the tables
SCOTTO GARDEN
5.30 PM
THE ALTER EGO IN CONTEMPORARY COMICS
Meeting with VINCENZO FILOSA, MAICOL & MIRCO and SILVIA ZICHE, moderated by MAURIZIO VACCARO. Event in collaboration with Fumetti & Popcorn
SCOTTO GARDEN
6.15 PM
MR BOZZETTO
Presentation of the book by BRUNO BOZZETTO and SIMONE TEMPIA, interviewed by GUIDO SILIOTTO, and screening of the short film SAPIENS? by Bruno Bozzetto
SCOTTO GARDEN
7.15 PM
ASH
Presentation of the graphic novel by NATANGELO interviewed by ANTONIO CAPELLUPO
SCOTTO GARDEN
9.30 PM
ROLL OF THUNDER
Concert designed for DISCLOSURE, DAVIDE TOFFOLO in “REMOTTI. THE LAST OLD MAN ON EARTH” and HELL
CARACOL CIRCLE
00.00 HOURS
NEVERMIND PARTY
DJ set by FELICIENNE
SUNDAY 9 JUNE
ARSENAL CINECLUB
10.30 AM
THE STORY I NEVER DRAWN
A show by MAICOL & MIRCO in VR
ARSENAL CINECLUB
4.30 PM
CABBAGE SNACK
Snack with CABBAGE RECIPES of CLONSI
ARSENAL CINECLUB
5.00 PM
RONFI!
Screening of short films animated by ADRIANO CARNEVALI’s characters
ARSENAL CINECLUB
6.00 PM
YOU SMEAR, WE DREAM
Meeting with ADRIANO CARNEVALI, MAICOL & MIRCO, DOCTOR PIRA, RATIGHER and LRNZ
ARSENAL CINECLUB
7.00 PM
FABLES FOR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
Presentation of the MAICOL & MIRCO graphic novel interviewed by ANTONIO CAPELLUPO
ARSENAL CINECLUB
8.30 PM
THUNDER & KURT
Reflections on NEVERMIND by Tuono Pettinato with NICO AMBROSINO, DOME LA MUERTE, DAVIDE TOFFOLO and VIRGINIA TONFONI, moderated by GUIDO SILIOTTO
ARSENAL CINECLUB
9.00 PM
PUBLIC READING WITH MUSIC BY NEVERMIND
Edited by DAVIDE TOFFOLO with PAOLA BRISTOT, MARCO GORTANA and PAULONIA ZUMO
ARSENAL CINECLUB
10.00 PM
THE SECRET OF LIBERATO
Screening of the film and meeting with LRNZ, moderated by ANTONIO CAPELLUPO
ARSENAL CINECLUB
00.00 HOURS
CINEMATOGRAPHIC MARATUONA
Screening of films CLERKS And YOUNG WARRIORS
THE EXHIBITIONS
GRAPHICS MUSEUM
7 – 30 June
NEVERMIND – Exhibition of original plates from Tuono Pettinato’s masterpiece
STUDY JANUARY
8 – 29 June
ILLNESS – Exhibition of plates from the graphic novel by La Came and Taddei
CONCEPT RIVER
8 – 14 June
WET STORY – Exhibition of plates from the graphic novel Spam the Psychic Mandarin
ALLEGRINI OPTICS
7 – 20 June
ALAN TURING IN COMICS – Exhibition of plates from the graphic novel “Enigma” by Tuono Pettinato and Francesca Riccioni
SANBERNARDO SHIPYARD
7 – 9 June
DRAIN YOU – Exhibition of Tuono Pettinato’s illustrations for the “This Is Not A Love Song” cassette
Combed Thunder (Andrea Paggiaro, Pisa 1976-2021) is one of the most relevant figures in contemporary comics. Self-taught, he founded the Super Amici collective (with Dottor Pira, Maicol & Mirco, Ratigher and LRNZ) and soon established himself with his witty and original style, winning prestigious awards (Premio Satira di Forte dei Marmi, Gran Guinigi at Lucca Comics, Premio Boscarato at the Treviso Comic Book Festival). He defends the right to leisure, but is nevertheless very prolific: in addition to creating graphic novels, he collaborates with magazines, writes screenplays, has an intense activity as an illustrator and teaches Humorous Comics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Disengaged and highly cultured at the same time – his stage name is stolen from Borges’ Library of Babel -, fascinated in equal measure by extreme rock, literature and cinema as by rubbish TV, he displays a biting and refined irony. Among his main works, the biographies “Garibaldi”, “Enigma. The Strange Life of Alan Turing” (with Francesca Riccioni) and “Nevermind” about Kurt Cobain; the scientific dissemination of “It’s not the end of the world” (with F. Riccioni); the fiction of “Corpicino” and “Chatwin. Cat by force, stray by choice.” In his memory, by will of his parents, the Tuono Pettinato Foundation was born, which deals with the dissemination of his work also through a prize to promote the reading of comics, a scholarship at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and the “Days of Thunder” festival.
Information: www.fondazionetuonopettinato.it
