COMICON Bergamo 2024: exhibitions, guests and events

The second edition of COMICON Bergamo will be held from 21 to 23 June 2024, organized in collaboration with Promoberg.

In the spaces of the Bergamo Fair, the second edition of COMICON Bergamo will offer a wide range of exhibitions, distributed between the exhibition complex and the cities of Bergamo and Brescia, special events and many guests. Details below:

THE GUESTS

To those already announced previously (John Romita JR., Glenn Fabry, Yes, Fraffrog And Nut with their publishing house Gigaciao, Adrian Fartade, Tommy Gun) are added Tanino Liberatore (Ranxerox), the Japanese cartoonist and animator Yoshiko Watanabethe Serbian artist of Batman, Conan, Adam Wild and Metal Hurlant Stevan Subic and the Disney author Claudio Sciarrone.

John Romita JR, Glenn Fabry, Yoshiko Watanabe, Stevan Subic and Claudio Sciarrone will also be present in the Artists’ Halla new area that arrives in Bergamo after the debut at COMICON Napoli 2024, where it will be possible to chat, purchase prints, original drawings or commissioned drawings.

As regards the world of video games, the actor and voice actor will be present at COMICON Bergamo 2024 Troy Baker (The Last of Us, call of Duty, Fortnite), the composer Austin Wintory (Journey) and the game designer Andrea Pessino (co-founder of the video game development studio Ready At Dawn and collaborator of Blizzard Entertainment).

THE EXHIBITIONS

John Romita Jr. China energy, dedicated not only to one of the protagonists of American comics of the last 40 years, but to an artist with a unique style, who marked some of the most beloved sagas in the history of Marvel and DC superheroes. Flagship author of the House of Ideas, and in particular of Spider-Man who has drawn in the most diverse editorial incarnations of the character.

Landscapes of memory. History and fiction in Igort’s comicshomage to a master of the graphic novel who has been at the center of the Italian and European comics scene for over thirty years as the author of works such as 5 is the perfect number And Japanese notebooks and animator of editorial projects that have revolutionized the Ninth Art in Italy, from Valvoline to Coconino Press to Oblomov.

Nervous devices. Comics and illustrations by TommyGundedicated to the poster artist of COMICON 2024 and already the COMICON Nuove Strade 2020 Award for the visionary graphic novel Dense Substance, co-founder of ČAPEK, one of the most creative magazines on the European self-production scene. Over 40 illustrations, comics, book covers, posters for festivals and concerts created for Eris Edizioni, Frigidaire, Linus, il Tascabile, Jacobin Italia, Sky Italia, il manifesto, Editoriale Domani, Blu Gallery and for various independent publishing companies.

50 years of Dungeons & Dragons. The Lord of RPGs, which will bring the history of the game to COMICON starting from its first edition, created by visionaries Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. A journey through time, from the legendary “Red Box” to the subsequent Expert, Companion, Master and Immortal editions edited by Frank Mentzer to celebrate the evolution of D&D from its birth to the modern fifth edition, created by Mike Mearls.

BANG! The legendan exhibition journey through the cultural phenomenon of the board game BANG! by DV Games. An experience that will immerse visitors in the heart of the Wild West, where cunning, strategy and a pinch of luck intertwine in exciting duels that capture the imagination of players of all ages and nationalities.

EVENTS

The Games area will host the national final of the Italian BANG! championshipwhile in the Videogame one, on Saturday 22 June, the final of the “VCT Game Changers Italy: Genesi” tournamenta regional Valorant tournament dedicated to female gamers, organized by King Esport and Riot Games Italia.

The Main Stage, however, will see a concert by Giorgio Vannisinger-songwriter and voice of some of the most famous cartoon theme songs of the 2000s.

TICKETS

Tickets can be purchased directly on the Comicon website, in a dedicated section, at this link. Below are the prices of single-day tickets and multi-day passes:

June 21st. Full price: 13.00 euros; reduced: 9.00 euros
June 22nd. Full price: 16.00 euros; reduced: 12.00 euros
June 23rd. Full price: 16.00 euros; reduced: 12.00 euros
Three-day pass: 31.00 euros

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