The final day of Nuvola, the first comics, gaming and art festival, will take place on the Sandro Pertini terrace in Catanzaro.
CATANZARO – There is anticipation for the final day, scheduled for tomorrow 16 June 2024, of Nuvola, the first comics, gaming and art festival in the city of Catanzaro. The Sandro Pertini terrace of the San Giovanni monumental complex will host the regional cosplay gathering and the related contest. At the end of which the “best cosplay”, “best performance” and “best tailoring” prizes will be awarded.
The start is scheduled for 10 am and the program announces the seminar on Manga by Vincenzo Filosa. The board games organized by the Antro del Troll association will also begin at the same time. The program of the final day of Nuvola then includes a “One Piece” themed treasure hunt at 11am organized by the Diversity association.
Always at the same time, in the cloister of the monumental complex there will be a presentation of the graphic novel “Officine del macello, la decimazione della Brigata Catanzaro” with the authors Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini.
The meeting, which will be moderated by the journalist Bruno Mirante, will see the participation of the scholar Mario Saccà and the historian Salvatore Bullotta. Also in the Nuvola talk area, at 4 pm, the presentation of issue zero of the Giallo China magazine will take place with the participation of the editorial director Laura Papa and the screenwriter Giulia Biondino. Following, at 5pm, the authors Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini will discuss the graphic novels “Julian Assange. From hacker ethics to Wikileaks” together with journalists Andrea Celia Magno and Antonio Liotta.
NUVOLA, THE FIRST EDITION OF THE GIANNI DE LUCA AWARD AT THE CARTOON FESTIVAL
The “Nuvola Comics” event of the comics festival will end with the first edition of the Gianni De Luca Award. The start is scheduled for 6.30pm. The award intends to bring young generations closer to the art of comics, drawing and illustration, has cultural and non-profit purposes, and has no specific funds allocated.
All personalities who have achieved particular successes in the field of artistic creation, particularly illustration and comics, painting and engraving, as well as prominent personalities in the field of entrepreneurship linked to the world of art and comics, can compete. . The award is named after Gianni De Luca, cartoonist, illustrator, painter and engraver, originally from Gagliato, among the greatest masters of the ninth art, to whom he dedicated most of his experiments.
The technical jury, which will have the task of selecting the profiles of the finalist artists on the basis of evident and proven professional merits, and is composed of: Donatella Monteverdi (councillor for culture of the municipality of Catanzaro), Virgilio Piccari (president of the academy of fine arts of Catanzaro), Tito Faraci (cartoonist, writer, editor of the Feltrinelli Comics series), Andrea Mazzotta (journalist and expert in comics art), Laura De Luca (journalist, artist and daughter of Gianni De Luca). The prize consists of an artistic artefact created by the student from the Academy of Fine Arts of Catanzaro Alois Arruzza.
