Mantova Comics & Games
Coordinates: 45°10′02″N 10°49′32″E / 45.167144°N 10.825514°E
| Mantova Comics and Games | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Location(s) | Mantua |
| Country | Italy |
| Inaugurated | 2006 |
| Attendance | 25,000 by 2014[1] |
| Website | |
| mantovacomics.it | |
Mantova Comics & Games is an annual comic book and gaming convention in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy. The event takes place over three days, usually between the end of February and the beginning of March in the PalaBAM arena.
History
Mantova Comics & Games was launched in 2006 in its current location, the PalaBAM indoor arena, between Friday 26 May 2006 and Sunday 28 May 2006. During this first edition, it managed to attract around 15,000 visitors.[2]
It has since enjoyed steady growth and during its latest edition in 2014 entertained up to 25,000 guests overall.
Guest Stars
Mantova Comics & Games hosts many of the leading comic book editors in Italy and worldwide, ranging from Panini Comics to Sergio Bonelli Editore, including also Marvel Comics, Star Comics, DC Comics.[3][4]
It is in Mantova, every year, that publishing company Panini Comics/Marvel announces as a national exclusive its publishing lineup for the next several months, hosting many national and international personalities throughout its preview press event.[5]
During its run, the show has hosted Sergio Bonelli (son of Tex author Gian Luigi Bonelli), Jim Lee, Milo Manara,[6] Leo Ortolani, Gabriele Dell'Otto, Brian Azzarello, Jill Thompson, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Will Dennis and J. G. Jones (with Mark Millar, co-creator of the comic series Wanted published in Italy by Panini).[7] The fair also hosted several notable authors of historic fiction, young adult, and fantasy, including Licia Troisi, Alan D. Altieri, Gianluca Morozzi, Francesco Falconi, Luca Azzolini and Cecilia Randall.
Authorship
Mantova Comics & Games was the first Italian event to organize a specialty day dedicated to linking up-and coming aspiring authors with experts in the field supported by many of the most important Italian publishers.[8]
Games
Mantova Comics & Games offers several hundred square meters of space dedicated exclusively to gaming, including several tables where people may play independently, or as part of several tournaments/events organised in collaboration with the national gaming groups of Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer, D&D, Minautures, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and videogames.
Cosplay
Every year, the festival hosts several Cosplay-related events. In the past, "Cosplay Evolution", and more recently "Gara Cosplay". A special area, the Palco Cosplay, in a pavilion adjacent to the main space hosts these events which reward the best cosplayers in several different categories.
References
- ↑ "Comics & Games; con 25mila visitatori raddoppia il 2013". Gazzetta di Mantova. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014.
- ↑ "In 15mila al Mantova Comics". Gazzetta di Mantova. 29 May 2006. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014.
- ↑ Mantova Comics & Games 2010
- ↑ Mantova comics and games 2008 - Voceditalia.it
- ↑ paninicomics.it - News
- ↑ Mantova Comics & Games 2010
- ↑ MANTOVA COMICS AND GAMES - 2010 - mostra mercato - notizie dal mondo del fumetto - fumettando il portale dei siti sui fumetti
- ↑ Mantova Comics and Games 2010, 26-27-28 febbraio