Cinema meets comic strips for the third consecutive year at ShorTS, with the 3rd annual 24 Hour Shorts Comic Marathon.
A 24 hour deadline, aspiring cartoonists and one theme: these are the ingredients for our event that will take place from 17:00 on Saturday 29th June to 17:00 on Sunday 30th June in Piazza della Borsa. The lights will stay on all night to illuminate the way for all those who want to challenge themselves by writing and illustrating a short comic strip, with a film theme, in just one day.
Some big names from the comic scene will be on hand to advise, and eventually pick the best comic strip from among the participating contenders. The prize is the publication of your story in a specially-created volume.
The volume featuring last years winners, chosen by Lorenzo Pastrovicchio and Sio, has just been printed and will be available for free in the coming days at Fantasylandia and Neopolis comics, who are also this year’s partner.
Time is running out, so sign up below using the form or by sending an email to catalogo@maremetraggio.com with all the information requested below. Bring all the friends you like, as having fun is what counts, not just winning!
24h Comics Marathon 2019 Jury
Dr. Pira
Dr. Pira was born in Tortona in 1977. Graphic designer, animator, illustrator; he has made storyboards for cinema and dvertising. He took care of the video sets for the Fedez Pop-Hoolista Tour and the Piccoli Energumeni by Elio and the Storie Tese. He has been producing comics since the mid-nineties. In addition to having created I Fumetti della Gleba, as a cartoonist he has made numerous series for Republic XL, Vice Magazine and Smemoranda, and has collaborated with Linus, Rolling Stone, Pic Nic and Hobby Comics. In 2016 he produced himself the Almanacco dei Fumetti della Gleba. In 2017, for Rizzoli Lizard he published the illustrated essay ‘The true history of hip hop’. Super Relax won the Micheluzzi 2018 award for best comics at the Napoli Comicon.
Giopota
Giopota is a cartoonist and designer, born in Caserta in 1988. After graduating as a graphic designer, he began working as a web designer until, in 2012, he decided to move to Bologna to study Comics and Illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts. He published ‘I fuochi della sera’ for Renbooks and illustrated ‘I Guardiani della Luce’ for the same publisher. He illustrated ‘Le tavole di Gennaio’, written by Luca Vanzella and published online on the Issuu platform. In 2017 ‘Un anno senza te’ was released, again based on texts by Vanzella, published by BAO Publishing.
Menotti
Menotti works in Rome, he lived in Abruzzo but he is born in Emilia a long time ago. He studied art in Bologna, semiotics in Berlin and filmmaking in New York. He is the author of the graphic novel Europa e has published comics and illustrations on Il Manifesto, L’Espresso, Frigidaire, Comic Art, Blue. He has written numerous TV series, short films and films, including Benedetta Follia by Carlo Verdone, Non ci resta che il crimine of Massimiliano Bruno and Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot by Gabriele Mainetti, nominated for the best screenplay and winner of seven David di Donatello in 2016.
Ilaria Palleschi
Born in Latina in 1989. After graduating, she attended the European Institute of Design in Rome, and graduated in Multimedia Illustration and Animation. She lived for many years in the capital. She was a member of Studio Pilar for a time, working on graphics and illustrations. During the ArFFestival she met with the BaoPublishing publishing house, and with them in November 2018, she published and authored her first comic book: Nina che disagio. At the moment she lives in a small village where she continues to make as many comics and doodles as possible.
