It's finally online on Simultanea my contribution on the comics publishing industry in Italy. The article is in Italian and you can read it and download it here. Here's the abstract: In this article I examine the Italian publishing industry of comics, casting light on its complexity and hybridity. First, I show the current lack... Continue Reading →
Panels on Panels
The Indiana University Comics Studies Group is pleased to announce our first conference, Panels on Panels, to be held on Thursday, February 13th and Friday, February 14th, 2020 in the Global and International Studies Building (Indiana University). For this inaugural conference, we have the pleasure to host as keynote speaker Scott Bukatman, professor of Media Studies at Stanford University. Panels on Panels is a two-day interdepartmental... Continue Reading →
“Auteur format and popular format. The Case of Magnus”. IJOCA vol. 21 no. 1, 2019
My article on the artistic career of Italian cartoonist Magnus is now available in the International Journal of Comic Art, as a result of my participation in The International Comic Arts Forum in April 2019. I'm proud to be published next to renowned international comics scholars, and my deepest gratitude goes to John Lent, who... Continue Reading →