VENICE (ITALPRESS) – Now in its 12th edition, VeneziaComics – Venice Comics and Pop Culture Festival, which this year will take place on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Forte Marghera. An exhibition-market of games and comics, meetings with authors, conferences and exhibitions, capable of exploring the culture, art and millenary traditions of the East. The twelfth edition was presented this morning by the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro together with Councillor for Territorial Promotion Paola Mar, Forte Marghera Foundation President Stefano Mondini, Venezia Comix artistic director Massimo Tonizzo and Vela spa operations director Fabrizio D’Oria.
The opening will take place on Saturday, May 3 at 11 a.m. and will be an opportunity to present “Guards and Thieves – the GdR,” Officina Meningi’s new project dedicated to fighting school bullying. The event is organized by the City of Venice, in collaboration with Venezia Comix, Vela spa and Forte Marghera Foundation. From Saturday to Sunday, therefore, open doors at the Fort with many novelties for fans. The two pavilions of the tried-and-tested market-exhibition, the “beating heart” of Venezia Comics-as per tradition dedicated to the sale of comics, books, games, gadgets and everything that makes fun-will be joined by the novelty of the Tensostructure, which in its 600 square meters will host the area dedicated to auteur comics.
Writers from Sergio Bonelli Editore and the masters of Disney comics will be present, with a tribute to 91-year-old dean Luciano Gatto, lifetime achievement awards Silvia Ziche for comics and Leo Colovini, and, for the first time in Venice, emerging Sicilian comics star Ester Cardella. During the two-day event, Venetian comics and watercolor master Laura Scarpa, author of this edition’s poster, will be present with a solo exhibition. The new space will also be dedicated to the official publishing houses (Becco Giallo, Officina Meningi, BD, J-Pop, Feltrinelli with a booth all to explore dedicated to Korea).
In the gaming sector, however, the two days will feature experts Dario De Toffoli, Spartaco Albertarelli, Andrea Angiolino, Zoltar, Mabelle and Atropo Kelevra. The second important new feature of the year – in line with the program of previous editions, which featured Japan as guest countries in 2023 and China in 2024 – the 2025 edition of VeneziaComics will feature South Korea as a protagonist with the Korean Village, an area dedicated to Korean comics culture and beyond. The initiative has been realized thanks to the collaboration with Seoul-based K-Tiful, a signatory of a collaboration agreement for the promotion of mutual heritages with Venice-based Wave Events, which will be joined by initiatives in collaboration with Ca’ Foscari, Mangaschool Venezia and Associazione Passacinese.
“The review we are carrying out is a beautiful example of how passion, perseverance and commitment in synergy with institutions are able to give concrete answers to the area that lives and wants to have fun and spend time in the company of those who share the same passions in places in the city,” said Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro. “Forte Marghera is once again confirmed to be an aggregator for events. As an administration we have believed a lot in this place, restoring it and making it a place suitable for everyone, from families to the young and old: with vision and foresight we continue to invest to expand the usable spaces, services and thus opportunities for associations, citizens and cultural realities that experience culture in all its forms. Attendances at the events we propose are proving us right, and we will continue to invest to give all citizens of our great metropolitan city quality events like VeneziaComix.”
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