Komikazen
Ravenna, Italy · Dates TBA · T4 Seed
The Komikazen International Reality Comics Festival (Italian: Komikazen festival internazionale del fumetto di realtà) was an annual festival focusing on non-fiction comics. "Created with the aim of researching and investigating the relationships between the presentation of reality and graphic literature," the festival was intended to promote and celebrate Ravenna as the capital of "reality-based" comics. The festival had no commercial areas, but instead focused on exhibitions, workshops, and discussions.
- Language
- Italian
- Genres
- comics-anime
- Organizer
- Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini
- Format
- in-person
- Next edition
- TBA
- Author participation
- Exhibitions
- Language notes
- Listed working language: Italian
- Genre notes
- Primary focus: comics-anime
- Programme
- The festival had no commercial areas, but instead focused on exhibitions, workshops, and discussions.
- Awards
- The GAER (Giovani Artisti dell'Emilia Romagna) prize is awarded to young cartoonists of the Emilia-Romagna region, whose work is then published in time for the following year's festival.
- Past guests
- Eddie Campbell, Gipi
- Past editions
- 1997, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016