Fandango Club Creators in collaboration with Padua Hall announced the dates and details for the Be Comics 2022!, fair dedicated to comics and videogames. The event will be held from 18 to 20 March in Pavilion 7 of Fiera di Padovaand we will be able to pre-order our tickets via the official site. During the three days there will be many guests such as the cartoonist SIO and the Italian metal band Lacuna Coil.
Let’s find out more details together through the press release issued by the organizers.
BE COMICS! 2022: JOURNEY TO THE EAST
FROM 18 TO 20 MARCH 2022 @ PADUA FAIR – HALL 7 and GALLERY 78
On the occasion of the most important international festival dedicated to comics, videogames, cosplay and entertainment in Veneto, Fiera di Padova will be filled with guests from all areas of pop-culture: from cartoonists Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marco Checchetto and SIO, from content creators Froz3n and Pokétonx, up to super-guests such as Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil, an Italian metal band known all over the world, brand ambassador of Monster Energy. And thanks to the “Living in Japan” themed moments on stage, the audience will fly directly to Japan to find themselves in the streets of Akihabara. Finally, the event will also host the celebrations to celebrate the second anniversary of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons video game together with the creator Lightning 95 Channel, who will be the protagonist of a special celebratory moment on the main stage.
Padua, March 8, 2022 – Finally it’s back live to meet cartoonists, streamers, content creators, cosplayers and pro-players: there is really no geek element to Be Comics! 2022the most important celebration of pop culture in the whole of Veneto. Be Comics!an event organized by Fandango Club Creators thanks to a partnership with Padova Hall, the company that manages the Fiera di Padova brand, is the festival dedicated to the world of comics, publishing and geek entertainment as well as videogames, exports, enriched by many show moments. The 2022 edition will see the presence of many guests and appointments, able to make fans of all genres happy, thanks to a well-structured program, full of panels, shows and full of meetings with authors, designers, creators and gamers. The appointment is from 18 to the March 20, 2022 in the wide Pavilion 7 and in Gallery 78 in Padua Fairopen all three days from 10.00 to 20.00. Tickets are available at Special price in presale on becomics.it.
For the three days of the event, the Padua Fair it will turn into a veritable hotbed of artistic, musical and even export talents. Next to the already announced Mario Albertiauthor of the official festival poster, there will be the famous cartoonist and youtuber SIO and they will not fail guests of international caliber how Giuseppe “Cammo” Camuncolidesigner of Spider-Man, Star Wars and “Undiscovered Country” and the Venetian Marco Checchetto, designer of Daredevil, Punisher and leading artist for Marvel Comics. These last two cartoonists will also cover the main stage of Be Comics! for moments of live sessions and talks conducted by Giovanni Zaccaria.
The well-known presenter, actress and voice actress, Giorgia Vecchini will animate the stage with his usual enthusiasm and will lead some moments of entertainment on oriental pop culture, such as the quiz show “Turbonerd” dedicated to Japan. The stage will also host one karaoke specialalways guided by the multifaceted presenter and by the energy of CarlettoFX, voice of the Gem Boy, where the public will be able to unleash on the notes of the most beloved anime theme songs, but the highlight will be the highly anticipated Cosplay Contestset for Sunday afternoon: a no-holds-barred challenge among anime, manga and comic fans to find out who plays their favorite character as faithfully as possible.
For gaming enthusiasts, content creators Froz3n, Pokétonx And Lightning 95 Channelare ready to engage the public on the latest Nintendo titles such as Pokémon Legends: Arceus And Triangle Strategy. The event will also host the celebrations dedicated to the second best-selling video game ever on the Nintendo Switch console familywith over 37 million copies all over the world: Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Indeed, on Sunday 20 March, the second birthday of the vibrant digital universe that won the hearts of gamers in 2020 e Lightning 95 Channel will take the stage to celebrate, together with the Italian communities, this special anniversary.
But it doesn’t stop there: videogames will still be protagonists in the big one Gaming Zone powered by GAMESTOP, where numerous gaming stations will be available to please fans with the latest and most popular titles, to be tested on the latest generation consoles.
Finally, a Be Comics! the export could certainly not be missing: fans will have to hurry to animate the first rows of the dedicated area, theEsportshowfor the spectacular challenge to League of Legends, prelude to the finals of PG Nationals – the most important Italian tournament dedicated to MOBA at Riot Games. The match will be commented by the casters of PG Esports KenRhen And Moonboywhile the entertainment will be entrusted to Paolo “Paolocannone” Marcucci of the team Qlash. For those who do not want to miss even a minute of the appointments dedicated to the world of gaming, the whole universe of Be Comics video games! will be told on the Twitch GameStop TV channel by Kobe, Kafkanya, Be Frankie and Jafarro with interviews with special guests, podcasts and of course many, many moments of gameplay.
Furthermore, in keeping with the theme of Be Comics! 2022, Journey to the East, throughout the weekend ample space will be given to the themes of Asian pop culture through the moments on the themed stage “Living in Japan“: Saturday, in fact, the artist Keiko Ichiguchi And Antonio “Itomizer” Moro will guide the public among the stores of Akihabarathe famous “nerd” district of Tokyo, while on Sunday, it will be Yoshie Nishioka, coordinator of the Japanese courses of Istituto Il Mulino, to accompany fans on a short walk to discover the language par excellence of anime and manga. Also on Sunday, fans will be able to attend a live painting performance with the Paduan artist Davide Zanellaa great lover of Japanese art who has been involved in painting and graphics on several floors for twenty years.
Among the stands of publishers and exhibitors, it will be possible to meet guests and beloved artists such as the aforementioned SIO, Nut, Laputyn, Luca Claretti (Summoner’s War Legacy), The Hermit Crabs (Emiliano Pagani and Daniele Caluri), Don Alemanno, and again Chiara Zuliani, Asunicha, Cheit.jpg aka Caterina Costa, Nicolò Targhetta, Ernesto Anderle, Officina Infernale, Marco Caselli, Christian Galli, Luisa Torchio, Alessandro Ripane, Guido Brualdi, Delia Parise, Walter Leoni, Dario Sicchio. As many preview titles, also available in exclusive variant versions. And for those who want to find out what the future holds for manga lovers, here is the unmissable appointment on Friday afternoon: Cristian Posocco, publishing manager of Star Comicswill present the editorial news scheduled for spring.
The independent authors will be protagonists ofArtist Alley, an area dedicated to comics and manga themed exhibitions that will reserve great surprises for all lovers of the ninth art. A taste: there will be an exhibition of works inspired by the Lupine III saga!
All the storyteller also present at the fair will be able to rejoice when the Cultural Association Sugarpulpwith Giacomo Brunoro and Matteo Strukul, will assign the prizes on Friday and Sunday Sugarprizethe career recognition for the masters of popular fiction who have distinguished themselves for their artistic production, regardless of the language used – be it comics, books, video games, movies or TV series!
Finally, every evening, after a fruitful day immersed in pop culture, fans can have fun and let themselves go thanks to the unmissable concerts and shows organized by Be Comics! Saturday evening with the Live show of “The mind of Tetsuya”, Dedicated to TV themes. On Sunday, the festival closes with the extraordinary concert of Bardomagnofeat. Don Alemannothe new musical project born from the partnership between the Feudalism and Freedom community and the Nanowar of Steel, an Italian parody heavy metal band.
The partners who wanted to support the event are different and all noteworthy: from Gamestopofficial retail partner, switching to RDS 100% Grandi Successi, official radio of the event, whose musical selection will enliven the stage.
Corriere dello Sport – Stadium And TuttoSport are, however, for the first time, editorial partners of the e Zoo schoolthe online community followed by over 5 million students, is a social media partner.
The event also obtained the prestigious sponsorships of the Veneto Region, the Province, the Municipality and the Padua Chamber of Commerce. Furthermore, the event will be managed safely, in full compliance with anti-Covid regulations.
The program, with the names of the protagonists and guests, is being updated and will be available starting from the next few days on the digital platforms of Be Comics! come on becomics.it. The countdown has started, the appointment with the nerdy world is upon us, fans just have to mark the calendar in red 18, 19 And March 20. Passion returns to the protagonist a Padua Fair for three days of pure fun, better hurry up and buy your ticket!
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