GUESTS 2023
Patrice Désilets
🎮 Game Designer at Panache Digital Games, an independent development studio he founded in 2014 and previously involved in the production of Prince of Persia.
Sebastian Kalemba
🎮 Game Director at CD PROJEKT RED, leading the design of the new The Witcher trilogy, previously leading the team that made Cyberpunk 2077 and Lead Animator for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Shinichi Ishizuka
Mangaka famous for the works BLUE GIANT and Gaku. At MGWCMX he will present the debut of the second arc of the series dedicated to jazz BLUE GIANT SUPREME.
Moonryde
He is a Red Bull athlete, Pro-player for the international FNATIC team and one of the most followed content creators on Twitch. His distinguishing marks? Tireless gamer, fast chat reader and BRO addict.
Sio
Sio was born at the age of six. He began writing comics before he learned to walk, which is why he bangs all over the place today.
Giacomo Bevilacqua
Born in 1983, he made his debut as an illustrator for Editoriale Aurea in 2006, in 2008 he created A PANDA PIACE published over the years by BD, PANINI and by FELTRINELLI.
Kevin Pike
A veteran of special effects, he has worked with major Hollywood directors. You know the legendary DeLorean from Back to the Future? It was actually his company Filmtrix Inc. that built it! Learn more www.Infinity-Events.eu
Giovanni Dell'Oro
Born in 1996, from Lecce, in art "JiokE". After a series of self-productions, in 2020 he made his debut with Pazzia, an anthology collection of horror stories, for Edizioni BD, followed by La casa dei pulcini, his first graphic novel.
Caterina Bonomelli
Born in '95, in 2017 he entered the field of self-publishing and in 2022 his webcomic Sottopelle was published by Edizioni BD after its success on the Tacotoon platform. The second volume will be premiered at Comicon Napoli 2023.
Dario Argento
One of the greatest living horror directors, he signed masterpieces such as Profondo Rosso, Suspiria and Inferno. On the stage of the Fantasticon Film Festival, he will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Luca Crovi
A music and literary critic but also a rock conductor, he was born and raised in Milan, where he set his short stories and three novels. He holds the Giallo Crovi column for Radio Popolare and is artistic director of the Tutti I Colori Del Giallo festival.
Manetti Bros.
Directors Antonio and Marco Manetti made their film debut in the 1990s after a long series of video clips. L'ispettore Coliandro, the comedy-action Song'e Napule and Ammore E Malavita and finally the Diabolik trilogy consecrated them to the general public.
Daniele Serra
An illustrator who has always been fascinated by horror imagery, he has worked with Stephen King, for whom he signed the entire artwork of Tommyknockers, and authors of the calibre of Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale and Joyce Carol Oates.
Samantha Alleyne
Samantha has participated in no fewer than FIVE Star Wars films: Episode VII, Rogue One, Episode VIII, Solo and Episode IX.
Dario Moccia
With almost half a million subscribers to his Twitch channel, Dario Moccia is one of the most followed streamers in Italy, a reference point for all anime and manga fans for over 10 years.
Erica D'Urso
Erica D'Urso, born in 1992, made her debut abroad with the graphic novel Prison Witch. Since then, she has been collaborating with various US majors, including Marvel, Dynamite and Titan Comics.
Francesca Ciregia
Francesca is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. She has worked for Marvel, Edizioni Star Comics, Edizioni BD, Cosmo Editoriale, Sergio Bonelli Editore, Image, Behaviour Entertainment, Raven Distribution.
Marco Santucci
Marco Santucci has worked for major Italian, French and European publishers. For Sergio Bonelli Editore he has drawn the Mister No series, Tex and Dampyr. For Marvel Comics he has worked on characters such as Spider-Man, X-factor and Captain America.
Mario Alberti
Cartoonist and writer who loves telling stories through images. With over 30 years of experience, he has published his works for Sergio Bonelli Editore in Italy, Glenat and Delcourt in France and Marvel and DC Comics in the United States.
Lorenza Di Sepio
Lorenza Di Sepio is a designer in the field of 2D animation. She has collaborated on several cartoon series produced by RAI, music videos and commercials. She is the author of Simple&Madama, a viral project born on social networks.
Marco Barretta
Marco Barretta is a videographer, travelling the world thanks to his work. He is the scriptwriter of Procrastination, the latest volume in the Simple&Madama series, drawn by Lorenza Di Sepio.
Himorta
Antonella Arpa aka Himorta, is the most followed cosplayer in Europe in the social sphere. Presenter and television face, she is the most relevant face of the nerd/gaming community in Italy, with a community of +3 MLN followers.
Claudio Sciarrone
Claudio Sciarrone, born in 1972, began working with Disney Italia in 1990. After the first stories published in the weekly 'Topolino', in 1996 he joined the artistic staff of the PK Team, marking an entire generation of readers.
Diss Gacha
Diss Gacha, stage name of Gabriele Pastero, is a young rapper born in 2001 in the province of Turin.
Rhove
RHOVE, born in 2001, started rapping at an early age, performing in social centres and discos. He stands out for his atypical and innovative personality and musical style.
Quasirosso
Giovanni Esposito, after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, began his career publishing in underground magazines in the Campania region. In late 2017, he created the Facebook page Quasirosso, where he posts strips and illustrations inspired by everyday life.
Giulio Mosca
Born in 1991, Giulio Mosca, known as 'Il Baffoo', made his debut in 2017 with the graphic novel La notte dell'oliva for ManFont. In 2018, he signed Sublime Everyday Banalities for Blue People and the graphic novel La fine del mondo di qualcun altro.
Kurolily
Kurolily, aka Sara Stefanizzi, is a highly successful streamer, TV and radio presenter. The first in Italy to have a partnership on Twitch. For over 10 years she has been entertaining the community with live broadcasts ranging from gaming to RPGs.
151EG
Enrico Gamba, a.k.a. 151eg, is a youtuber who focuses on culture, film and animation and has also been on Twitch since 2021. 151eg is a film, animation and dubbing expert who has built up a large following on his YouTube channel.
Kodomo
Kodomo, aka Chiara Papalia, is one of the most versatile streamers ever. She loves video games, talks about movies and TV series, sings with a spectacular voice and when it comes to make-up she is an expert in the field.
Kroatomist
Kroatomist is a professional gamer capable of excelling in many disciplines, from Fortnite to World of Warcraft via many other competitive titles.
Terenas
Terenas is a true authority in the world of League of Legends casters, one of the leading voices on Twitch and a true beacon for the community.
Chakra
Luca Ferraresi's stage name, is an Italian singer and producer from '96. He approached music at a young age thanks to Guitar Hero, then moved on to real guitar, tralezioni and experiments in the rehearsal room with his first band.
Alessio Pellizzoni
Alessio Pellizzoni is a tiktoker and food content creator from 1998. He quickly climbed the 'foodtoker' ranks thanks to his energy and knowledge accumulated by peeking into the most renowned kitchens in Italy.
Cydonia
Cydonia, aka Francesco Cilurzo, is one of the most followed gaming streamers in Italy. He boasts over 600,000 followers and 3 million users reached per month. A big fan of video games, he is a real authority when it comes to Pokémon.
GabrielleCroix
GabrielleCroix, aka Gabriella Giliberti, is a film critic and pop culture enthusiast. A professional with years of experience as a journalist and correspondent at major film festivals.
Gianandrea Muià
Gianandrea Muià is an actor, professional voice actor and leading figure on the Italian dubbing scene. A great lover of role-playing games, video games, manga and pop culture in general, he is also a stable member of the InnTale collective.
JackTorrance
JackTorrance is the name under which Massimilian Sacco has quickly become one of the most popular streamers on Twitch in the world of trading card games. Magic and Heartstone above all.
Jumbodrillo
Jumbodrillo is a 1995 youtuber whose trademark is a great deal of self-deprecation and the ability to turn anything into a challenge or a comedy sketch. His channel has more than 500,000 subscribers and boasts a comic strip, 'Male Z'.
Leo
Leonardo Brugnara, alias Leo, is one of GenZ's best-loved content creators. Born in Trentino, he moved to Milan to realise his big dream of becoming a successful content creator. And he succeeded, today his YouTube channel has more than 330,000 followers.
MochiChuu
Mochi Chuu is a very experienced and versatile cosplayer capable of accurately impersonating characters from popular anime and video games. Meticulous, careful, professional, Mochi creates her costumes with maniacal care.
SaddyTech
SaddyTech is a programmer who has also pursued a career in life as a youtuber and content creator. In his channel, which is followed by more than 140,000 people, you can find tech-themed chats full of expertise.
TechDuo
TechDuo's name says it all, a couple, Ghela and Fede, who live and work together dealing with technology in the round. Reviews, challenges, unboxing, tips, tutorials, tests are their bread and butter.
Imriel
Valerie, aka Imriel, is a transgender writer and a veteran of Italian cosplay. She loves travelling, role-playing and video games and sharing her passions with people from all over the world.
Loon Alptraum
Loon, a cosplayer for more than ten years, plays on androgyny to cover the roles he prefers and with self-designed make-up and wigs attempts to bring to life the characters from his favourite [animated, written or video game] works.
Milivoj Ćera
He is professional illustrator since 2002. He is well known for work in the Magic the Gathering game (with published over 75+ cards to day), and his personal project: "Norse Mythology art book".
Jessica Prando
Jessica Prando, aka The Painter Witch is a Fantasy illustrator. Through her illustrations, both traditional and digital, she loves to represent the magic that has always surrounded us and fed the legends, myths and folklore of every people.
Mangaka96
Luca Molinaro, aka Mangaka96, is a bald Mangaka with a moustache who lives between Italy and Japan. He has been talking about Manga for over ten years and now has half a million fans on YouTube, Twitch and Instagram.
Domenico Guastafierro
Domenico Guastafierro is a content creator and manga writer. He was the first in Italy to start talking about manga on YouTube, reaching millions of views.
Zeth Castle
Giovanni Zaccaria, aka Zeth Castle, has for many years been one of the reference points for 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚. Over the years, he was part of the editorial staff of 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐝, then 𝐝𝐢 𝐓𝐨𝐦'𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.
Luca Panzieri
Luca Panzieri is a presenter, actor, director and art director. After some acting experience in film and television serials, including 'Un Medico in Famiglia', Luca became the presenter of the most important 'comic conventions' in Italy.
Bryan Ronzani
Radio speaker at Radio 105 since 2015, host and presenter of large live events, sometimes also takes care of the artistic direction of entertainment shows.
Joshua
Joshua 'Ghirlanda' Bianchi is a well-known Italian Tekken 7 player, currently under contract with Team Falcons. He is recognised as one of the best players in the EU, in particular as one of the most successful Katarina players worldwide.
Nicola De Gobbis
Nicola is the founder and CEO of NEED GAMES! a Milan-based publishing house focused on RPGs, with catalogue titles such as Fabula Ultima, Terror Target Gemini, Cyberpunk Red, Fallout, The One Ring, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, The Witcher.
Alessandra Patanè
Alessandra Patanè (called ALYAH by everyone), is originally from Catania but currently lives and works in Oslo. She made her debut in 2014 with the series 'Greedy Flower', which started as a web comic and was later published in print by Shockdom.
The Sparker
Stefano Conte, known as TheSparker, is an author active in the world of comics since 2007. He publishes web parodies such as "Noi Robot" and "L'Uomo Pigro", up to the creation of "Volt - Che vita di mecha".
Frekt
"FREKT, pseudonym of Francesco Olivieri. His first publication is 'Il Fiore e la Serpe: l'uomo che uccise Federico II' (2018), published by Hazard Edizioni. In 2019, he opened his podcast "Unsolicited Advice [on comics, films and TV series]".
Donald Soffritti
He was born in Ferrara on 11 April 1967. After artistic studies, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 1990. He joined the Disney stables in 1997 as an inker and then started as an illustrator in 1999.
Mirko Babboni
Mirko Babboni was born in Pietrasanta on 22 June 1981. Passionate about drawing from the start and an inveterate nerd, he dedicates his life to comics and illustrations.
Alessandro Del Piero
Born in Conegliano on 9 November 1974, he won the World Cup in 2006 with Italy. He will be present on Sunday 26/11 from 3pm to 6pm at The Nemesis stand.
Captain Blazer
Samuele Matteini is a gamer and youtuber with over a million followers. On the "Cap and Kazu" channel he posts challenges and funny jokes with his housemate Kazu, while on the channel of the same name he shoots the latest Fortnite news.
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