A plethora of authors are going to be part of the festival even this year, coming from four Asian countries, valuing great authors and new proposals from manga, manhwa and manhua best productions.
After the extraordinary June announcements, featuring Tetsuo Hara, coming for the first time to Italy, and Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou, authors of Gachiakuta, here are the latest news from Japan.
J-POP Manga will bring Takeshita Murakami to Lucca Comics & Games.
Coconino chooses once again Yamaji Ebine, a refined author, who stands for key themes, such as the woman’s role into the society.
Double strike for Hiraki/001 Edizioni, that besides Hosui Yamazaki, creator of Cadaver Hunter, brings to the festival Miyako Cojima for the second consecutive year, after his incredible success of the last year edition.
Follows the great come back of other two greatest authors, Shintaro Kago and Asagi Yaenaga, thanks to Hollow Press.
Last but not least, for the mangaka section Jun Hayami, the legendary master behind the extreme gekiga genre, will join the festival thanks to the independent editor “In Your Face Comix”.
The discovery of the Asian comic lands directly in Korea. Byeonduck and Kwang Jin announcements, have thrilled the fans, who are also ready to welcome Na Yoonhee, the mind behind the historic manhwa, called “Whale Star”.
China continues to surprise the audience with unprecedented surprises, such as the already announced authors, Jundo Wen Yuan, Yuchi Jinze and Liang Azha.
Finally, other five authors, coming from Taiwan, will enrich the festival thanks to Taiwan Comix. AAA-Bao, YAYA, ZHOU Jianxin, YU Peiyun and LIU Chien-Fan are ready to meet the Italian community and to amaze Lucca with their one-of-a-kind talent.
