Andrea Bruno

Andrea Bruno was born in Catania in 1975. His comics have appeared in numerous Italian and international magazines and anthologies. In 2005, he was among the founders of the Canicola group, with which he launched the magazine of the same name. His books include: Sabato Tregua (Canicola, 2009 / Rackham Editions, 2012) and Cinema Zenit (Canicola, 2014/2016; new edition 2022 / Rackham Editions, 2016/2018).

He has collaborated with, among others, musician Vasco Brondi, cartoonist David B, and the Accademia Perduta theater company. His illustrations have appeared in the "New York Times Sunday Review." In 2014, he exhibited at the Centre d’Art Contemporain in Geneva.

He won the Micheluzzi - Nuove strade (Napoli Comicon 2000) and Best Artist (Napoli Comicon 2010) awards, the Lo straniero 2000 award, and the Gran Giunigi - Best Single Author (Lucca Comics 2007).

His latest comic, Punica Fides, is forthcoming from Sputnik.
talk Sunday 17 Nov H 16:00
DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali

Absolutely nothing

chair Emilio Varrà

with Giorgio Vasta, Andrea Bruno

Absolutely Nothing is the title of a novel by Giorgio Vasta, depicting his direct experience with the American landscape. Another name for this meetup may have very well been Disorientation (Spaesamento), title of another work by the author. It could have also been The Nothing Broth (Brodo di niente), first long-form graphic novel by Andrea Bruno. All this to say that we felt a kinship between the works of these two authors, so fundamental to understanding the age we live in. And the most evident convergence of the two is in their representation of the relationship with the landscape, which is never peaceful but alienated, feeding off attrition instead of harmony, and that yet remains essential in order to understand who we are, where we are, why we are. 

Entry: libero

Part of Conversazioni a vignetta, in collaboration with Erasmus Mundus in Culture Letterarie Europee – Università di Bologna, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Oblomov Edizioni