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Romics is an international semiannual
comic book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...
,
animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...
, and
gaming convention A gaming convention is a gathering centered on role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargames, board games, video games, or other types of games. These conventions are typically two or three business days long, and often held at ...
in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
,
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. The event takes place over four days, usually during April for the spring edition, and October for the autumn one. Until the twelfth edition in 2012, it was held annually, most often in October. The event is held, for both its editions, in the Rome
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district. Its annual attendance is generally around 400,000 visitors, the program is divided into over 100 presentations, simultaneously in the 5 pavilions and with over 250 exhibitors in an area of 70,000 m2. As part of the event, the (Romics DD) is being held, an event dedicated to dubbing into
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. The Gala includes awards for dubbing in several categories.


History

In 2001 was born in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, in the old exhibition center, in
Via Cristoforo Colombo Via Cristoforo Colombo (or just ''la Colombo'', as it is often called by the Romans; ) is a street in Rome (Italy) that links the historic centre to Ostia. Along most of its route, the street has three lanes for each direction of movement. With ...
, the festival of
comics a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...
,
animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...
, and
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under the artistic direction of Luca Raffaelli who, after the tenth anniversary edition, abandoned the project due to differences with the production on the cultural identity of the event. Both the 2020 and spring 2021 editions were canceled due to the
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.


Golden Romics

Every year, famous cartoonists are guests of the event and are awarded the "Romics d’Oro" (Golden Romics). Among the guests who attended:
Albert Uderzo Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo (), was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the '' Astérix'' series in collaboration wit ...
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Asterix ''Asterix'' ( or , "Asterix the Gauls, Gaul"; also known as ''Asterix and Obelix'' in some adaptations or ''The Adventures of Asterix'') is a Franco-Belgian comics, French comic album book series, series about a Gaulish village which, thanks ...
''),
Milo Manara Maurilio Manara (; born 12 September 1945), known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist. Career After architecture and painting studies, he made his comics debut in 1969 drawing for ''Genius'', a fumetti neri ...
,
Monkey Punch , known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Lupin III''. Life and career Katō was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido; he began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when ...
, creator of the comic ''
Lupin the Third , also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese media franchise created by Monkey Punch. The series follows the endeavors of master thief Lupin III, grandson of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, jo ...
'',
Yoichi Takahashi Yoichi may refer to: *Yōichi, Japanese given name *, district in Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan *, town in Yoichi District *, a Japanese whisky distillery in the town *, train station in Yoichi District * also Yoichi is a masculine Japane ...
, author of ''
Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...
'';
Sergio Bonelli Sergio Bonelli (2 December 1932 – 26 September 2011) was an Italian comic book writer and publisher. He is best known as the creator of '' Zagor'' (1961) and ''Mister No'' (1975), as well as a comics publisher through the publishing house S ...
, historic editor of
Italian comics Italian comics, also known as ''fumetto'' , plural form ''fumetti'' , are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term ''fumetto'' (literally ''little puff of smoke'') refers t ...
and
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;
Giancarlo Berardi Giancarlo Berardi (born 15 November 1949) is an Italian comic book writer. Born in Genoa, he is most famous as creator of comics '' Ken Parker'' (1977) and ''Julia Julia may refer to: People *Julia (given name), including a list of people wit ...
, ('' Ken Parker'', ''
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'');
Eddie Campbell Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist. He was the illustrator and publisher of '' From Hell'' (written by Alan Moore), and the creator of the semi-autobiographical ''Alec'' stories collected in ''Alec: ...
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From Hell ''From Hell'' is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1998. The full collection was published in 1999 by Top Shelf Productions. Set during the Whitechapel murders of ...
'');
Alfredo Castelli Alfredo Castelli (26 June 1947 – 7 February 2024) was an Italian comic book artist and writer. Biography Born in Milan, Castelli began his comic book career at an early age, creating the strip '' Scheletrino'', a humor series for Italian comic ...
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Martin Mystère ''Martin Mystère'' is an Italian comic book whose protagonist is Martin Mystère. Created by writer Alfredo Castelli and artist Giancarlo Alessandrini, it was first published in Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore in 1982. Dark Horse Comics has ...
'');
Vittorio Giardino Vittorio Giardino (born December 24, 1946) is an Italian comic artist. Biography Giardino was born in Bologna, where he graduated in electrical engineering in 1969. At the age of 30, he decided to leave his job and devote himself to comics. Two ...
(''No Pasaran'', ''Jonas Fink'', ''Max Fridman''); Carlos Gomez ('' Dago'');
Francisco Solano López Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1827 or 1826 – 1 March 1870) was a Paraguay, Paraguayan statesman, Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay between 1862 and 1870, of which he serve ...
, author of '' L'Eternauta''; Giovanni Ticci (''Tex''); Robin Wood ('' Dago'', ''
Nippur de Lagash ''Nippur de Lagash'' () is an Argentine historical comic series, published between 1967 and 1998. It is set in the 23rd century BC (according to the short chronology), about a fictional homonym warrior of Sumer, created by Paraguayan comic scriptwr ...
'', ''Merlin'', ''Savarese''); Leo Ortolani ('' Rat-Man'');
Giorgio Cavazzano Giorgio Cavazzano (; born 19 October 1947) is an Italian cartoonist, and one of the most famous Disney comics artists in the world. Biography Giorgio Cavazzano was born 19 October 1947 in Venice, Italy. At the age of twelve, Cavazzano started t ...
('' Paperinika''); Tsukasa Hōjō ('' Cat's Eyes'', ''
City Hunter is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1991, with its chapters collected in 35 volumes. The manga was adapte ...
''); Massimo Rotundo (''Tex'').


Editions

*First edition (22-23-24-25 November 2001) *Second edition (3-4-5-6 October 2002) *Third edition (2-3-4-5 October 2003) *Fourth edition (7-8-9-10 October 2004) *Fifth edition (2-3-4-5 October 2005) *Sixth edition (5-6-7-8 October 2006) *Seventh edition (4-5-6-7 October 2007) *Eighth edition (2-3-4-5 October 2008) *Ninth edition (8-9-10-11 October 2009) *Tenth edition (30 September, 1-2-3 October 2010) *Eleventh edition (29-30 September, 1–2 October 2011) *Twelfth edition (27-28-29-30 September 2012) *Thirteenth edition (4-5-6-7 April 2013) *Fourteenth edition (3-4-5-6 October 2013) *Fifteenth edition (3-4-5-6 April 2014) * Sixteenth edition (2-3-4-5 October 2014) * Seventeenth edition (9-10-11-12 April 2015) * Eighteenth edition (1-2-3-4 October 2015) * Nineteenth edition (7-8-9-10 April 2016) * Twentieth edition (29-30 September, 1–2 October 2016) * Twenty-first edition (2017) * Twenty-second edition (2017) * Twenty-third edition (2018) * Twenty-fourth edition (2018)


Gallery

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References


External links


Official Romics website
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