Lupo Alberto blows out 50 candles e Gigahithe independent publishing house created by Sio, Dado, Fraffrog and Giacomo Bevilacquais ready to celebrate it in style with all its readers, young and old, thanks to a single volume. The most famous wolf in Italy and all the very nice inhabitants of the McKenzie Farm will, in fact, be the protagonists of ‘A whole different Lupo Alberto’available in bookstores and comic shops from tomorrow. The work contains over 180 pages more than 30 stories created by young authorsa true act of love towards the characters created by the legendary Guido Silvestri, aka Silver.
Lupo Alberto, with his inseparable wife Marta, the dog Moses, the mole Enrico and the whole gang which for half a century now have made us laugh, cry and fall in love, enthralling several generations of readers, will alternate between gags, breathless adventures and memorable sketches, written and drawn by young and famous artists of the national comics scene who have been able to give vent to everything their inspiration and their creativity, to pay homage to what is in all respects a true pop icon.
Giacomo Bevilacqua, Doctor Pira, Maicol & Mirco, Sio, Spugna, Dado, Matilde Simoni and Roberto D’Agnano are just some of the names who took turns in the creation of the stories contained in ‘Tutto unaltro Lupo Alberto’, edited by Lorenzo La Snow and Silver himself. Leafing through and letting yourself be transported among the colorful pages of the volume, it will be possible to range between many styles of drawing and narrationeach representative of the different authors, guaranteeing readers, men and women, reading experiences that are always new and fresh on every page, respecting the original atmospheres.
“It is often said that we grew up through icons who inspired us in everyday life. In the case of Lupo Alberto and all his adventure companions something similar must have happened if today, after fifty years, so many young and talented artists have delighted in reinterpreting him in their own way – he commented Silver – All this does nothing but fill me with pride and I must admit that it even moves me a little. I couldn’t hope for greater satisfaction!
“When it was proposed to me that I could create stories about Lupo Alberto I thought it was a dream. Silver represents an icon of national comics and is still today my point of reference for the stories I create” – added Davide Caporali, aka Dado, co-founder of Gigaciao. “Lupo Alberto’s 50th birthday deserved to be celebrated in the best way and, precisely for this reason, together with the entire Gigaciao team we dedicated body and soul to the creation of Tutto unaltro Lupo Alberto. This work represents the right birthday gift to celebrate all those characters who have now become indelible icons. And we are honored and extremely grateful to have enjoyed this unique and unrepeatable opportunity!”.
To best present the contents and anecdotes surrounding the work, Silver and the authors of Gigaciao will be the protagonists of two dedicated events, in Milan and Rome, on 18 and 19 October respectively.