This weekend saw the Italian cultural association Venezia Comics host an exhibition at its Festival by Commando comics artist Paolo Ongaro, largely focused on his work in his home country, particularly Spazio Chiama Atlantide.
Paolo has kindly sent us some photographs of the exhibition, held in Venice, “Paolo Ongaro, il poeta dell’avventura” (“Paolo Ongaro: The Poet of Adventure”), which complemented the publication of a new collection Spazio Chiama Atlantide, written by Cristiano Zentilin, published by Storytelling Edizioni,
The exhibition showcased five fundamental titles: stories of adventure, mystery, science fiction and westerns, reflecting the strength and variety of Paolo’s work: Spazio Chiama Atlantide, Ultima Frontiera, L’Immortale, Old America and Autobus 84.
The new collection of Spazio Chiama Atlantide, written by Cristiano Zentilin, with art by Paolo Ongaro, is available here in Italian from Storytelling Edizioni.
In Spazio Chiama Atlantide, alien spheres arrive on Earth, looking for a secret kept in the submerged lands of Atlantis. To achieve their goal, they gradually take control of human beings, taking away their vital energy. But their plan is discovered by a young scholar of extraterrestrial phenomena, who puts himself on the trail of truth until he reaches the legendary Atlantis. Here he will also meet love, but above all he will have to face a threat capable of endangering all of humanity…
• The new collection of Spazio Chiama Atlantide, written by Cristiano Zentilin, with art by Paolo Ongaro, is available here in Italian from Storytelling Edizioni.
• You can read our news item about the exhibition here
• Venezia Comics is online at veneziacomics.com
• Storytelling Edizioni is online at storytellingcomicschool.it
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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