The "Lucca Comics & Games" begins and the Cosplayers return to "assault" the city which is also virtual

The Lucca event, over the course of its

(the first edition was in 1965), has become an unmissable event for fans of

Lucca

is a multimedia and intergenerational phenomenon and no longer considered a niche.

In every edition, in fact, the festival creates

experts, curious and long-awaited

who have returned to invade Lucca without the limitations related to the pandemic. 

or the

game of dressing up as

, has no age or nationality and lovers of the genre

, this year also to return to challenge each other in

that will crown the best disguises .

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The real strength of the event is its transversality and its plural soul: a dowry that this year has guaranteed

.

At the moment, 290 thousand tickets are sold: an

, with a figure higher than about 20 thousand units compared to 2019.

Leading the 2022 edition of the event,

a

that invites you to rediscover the energy

.

And, in line with this message, to illustrate this year's manifesto was

fantasy designer and master of

.

Lucca Comics is, as always, a fair in the name of diversification and variety of themes and there are many

.

And this not only in

.

In fact,

: by opening one of the

, Firefox or Microsoft Edge browsers and going to

, at https://discord.gg/paMsChXRxf, you can access

a virtual transposition of the Tuscan city which can be accessed without 3D viewers.

Once inside,

, explore the citadel, engage in different challenges, meet characters among stone buildings, towers and drawbridges, and take part in the main adventure:

, the theme of this edition.

The winners will also be able to win a "land" in the Coderblock metaverse.

For the public who

, however, many interesting encounters: the cartoonist

will return to the city, after being celebrated last year at the

for the

And now, thanks to the collaboration with

Ware will bring his "

, a cornerstone of comic book narration already published in the United States in 2012,

for the first time .

Another international guest and excellence of the 2022 bill is director

, an iconic figure and creator of

.

The director, at

will present the European preview of the first episode of

the awaited TV series (broadcast on Netflix from November 23) dedicated to

, the disturbing daughter of the family. 

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Tim Burton's Wednesday

For Burton's first real TV foray, Catherine Zeta-Jones

will play Morticia,

will play the role of pater familias Gomez,

will be Wednesday and

will play the unfortunate brother Pugsley.

is the executive producer and has directed four of the eight episodes, helping to shape the overall look of the series which was born from an idea of ​​the creators of

,

and

who wanted the great director to bring his vision to the well-known Gothic family.

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Tim Burton

In Lucca, then many live shows, where the musical and theatrical component seems more central than in past years.

For lovers of good food, there is also the

an editorial project that combines comics and cuisine.

Created by the designer

, the chef

and the gastronomic writer

, together with the Saldapress publishing house, the initiative will involve personalities from the world of food and comics, organizing meetings in the rooms of the Atelier Ricci transformed, for the occasion. , in a sort of