Hello everyone and hello to all, how are you?
This week I'm particularly pleased because I finally put on sale in my catalog of proposals LULU (CLICK HERE or on the cover below) , a volume that I hold dear. In fact, after almost two years (How time flies!), The anthology is now available / exhibition catalog RAINBOWS AMONG THE CLOUDS, I edited in Genoa on the occasion of National Gay Pride 2009.
In reality all this delay was due to the fact that in the last two years I wanted to see if by Arcigay (Which sponsored the thing at the time) there was interest in doing something similar or circulate the show, but since the comics are still quite alien to the mentality of the Italian gay association, nothing happened of that. So, in order to prevent this work being lost, I thought to offer a first selection of works that have led for the first time the comic and illustration in a gay-themed show of Italian comic (for the other artists I have studied and / or will study other options), starting from those of Jacopo Camagni (who also won the cover) ... 
Each gallery is preceded by an introductory card of each author and one of my personal anecdote about my personal experience with the artists that have been collected in this volume (as in one way or another, I had to deal directly with each other). It seemed to me a somewhat 'original take stock of the situation on the Italian gay-themed comic in the last ten years, so much so that in this volume are also the work of Dany & Dany, representing the world of BOYS LOVE Made in Italy. 
The book is also a taste of the art of Marco Albiero, including a collection of wallpapers for mobile theme sexy guys who produced years ago. 
But what - in my opinion - is the centerpiece of this anthology, is the contribution of Giuseppe Fadda, a cartoonist whose production - unfortunately - is almost unknown to the public Internet and has carried for years on a fixed page monthly gay Babylon. Those of his cartoons, which sometimes have really touched the genius, offering a fresco at the same time delicate and unforgiving reality of gay and was a real shame that lies forgotten ... One reason for their absence from the internet was yet another proof that, in our country, the gay world does not know what good value crabs and originally produced in years ... 
So in this volume will find a large selection of his work (almost all of his cartoons in color) product between 1998 and 2002 (when his collaboration with Babylon permanently ceased, leaving him disappointed and saddened for him to give up to pursue his career as a cartoonist). 
The fact that these cartoons are now collected and republished, in my opinion, is a great way to show that there is a part of the gay world that is not only the D & G underwear and premises, and that There is also wanting a whole alternative gay culture that can still be rediscovered and appreciated ... Also thanks to the Internet. 
Perhaps this volume will not make miracles, but could represent another small step in this direction. If want to invest some € to enrich your cultural heritage gay this might be a good idea. Obviously if you decide to buy it (in pdf or printed version), let me know what you think, that I care. soon.
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