Photos from the Lake Como Comics Festival, the most beautiful Comic Con

Last night was the grand opening reception of the Lake Como Comics Festival in Como, Italy. A prestigious comic book event, it takes place in the glorious landscapes and architectural opulence of Villa Erba, and last night saw guests, vendors and attendees mingling, eating and drinking in a world slowly emerging from the pandemic restrictions and a return to societal duties. There was a dizziness in the air, which couldn’t quite be attributed to the flowing prosecco.

Comic creators primarily from the United States, Britain, and continental Europe added to the appeal, but venue and location did the rest. Like, of course, the food and wine, which necessitates regular trips to the buffet. “Buffet” such a banal word for such splendour.

The show opens properly today and Bleeding Cool will speak to as many attendees as possible. There are already stories in the works that come out of the show’s general chatter and Arthur Adams and Joyce Chin have already promised to stage some kind of drama for Bleeding Cool. Bless them, they know us so well.

I mean, look, we have Mark Brooks there, anything can happen. And yes it is Frank Cho and Liam Sharp in the background too, there are so many possibilities.

The whole event became the equivalent of outside the Hyatt in San Diego on a Tuesday night, with a much larger concentration of top comic book artists from a few generations.

Oh and Mark Buckingham promises us that he draws miracle man for Marvel Comics right now to stop running Bleeding Cool articles asking why not draw Miracleman but something else instead. Hey, whatever it takes. Take it easy with those glasses, Mark.

Marvel Editor-In-Chief CB Cebulski, clearly endorsing my Mark Buckingham persuasive skills there.

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Isn’t it just magic? The show starts properly today, if you can’t make it this year, then sign up for 2023. Bleeding Cool will be covering the show all weekend, so you can see what you’re missing…oh and yes, it looks like I posted a few TikToks too…always a dangerous thing to find out.