In the Beginning was the Joy

30th November h 10.30 am | Centro delle Donne / Biblioteca italiana delle donne – Aula Magna di Santa Cristina

with Yvan Alagbé, Tiziana Lo Porto

 in collaboration with Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Libreria Stendhal – Rome, Canicola, Festival La violenza illustrata

Yvan Alagbé

During the past eight years, Yvan Alagbé has embarked in the impossible mission of drawing a universal history of love. His book project – still a work in progress – is also a deep reflection on the role women have played in this history. This talk with Italian journalist and translator Tiziana Lo Porto will shed light on the most radical and revolutionary message of one of the greatest contemporary comics authors.

 

The talk is in French, with consecutive translation

Yvan Alagbé is a French comics artist. His latest book is Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures (New York Review Comics, 2018).

Tiziana Lo Porto is an Italian journalist and translator. She writes about comics, books and music for magazines such as “La Repubblica”, “D.”, “Il Venerdì” and minima&moralia. She wrote the graphic novel Superzelda. La vita disegnata di Zelda Fitzgerald (Minimum fax, 2011).