The jury composed by Romano Montroni, President of Cepell, Enrico Fornaroli, Director of Accademia delle Belle Arti of Bologna, comics expert and critic and Laura Scarpa, essayist and comic book illustrator, announced the winners of the Romics Comics Books Contest.
The close collaboration between Romics and Cepell - Centro per il libro e la lettura, Istituto autonomo del Ministero dei Beni Culturali e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo, led to the creation of the New Talents Award. In this edition Cepell – as confirmation of the interest in enhancing the graphic novel – has provided a budget in favour of the first, second and third classified of the New Talents Award for promoting their own works in some of the most important festivals of the sector.
GRAND PRIX
Luna del Mattino by Francesco Cattani, Coconino Press – Fandango
JURY SPECIAL AWARD
L’arte di Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew, Bao Publishing
BEST BOOK OF ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL
Dreaming Eagles, by Garth Ennis, Simon Coleby, saldaPress
BEST BOOK OF JAPANESE SCHOOL
Tekkon Kinkreet Omnibus by Taiyo Matsumoto, Edizioni BD/J-Pop Manga
BEST BOOK OF EUROPEAN SCHOOL
Maggy Garrison, by Lewis Trondheim e Stéphane Oiry, Coconino Press - Fandango
BEST BOOK OF ITALIAN SCHOOL (ex-aequo)
Kraken by Emiliano Pagani and Bruno Cannucciari, Tunuè
Non stancarti di andare by Teresa Radice and Stefano Turconi, Bao Publishing
BEST REPRINT(ex-aequo)
La Trilogia by Guido Buzzelli, Coconino Press – Fandango
Poema a fumetti by Dino Buzzati, Mondadori
1ST PRIZE NEW TALENTS
Viktoria by Gaia Cardinali, Tunuè
NEW TALENTS AWARD
Black Gospel by Vinci Cardona, Edizioni BD/J-Pop Manga
Cry me a river by Alice Socal, Coconino Press-Fandango
SPECIAL MENTIONS
La Maschera e il Volto, by Mario Gomboli, Tito Faraci, Giuseppe Palumbo, Giuseppe Di Bernardo,
Luca Bulgheroni, Astorina
Bestie Umane,by Francesco Tullio Altan, Gallucci Editore
Surfing on the Third Wave, by Miguel Ángel Martìn, Nicola Pesce Editore
