Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics - the manga

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New appointment with Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics. On Tuesday 25 April, starting at 6.30 pm, Cultura Pop will host on its Twitch channel Graphite - School of Comics, Drawing and Illustration.

In this fourth appointment with this format we will talk about the manga with Andrea Dentuto. Teacher of manga and mangaka inking as well as founder of the Momiji Cultural Center.

We will talk about Andrea's experience in Japan in the field of animation and comics which also led him to work for the Futabasha publishing house drawing some stories of Lupine III, of the great grip that this genre of comics has on readers and aspiring designers, especially among the youngest, and on its diffusion which for two decades has been steadily increasing not only in our country but all over the world.

Moderated by Domenico Bottalico.

Andrea “Yuu” Dentuto introduces himself

Here's how our guest officially introduces himself:

I am a teacher of manga drawing and Japanese culture . When I arrived in Japan at 25, I worked as an intercalator in Telecom Animation Film (branch of TMS), led at the time by the legendary Yasuo Otsuka; in the meantime I created illustrations for some publishing houses until I reached one of the greatest national newspapers, the “Mainichi Shinbun”. I later published my original Lupine III stories for the Futabasha publishing house as a mangaka.

Back in Italy after almost 11 years, I teach manga techniques and animation in Bari and its province; I was invited to hold workshops in several cities including Rome. Mine is a passion, I spend most of my time drawing. I am the Italian historian of Lupine III for the number of publications at national level. I also take care with friends of the coordination of the comic sector of B-Geek.

I eat almost exclusively Japanese cuisine, which I prepare myself. My Master, with whom I have shared so many memorable moments, is Monkey Punch; my favorite writer is Maurice Leblanc.

Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics

Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics is a fortnightly space born from the synergy between Pop Culture and Graphite, School of Comic Book Design and Illustration, is designed to live, on an extremely interactive and performing platform, the world of drawing and illustration through the experience of professionals in the sector who will give their exclusive point of view and not only on everything that is pop culture!

In A Journey into the World of Comics the guest will guide us on the Twitch channel of Pop Culture to discover a particular declination of the ninth art, providing us with "behind the scenes" details on how a comic is born and on the accompanying supply chain.

You can catch up on the first meeting of Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics dedicated to French Comics on the Graphite youtube channel.

You can catch up on the second meeting of Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics dedicated to Graphic Journalism on the Graphite youtube channel.

You can catch up on the third meeting of Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics dedicated to the American School of Comics on the Graphite youtube channel.

About Graphite - School of Comics, Drawing and Illustration

Graphite - School of Comics, Drawing and Illustration is the first and only three-year school born in Puglia designed for designers and creatives of all ages.



With its three locations (Bari, Taranto and Lecce) it represents to all intents and purposes a regional center which thanks to the implementation of a vast selection of online courses has quickly become a national reference point for training in comics and traditional and digital illustration.

Grafite has a teaching staff made up of professionals from the most important serial and authorial publishing houses. The educational offer of Grafite allows its students a high degree of specialization in the visual arts, comics, 2D / 3D graphics with the adjacent world of animation, combining traditional arts with the most recent digital techniques.

For all information and initiatives, visit the Grafite official website and the Grafite official facebook page.

The appointment with Pop Culture & Graphite present A Journey into the World of Comics - Graphic Journalism is for Tuesday 25 May from 6.30 pm on the Twitch channel of Cutura POP!

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