Romics


Romics is an international semiannual comic book, animation, and gaming convention in Rome, Italy. The event takes place over four days, usually during April for the spring edition, and October for the autumn one. Until the twelfth edition in 2012, it was held annually, most often in October. The event is held, for both its editions, in the Rome trade fair district.
Its annual attendance is generally around 400,000 visitors, the program is divided into over 100 presentations, simultaneously in the 5 pavilions and with over 250 exhibitors in an area of 70,000 m2.
As part of the event, the is being held, an event dedicated to dubbing into Italian language. The Gala includes awards for dubbing in several categories.
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History

In 2001 was born in Rome, in the old exhibition center, in Via Cristoforo Colombo, the festival of comics, animation, and video games under the artistic direction of Luca Raffaelli who, after the tenth anniversary edition, abandoned the project due to differences with the production on the cultural identity of the event.
Both the 2020 and spring 2021 editions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Golden Romics

Every year, famous cartoonists are guests of the event and are awarded the "Romics d’Oro". Among the guests who attended: Albert Uderzo, Milo Manara, Monkey Punch, creator of the comic Lupin the Third , Yoichi Takahashi, author of Captain Tsubasa; Sergio Bonelli, historic editor of Italian comics and screenwriter; Giancarlo Berardi, ; Eddie Campbell ; Alfredo Castelli ; Vittorio Giardino ; Carlos Gomez ; Francisco Solano López, author of L'Eternauta; Giovanni Ticci ; Robin Wood ; Leo Ortolani ; Giorgio Cavazzano ; Tsukasa Hōjō ; Massimo Rotundo.

Editions

  • First edition
  • Second edition
  • Third edition
  • Fourth edition
  • Fifth edition
  • Sixth edition
  • Seventh edition
  • Eighth edition
  • Ninth edition
  • Tenth edition
  • Eleventh edition
  • Twelfth edition
  • Thirteenth edition
  • Fourteenth edition
  • Fifteenth edition
  • Sixteenth edition
  • Seventeenth edition
  • Eighteenth edition
  • Nineteenth edition
  • Twentieth edition
  • Twenty-first edition
  • Twenty-second edition
  • Twenty-third edition
  • Twenty-fourth edition