Tillie Walden: Time Capsule

A voice of Generation Z, American comics artist Tillie Walden has distinguished herself on the international scene through the maturity with which she addresses coming-of-age themes, the inventiveness with which she explores the potential of the comics language, and the sensitivity with which she tells delicate, intimate stories. In Italy for the first time, the author will be at Lucca Comics & Games in collaboration with Bao Publishing from 28 October to 1 November. Born in 1996, in 2018 she became one of the youngest winners of an Eisner Award with Spinning (Oscar INK), the autobiographical work that made her famous in Italy, centered on the world of skating and the search for one’s identity. In 2021 with Are You Listening? (Bao Publishing), she won another prestigious Eisner Award in the Best Graphic Novel category. With the young-adult Clementine trilogy, a spin-off of The Walking Dead (SaldaPress), she was selected for the Lucca Comics Awards in 2024. In September 2026, BAO Publishing will bring Charity and Sylvia to Italy, a graphic novel between fiction and history that tells the courage and challenges of two lesbian women in early-nineteenth-century Vermont. The exhibition offers a detailed picture of the author’s stylistic evolution, focusing on the narrative use of color, the definition of settings and the complex psychological exploration of characters.

Location: Palazzo Guinigi