20th EDITION | WEEK OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD "Script and Drawing, the Alchemy of a Comic Story" Friday, October 23 | 1PM EDT CLICK HERE TO VIEW ONLINE ON THE ROMICS WEBSITE ON OCTOBER 23rd Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy Script and drawing, the alchemy of a comic story. A dialogue to discover what happens behind the scenes of a comic book and what relationship is established between screenwriter and designer, so as to arrive at that extraordinary alchemy between story and image. Diabolik will be featured as the protagonist with the live creation of a mini-story of the King of Terror created specifically for the occasion. Host Mario Bellina | Author and Television Screenwriter Speakers Mario Gomboli | Director | Astorina Giuseppe Palumbo | Caroonist | Diabolik Presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington DC.