Comicon Napoli is one of Europe’s largest and most influential international pop culture festivals. Held annually in Naples, Italy, at the Mostra d’Oltremare, it attracts over 170,000 visitors for a four-day celebration of comics, anime, manga, video games, cinema, and cosplay.
Now in its 26th edition, the event will be held April 30 to May 3 in Italy.
Guests from the international comics world due to converge in Naples include Kazuhiko Torishima, Shintaro Kago, Satoshi Shiki, Liam Sharp and R.M. Guéra and Don Rosa, one of the greatest Disney authors of all time, who will ne return to the festival after ten years.
Italian comics excellence will be represented by Sara Pichelli and Simone Bianchi. Pichelli, co-creator of Miles Morales and one of Marvel’s most celebrated contemporary artists.
The world of video games will once again be one of the festival’s major pillars.
Following the record-breaking success of its 25th edition – which closed in 2025 with 183,000 visitors – the event which has programes spanning comics, cinema and TV series, video games, games, music and all areas of contemporary pop culture, is one of Italy’s leading cultural events.
