Maicol&Mirco Reimagines Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto as a Comic

IODIO, a new publishing house founded by Gianluca and Chiara Palestini, launches with 'MMM', a comic book that pairs Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's 1909 Futurist Manifesto with the irreverent drawings of Maicol&Mirco (Michael Rocchetti). The limited-edition publication, available via email order, intersperses the original manifesto text—first published in Le Figaro on February 20, 1909—with dynamic cartoon panels, creating a dialogue across time. In an interview, Maicol&Mirco describes Marinetti as a 'madman' and a 'contemporary,' noting his anticipation of speed culture and onomatopoeic poetry. The project originated when Gianluca Palestini lamented the unavailability of Marinetti's manifestos in recent years. The cover features an animation frozen in a single frame, echoing Futurist aesthetics. The book adopts a meta-narrative approach, depicting characters reading and commenting on the manifesto, similar to the duo's earlier work 'Il suicidio spiegato a mio figlio.'