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Simone Angelini's Quarantine Comics and Silent Animations

artist · 2026-04-27

Simone Angelini, known for his graphic novel Anubi (Coconino Press, 2018), continues creating during Italy's COVID-19 lockdown. He is producing a series of silent, black-and-white animations called Storie Zitte, posted on social media, made frame-by-frame without dialogue. Angelini contributed to charity projects: a drawing auctioned by Lucca Comics & Games for the Tuscan healthcare system, and a comic for COme VIte Distanti by ARF! Festival supporting Rome's IMI Spallanzani hospital. His latest publication was the French edition of 4 vecchi di merda (4 vieux enfoirés) by Editions Rackham in February 2020. He lives in Pescara with his partner, artist Michela Tobiolo, and their cat.

Key facts

  • Simone Angelini is a cartoonist born in Pescara, 1980.
  • His most famous work is Anubi, a graphic novel from 2015 with Marco Taddei, reissued by Coconino Press in 2018.
  • During quarantine, he created silent animations called Storie Zitte.
  • Storie Zitte are black-and-white, square format, no dialogue, with sound effects.
  • He contributed to Lucca Comics & Games charity auction for Tuscan healthcare.
  • He contributed to COme VIte Distanti, a comic anthology by ARF! Festival for IMI Spallanzani in Rome.
  • His latest book was 4 vieux enfoirés (French edition of 4 vecchi di merda) published by Editions Rackham in February 2020.
  • He lives in Pescara with Michela Tobiolo and their cat Mia.

Entities

Artists

  • Simone Angelini
  • Marco Taddei
  • Michela Tobiolo
  • Maicol&Mirco
  • Gianluca Costantini
  • Cristina Portolano
  • Adam Tempesta
  • Giorgio Carpinteri
  • Gipi
  • Davide Toffolo
  • Zerocalcare
  • Ratigher

Institutions

  • Coconino Press
  • Editions Rackham
  • Lucca Comics & Games
  • ARF! Festival
  • IMI Spallanzani

Locations

  • Pescara
  • Italy
  • Tuscany
  • Rome

Sources