A fine new Italian edition of Bryan’s Tale of One Bad Rat – La Storia del Topo Cattivo – took us to Tuscany for this year’s Lucca Comics & Games. Unfortunately Storm Cíaran arrived in Tuscany before us. We eventually made it to the festival around 24 hours later than intended, missing the opening events and various press interviews (and one suitcase).

Once we finally got there, Bryan was kept busy with several signings at the publisher’s stand. The deluge and high winds didn’t seem to have deterred festival goers one bit. The place was heaving:

He was on a panel discussing underground comics with Rattigher, chaired by Fabio Gaducci:

and finished with a showcase session, after which we left for a couple of relaxing days in Florence:

And the suitcase? It turned up at our B&B, barely an hour before we left for home 🙂