Edo Chieregato

Edo Chieregato serves as Professor at Ababo within the Comics and Illustration school, specifically teaching in the Comic Book Languages department. He teaches three core courses: Creative Writing and Visual Storytelling II (10 CFA) for 2nd-year students in Comic Book Languages, Creative Writing and Visual Storytelling II (8 CFA) for 3rd-year Comics and Illustration students, and Editorial Systems for Art (6 CFA) for 1st-year Comic Book Languages students.

• Office hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM at Clementine Fine Arts Street (by appointment)
• Curator of Canicola editions and co-founder of Bilbolbul International Comics Festival

His research focuses on contemporary comics curation and editorial systems, with expertise in visual storytelling mechanics and comics publishing ecosystems. He emphasizes transcending narrative clichés through personal interpretation of experience and dramatic structure, drawing connections between comics, literature, and cinematic works. His methodology integrates lectures, film screenings, laboratory work, and intensive class discussions to develop students' narrative control while maintaining openness to visual possibilities.

As Curator of Canicola editions, he has edited monographs on Magnus, Gianni De Luca, Sergio Toppi, and José Muñoz, while curating exhibitions featuring Charles Burns, Francesca Ghermandi, Jason, and international artists like Ancco and Yuichi Yokoyama. His book Dormire nel fango (with Michelangelo Setola) achieved international publication in France and Denmark.

He actively engages students in editorial project development, requiring submissions 10 days before oral exams. His teaching philosophy centers on emerging from "imaginative closets" to test narrative communicative power through peer critique and multidisciplinary dialogue with comics, illustration, and illustrated books.

His laboratory work includes thesis preparation through group discussions, narrative modeling, and simulated publisher dossiers. Recommended texts span Flannery O'Connor, Roberto Calasso, and specialized comics anthologies like Making Space: Reflections on Graphic Novels in Italy.