Comics and the Invisible is a special issue published by Mediascapes and edited by Matteo Stefanelli (Università Cattolica of Milan) and Francesco Piraino (Giorgio Cini Foundation / Harvard University).
It represents the last step of the Creative Europe project Invisible Lines (https://invisiblelines.eu) realised by Fondazione Giorgio Cini (Italy – coordinator), Central Vapeur (France), Hamelin APS (Italy), and Baobab Books. (Czech Republic).
Comics and the Invisible explores the concept of invisibility in comics and illustrations, trying to reply to the following questions: in what terms can comics be understood as an invisible art or, from a very different perspective, as an art of the invisible?
How can it be a tool for telling stories and visualizing ideas that rarely find a place in the ordinary ecology of visual media? Is this art of the invisible a tool to connect with other dimensions (mental, psychological, spiritual, ontological)?