Boycotting Israel as patron of a comic festival

2023-10-31 13:56:55

Because Israel acts as patron, the Lucca Comics Festival is being boycotted

Comic festival in Italy

Boycott against Israel’s patronage

By Matthias Rüb, Rome

The oldest comic festival in Italy takes place in Lucca – one of the largest in the world. But now the Italian star artist Zerocalcare is boycotting the event to protest against Israel’s role as patron. Others followed him.