Sinfonia Infernale

The great Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch is an author of extraordinary, almost unbelievable modernity, and his works, visionary kaleidoscopes of surreal inventions, fantastic and grotesque narratives, repulsive and fascinating, irresistibly attract the attention not only of the general public, but also of creative people from the most diverse fields.

Ivan Manuppelli, known to comics fans as Hurricane, is rightfully part of this group of those bewitched by Bosch: in the run-up to the opening of the major exhibition at Milan’s Palazzo Reale, he wrote and drew almost on the spur of the moment Sinfonia infernale, a compelling and visionary graphic novel centered around a mysterious record bought almost by chance by the protagonist, irresistibly attracted by the eerie cover, a record whose music, as you listen to it, creates very very peculiar consequences…

Forty-eight large-format colorful plates, bursting with inventions, surprises and ingenious visual solutions, enhanced by the presence of a spectacular central piccolo, will transport the reader into a world of daydreams and nightmares dangerously close to our everyday reality.

HURRICANE – Born Ivan Manuppelli (Milan, 1985) is the author of the satirical series “I Sopravvissuti,” published regularly in the newspaper “il manifesto.” As an author he has published in the magazines “Frigidaire,” “Il Male di Vauro e Vincino,” “linus,” “Splatter,” and “Mineshaft.” Since 2018, he has been a regular contributor for the legendary American magazine “MAD” and currently draws for the magazine “La Revue Dessinée Italia.”