Achille & KiPI
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A graphic novel by Mario Moroni set in the near future, where technology, ambition and the desire for redemption intertwine in a story that speaks to the present with a pop, accessible and international language.
Mario Moroni
In 1999, at 15, he launched his first startup. Over his career he worked as a manager on major digital, marketing and e-commerce projects. Since 2017 he has been narrating innovation with a critical eye, debunking myths and biases. He published the bestseller "Startup di merda" and "La fine dei social". He is the author of "Il Caffettino", Europe's native podcast with the most episodes on innovation — 7 episodes a week, 365 days a year. Awarded as the best business podcast in the USA and Europe.
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The protagonists
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Achille
Achille is an enterprising young man with a great passion for technology and circuits, who also maintains all the robots and machines on his family's farm. But the fear of remaining a maintenance worker on the farm forever haunts him.
He looks again and again at his grandfather's old solar-punk project — a genius and inventor — and hopes to become like him.
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[02/02]
KiPI
KiPI is Achille's faithful companion, an affectionate kitten he never parts with. When he becomes the victim of an accident with some machinery repaired by Achille on the farm, Achille is forced to buy a random avatar to help him recover his psychomotor abilities.
But the avatar is, precisely, random — and so KiPI becomes a kind of talking conscience: cynical, a bit of an ass, ready to remind Achille how naive and, sometimes, a little foolish he is.
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The creative team
Silvia Buganza
Born in 1997, she starts drawing the moment she learns to hold a pencil — and never stops. In 2023 she writes and draws D-Catcher, published in the anthology magazine NuName. In 2024 she graduates with honours from the International School of Comics in Turin, where she stays on as a tutor. In 2025 she collaborates with Web Athletics and Findus.
Salvatore Vivenzio
Born in Rome in 1997, he hails from the small village of Selva Scura. He has published La Rabbia (Shockdom, 2018), Distorted (Scout Comics / Saldapress, 2022), Malombra (2024), Selva Scura (Rue de Sèvres, 2027) and dozens of other stories for the American, Italian and French markets. Not a single lie in any of them.
Renato Franchi
Consultant specialising in publishing, comics, manga, crowdfunding and transmedia development. Over ten years at Panini on the world's top IP. Head of Marketing/Sales at Star Comics, then Global Marketing Director at CMON with international campaigns and high-complexity Kickstarter launches. Now based in Abu Dhabi, overseeing the launch of Sandstorm Comics.
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