SERGIO BONELLI EDITOR
presents
ETERNITY
HATE AS A BEAUTY CURE
Fifth episode of the futuristic series created by Alessandro Bilotta
which features the journalist Alceste Santacroce
So, does the life lived or the life imagined matter more?
The imagined one, for me there is no doubt.
Alessandro Bilotta
New episode of the Eternity saga by Alessandro Bilotta. In HATE AS A BEAUTY CURE, Bilotta’s texts and Sergio Ponchione’s drawings return to tell the story of the tempestuous journalist Alceste Santacroce.
The dream of cinema is lived with open eyes in a city that is the largest stage in the world. Many stars in Rome walk among ordinary mortals, but one in particular shines brighter than the others, an example of beauty and virtue. No one could question its value, or almost anything. The divine Minerva Monet is one of the greatest interpreters of all time, a national heritage. Her fans have created a real cult of her, cinephiles venerate her and women want to look like her. Is it possible that the only one who has something to say about her is that worldly reporter who many look at with suspicion? That Alceste Santacroce allows himself to doubt the actress’s mirrored virtues and, what’s worse, she might be right. It is not easy to become the greatest Italian diva, you need an innate charm, great acting skills and a lot of hatred and desire for destruction.
The introduction of the volume is signed by Alessandro Bilotta himself. The cover is by Sergio Gerasi.
HATE AS A BEAUTY CURE
Since the 1990s, he has created numerous comic series in Italy and France. From the long association with Carmine Di Giandomenico were born The astonishing events of Giulio Maraviglia and Romano for Vents d’Ouest and La Doctrina, an ambitious futurist comic republished by Feltrinelli. He is one of the authors of Dylan Dog, for which he wrote, among other things, the Planet of the Dead saga. Among his works, Valter Buio, the ghost psychoanalyst published by Star Comics, Mercurio Loi, the wastrel genius of papal Rome, award-winning character by Sergio Bonelli Editore and Gli Men of the Week, the Italian superhero series developed for Panini Comics. For DC Comics he wrote a Batman story published in the celebratory volume The World. He won the Gran Guinigi, the Micheluzzi, the Premio Repubblica XL and the Golden Romics.
SERGIO PONCHIONE
He has published in Italy, France, Germany, the United States and Argentina. Among his books: Obliquomo, Grotesque and Memorabilia. He is the author of comics and illustrations for Linus, Internazionale, La Lettura, Il Manifesto, La Repubblica XL, Wired, Film TV and Smemoranda. He has collaborated with brands such as ABB, Henry Cotton’s, illustrated the ZERO Guide of Turin 2012 and several stories for the Comics & Science series. For Sergio Bonelli Editore he has drawn Jonathan Steele, Mercurio Loi and is working on a story of Dylan Dog, together with the series The Men of the Week for Panini Comics. For the underground magazine Čapek he created a story written exclusively by the rock band The Residents. In 2020 he curated the illustrations for the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo. Winner of the Gran Guinigi, Micheluzzi and Giacomo Pueroni awards. He lives in Asti, where the FuoriLuogo cultural space hosts his permanent exhibition.