DAVIDE REVIATI is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator in the Italian media (il Manifesto, La Stampa, L'Unit ), and a screenwriter. His graphic novel, Morti di sonno (Coconino Press, 2009), won the 2010 Napoli Comic Con, and the best book in translation for its French edition (Casterman 2011). Sputa tre volte (Spit Three Times) was published in Italy in 2016 after seven years of crafting story and illustrations.
In Davide Reviati's Italian graphic novel violence and vulnerability magnificently coexist. --Le Monde More than 500 pages and they read like they were less than half as many. Thanks to the impressive fluidity of the montage and the lightness of the writing. --Internazionale Integration, drugs, secrets, ignorance, wisdom, rural depression, dreams, threats, coming of age: this and much more is summoned by Reviati's imagistic poetry. You'll find your eyes glistening once again. --Il Mucchio Selvaggio