Lucca Comics and Games marks 60th anniversary in Italy with high attendance

The Lucca Comics and Games festival celebrated its 60th anniversary in November 2026, Variety TV reported. Located in the medieval city of Lucca in the Tuscany region of Italy, the event hosted games players, comic authors, showrunners, animators, and film directors. Variety TV noted that approximately 80,000 ticket-paying fans visited the city's pavilions, exhibitions, and pop-up experiences each day. [1]

The festival is recognized as Europe's largest comic convention, according to Variety TV, Variety, and IMDb. The event saw strong engagement from fandoms surrounding major entertainment franchises, including Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, alongside active participation from cosplayers. [1][3][4]

The convention took place in a country where tourism plays a prominent economic role. Tourism directly generates more than five per cent of the national gross domestic product in Italy and accounts for over six per cent of the country's total employed workforce. [5]

The gathering featured discussions on creative adaptations and industry trends. As FTMQ Entertainment reported earlier, comic book creator Frank Miller attended the festival and expressed relief over a recent decrease in screen adaptations of graphic novels, noting that the genre had previously risked artistic quality. [8]