What is the best thing that I love about my work?

Telling stories is the part I love the most. My work is based on drawing. Every sign, every brush stroke must give life to a narration. I think I began to draw comics because of this need.

What is my idea of perfect happiness?

Doing what I like and doing it well. Happiness sparkles very rarely in my life and I’m glad when it happens, but I think that serenity is more important. They are two similar concepts but with several differences. Happiness is beautiful but temporary, while tranquillity is a more permanent situation.

What is my greatest fear?  

I’m afraid of losing who I love or seeing them suffer; on the other hand in my work certainly my greatest fear is the loss of inspiration: I’m afraid I could get up one day and discover that I’m no longer able to tell stories or to draw (that’s the same thing to me).

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?  

Oooh…a lot! I’m very anxious, pessimist, sometimes too critic about myself and the others. I ask too much to myself.

Which living persons in my profession do I most admire? 

I would say Stefano Ricci, Anke Feuchtenberger, and Manuele Fior but I know that I should name many others: Franco Matticchio, David Mazzucchelli, Francesca Ghermandi… I could write down a very long list of names.

What is my greatest extravagance? 

I love visiting old abandoned places like cemeteries, churches, dusty attics: places connected to other people’s lives and deaths often forgotten in which I like imagining their stories. I also like to collect small pieces of nature like feathers, stones, bones, leaves and so on…like a kind of little cabinet of curiosities. 

On what occasion would I lie?  

I would lie to avoid unnecessary suffering.

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? 

I dislike to stay sitting for hours on a chair… my back sometimes beg me to get up and I must listen or I am in big troubles.

When and where was I the happiest, in my work?

I remember the day when I printed my first self-published book, I was alone at home when I opened the cardboard box and I saw it for the first time fresh out of printing.

If I could, what would I change about myself?  

I’d like to be more self confident and less asocial because I realize that often I have eremitical attitudes.

What is my greatest achievement in work?  

Giving stories to people, make them think, identify, excite, dream… make them alive.

Where would I most like to live? 

I’m not particularly linked to any places but I feel good wherever I can get along with the nature that surround me. There are places in which trees, plants, flowers seems sick, sad, even despite their abundance or beauty. I’d like to live in a place in which I can be on the same wavelength of nature.

What is my most treasured possession?

Certainly my books, my comics.

What is my most marked characteristic?

People often says I’m a workaholic woman, I don’t believe it, it’s always possible doing more…oops!

What is my most inspirational location, in my city?  

A great avenue of linden trees surrounded by fields in the countryside of Piazzola sul Brenta.

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city?

During summertime under the branches on the avenue I mentioned before and whenever the temperature is too low to stay outside, my home is always a good place. 

What books influenced my life and how?

Talking about literature I think that Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse has been my first coming of age book. It tells the story of a deep psychological suffering that can be solved with humor. I love the way that dream and reality are mixed. Thinking about that I have to mention another book: Kafka on the beach by Haruki Murakami. I’d like to create a story like that with my comics. When I was younger I was a manga addicted and I believe that those readings had influenced me very much; I was literally fell in love with Takehiko Inoue’s work which has been my creative engine for a long time.

Who are my favorite writers?

Haruki Murakami, Paul Auster, Herman Hesse, Pier Paolo Pasolini… I could go on for hours.

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day?

That’s a hard question because, I have to admit, I’ve just thought about it several times and every time I’ve found a different answer spacing trough David Bowie to Claudio Monteverdi.

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? 

I have many fictional heroes in my heart and everyone of them is a particular shade of heroism that can be also negative. I’ve always love antagonists or imperfect heroes. Perfection is boring.

When I was a child I wanted to be like Mulan, the warrior girl… and I think that today my ambitions aren’t so different.

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life?

Often those I considered heroes disappointed me. Maybe I’ve been somebody’s heroine and maybe I’ve hurt him/her. We are all human beings, we make many mistakes and we cause a lot of pain to others. But as I said perfection is boring and luckily no one is perfect, not even heroes. I have no heroes, I have people I respect very much.

Which movie would I recommend to see once in a lifetime? 

Another hard choice. Today I’d say The Seventh Seal by Bergman.

What role plays art in my life and work?

Honestly I don’t think about the idea of art too much. Art is a very ambiguous word often used in a wrong way.

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime?

  

My sister Ambra, without any doubts.

Whom would I like to work with in 2017? 

 

I’d love to meet somebody I can feel close to my work and I know it isn’t easy. I’ve always been very lonely but I’d like to work and share my stories with somebody else.

Which people in my profession would I love to meet in 2017?

I would love to have a chat with Francesca Ghermandi. I’ve studied her work for my thesis and I’ve fallen in love with her grotesque cartoon world.

What project, in 2017, am I looking forward to work on?  

I’m working on a new graphic novel. It is still a project and I’m currently working on the storyboard.

Where can you see me or my work in 2017?

You can follow my work on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerovitecomics/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nero_vite/

Or you can check my website: www.nerovite.net

You could find me also at some festivals of independent publishing but the calendar of events is still a work in progress!

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me? 

It means that it’s life only until passion is alive.

Which creative heroines should Peter invite to tell their story?

Julie Maggi and Laura Ferracioli, friends of mine, strong women and very determined illustrators.

How can you contact me?

If you want to contact me you can reach me on my Facebook page www.facebook.com/nerovitecomics/ . Feel free to stop by and say hi!