Lelio Bonaccorso (born 2 August 1982 in Messina, Sicily, Italy), is an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
He collaborated with prestigious Italian newspapers such as Corriere della Sera (La Lettura), La Gazzetta dello Sport, L'UnitÃÂ, Wired and participated in various comic festivals such as Lucca Comics, Napoli Comicon, Etna Comics, Lamezia Comics by exhibiting personal and collective works.
His foreign collaborations, mainly with France, made him well-known also abroad, particularly in Europe, North America and Latin America.
He taught at the School of Comics in Palermo and in Messina. He specialised both in graphic journalism, for which he was awarded in many public occasions, and pop comics, for which Bonaccorso can boasts collaborations with publishing houses as Marvel and Disney.
Lelio Bonaccorso was born in Messina (Sicily), where he attended the local art school. He continued his studies at the School of Comics in Palermo, where he met the screenwriter Marco Rizzo, with which he began a long and successful collaboration started with the publication, in 2009, of the comic "Peppino Impastato un giullare contro la mafia" (BeccoGiallo), which won the Satire Prize in Forte dei Marmi, the Giancarlo Siani Prize in Naples and the Boscarato Prize for best screenplay.
Their collaboration continues with the publishing of other comics as âÂÂGli ultimi giorni di Marco Pantani" (Rizzoli Lizard), "Que Viva el Che Guevara" (BeccoGiallo), "Jan Karski. LâÂÂuomo che scoprì lâÂÂolocausto" (Rizzoli Lizard), "Gli Arancini di Montalbano" (La Gazzetta dello Sport), âÂÂLa mafia spiegata ai bambini" and âÂÂLâÂÂimmigrazione spiegata ai bambiniâ (Beccogiallo) "Salvezza" and "A casa nostra...cronaca da Riace" (Feltrinelli), the latter also published in France for Futuropolis.
In 2012 Bonaccorso started to collaborate with Marvel and DC Comics/Vertigo. Moreover, this collaboration with the Italian Panini Comics lead him to the realisation of a series of illustrations of the X-Men (Panini/Marvel), of a monthly cover of the Justice League (Panini/DC Comics) and of a poster for Warner Bros and Panini/Dcomics.
Between 2013 and 2021 he published: "àbord de l'Aquarius" and "Chez nous" with Marco Rizzo (Futuropolis); "Vendetta", "Le Pére Turc" and "Le Sarde" (Glénat) with the screenwriter Loulou Dédola; "Caravaggio e la ragazza" based on a script by Nadia Terranova (Feltrinelli); âÂÂThe Passenger" (Tunué) and "Sinai, la terra illuminata dal sole" (BeccoGiallo, Futuropolis).
He edited the illustrations of the books: "Il leggendario Federico II" by Valentina Certo (Giambra), "Capi, colleghi, carriere. Questi sconosciuti" by Marco Morelli (Gribaudo), âÂÂHo visto un reâÂÂ, by Simone Giorgi (Gribaudo).
In collaboration with the Sicilian director Antonello Piccione, Bonaccorso created several animated shorts films, among them was "U Piscispada". and "To the stars", which was awarded with various national and international prizes.
Furthermore, he took part in the group exhibition promoted by the Arezzo Wave festival, whose works of art were auctioned off by Sotheby's Milan for charity.
Finally, he realised storyboards for commercials, including "Tuscanini" and âÂÂThe Italian good style" for Caruso, by Giancarlo Giannini, winner of the Bokeh Fashion Film Festival in South Africa.
In December 2021 Bonaccorso organised and the exhibition âÂÂIllustrazioni e fumetti al MuMe", in partnership with the Management of the Regional Museum of Messina (MuMe), in which he exhibited his works together with those of the artists Michela De Domenico and Fabio Franchi.
He holds training courses, seminars and meetings in various universities, schools and associations, e.g. the Chile Institute of Italian Culture.