The event takes place over three days, usually between the end of February and the beginning of March in the PalaBAM arena.
Mantua Comics & Games was launched in 2006 in its current location, the PalaBAM indoor arena, between Friday 26 May 2006 and Sunday 28 May 2006.
[citation needed] It was the first Italian event to organize a specialty day dedicated to linking up-and-coming aspiring authors with experts in the field supported by many of the most important Italian publishers.
[4] During its run, the show has hosted Sergio Bonelli (son of Tex author Gian Luigi Bonelli), Jim Lee, Milo Manara,[5] Leo Ortolani, Gabriele Dell'Otto, Brian Azzarello, Jill Thompson, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Will Dennis and J. G. Jones (with Mark Millar, co-creator of the comic series Wanted published in Italy by Panini).
[6] The fair also hosted several notable authors of historic fiction, young adult, and fantasy, including Licia Troisi, Alan D. Altieri, Gianluca Morozzi, Francesco Falconi, Luca Azzolini and Cecilia Randall.