Lucia and references!!

The flashback you are reading is set in Sicily in 1880.

Lucia is one of William's siblings and in this memory she is 12 years old. The story of Bon bon is set in 1895, so 15 years have passed. Now Lucia is 27 years old, so you can fall in love with her haha! And soon I'll show you how she is now, for her character bios! 

But don't get confused, it's not that it's been 15 years since William hasn't seen his siblings since that day... no, it's just the year in which this very important memory takes place, which will determine many things in the future. William has been away from his family for a few years, not so much.

Lucia's dress was made after days and days of collecting Sicilian clothes from the end of the 19th centur ( look how many, I share them with you!) they were very colorful, the children wore less picturesque clothes, but when the girls become adults they love to dress in their traditional costume, especially on holidays, also today :) they are still traditional costumes!

A play set in Sicily is Cavalleria Rusticana, composed in 1889, by Pietro Mascagni. Obviously it is a dramatic story.

What you will have understood from me, as an author, is that I try not to invent anything, and to tell you things I know and of which I have culture, things I have seen with my own eyes, or things that are part of my life and my traditions .

Here is an important food for thought for those who draw comics.

Why can't we westerners do Japanese manga well?

For this reason: because they are Japanese :) and therefore they put their culture, their traditions, the things they know and have seen and experienced in the comics.

If I wanted to try to make a manga, I wouldn't be able to, because it's not enough for me to have read many mangas or been to Japan. It would be copying other people's life and culture, and even if you did it right, it would never measure up and there would always be something missing.

In Bon Bon, on the other hand, you are sure that what I tell you is always based on things that I, personally, know and are part of my culture.

And I hope this arouses your interest and curiosity, and that you like the result, exactly as I like the products of other countries and cultures, which I don't know :)

Ah yes, Lucia is present starting from page 60 that not everyone can see yet, cuz is the Gold reward, but don't worry, it's half colored already, so you will see it soon everyone! :)

V.