ANDREA FONTANA Born in Genoa, where he still lives, Andrea is an essayist, author, and screenwriter. He works with Fumettologica and Segnocinema. He edited and wrote Studio Ghibli, La Bomba e l’onda and the more recent Satoshi Kon. He wrote the graphic novel Clara e le ombre (Editrice Il Castoro), illustrated by Claudia Petrazzi, translated into Spanish and French. He’s afraid of vampires, and to overcome this fear he married one. Andrea collected information for: Aicha Kandicha, Mongolian Death Worm, Babau, bunyips, Headless Horseman, dragons, El Cuero, El Hombre Caimán, elementals, homunculi, hydras, impundulus, kaijūs, Kraken, Krampus, leprechauns, Loch Ness Monster, nians, onis, man-eating plants, sigbins, squonks, trolls, Mothman, vampires.