Kremisi is not a hero
There has been a lot of talk about Kremisi, the fictional superhero born from the mind of Stefano Labbia, a prolific writer who wrote works ranging from movie scripts (Life Goes On — La vita continua, the portrait of a generation of 30-year-olds particularly restless and uncertain about the future; The Moon, a horror film set at the US-Mexico border; Fear, his first “teen-drama” set in London) to comic books (Kremisi, Killer Loop’s, Super Santa), and passing through poetry (among others Gli Orari del Cuore — for Leonida Editrice, 2016 — and “I Giardini Incantati” — for Talos Edizioni, 2017) for which he won several prizes (among others the Accademia Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli award). And, let’s not forget also his novel books (including Piccole vite infelici, another portrait of a generation “sui generis”, and Kaos, the story of a love triangle in which new technologies play a fundamental role). And then yet collection of short stories (Bingo Bongo & Altre storie, soon-to-be published), documentaries (it is rumoured a tribute to a great Italian film director), theatre scripts and radio programs. Kremisi, we were saying, character from the Super Santa Universe, is not a hero. That’s for sure. But he’s not even a villain… he’s a desperate man who suddenly finds himself alone, after the tragic death of his wife, and has to raise a pre-teen boy, Spencer. Kremisi is the story of Jackson Moore, a black factory worker who works nights and has a good pay. One night, finished the work shift, the unlucky Jackson finds himself at the wrong place in the wrong time: a secret lab blows up and a series of chemical substances flow into his body. And that’s when everything went wrong… The man discovers the accident led him to have a supernatural power, the power to make things happen with his mind. After that, he runs into an evil gang of New York and decides to fight the gangsters because of his sense of justice. The man gets caught up in something bigger than himself: he is alone against the police, against other heroes who believe that he is a threat and that his power is a danger, against intelligence services with hidden purposes. After the fight with the Night Warriors, he is obsessed with revenge. At first, he wants answers, then he hides himself (or at least he tries to). But his hero instinct, together with the “hunt” he started for all superhumans — all of them — make him come out of his hole. It’s time to pick a side! Does that make him a hero? That will be your decision. I only presented you the facts…
