Cattivik is an Italian humoristic

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character created by

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(Franco Bonvicini). The character first appeared in 1965. He later appeared in the magazine '' Tiramolla'' on 19 July 1970. Later, the development of the character was given to one of his assistants,

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(creator of

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, another successful comic strip in

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), because Bonvi was too busy with his other works (among them, the famous Sturmtruppen). The character is a more or less declared parody of another successful series in

, ''

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'', created by the

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. The character quickly became popular in

, his anti-heroic nature is overblown to grotesque proportions (he is a

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and general criminal, lives in sewers, takes showers with

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and hates everything "good natured") and

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(

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and

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, italian politicians

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and

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). The two main characteristics of Cattivik are the pear-shaped form (which is an evolution of the original form designed by

, which was shaped more like a giant

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) and an accent (he omits the final vowels of most words) that could be both Northern-Italian or Apulian. A magazine called ''Cattivik'' was published in

from 1989. It ceased to be published in December 2005.

In other media

* ''Cattivik'' a video game based on the character was released by Idea Software in 1992. * The character has also been adapted in a CGI animated TV series in 2008.Cattivik - Television Tropes & Idioms
/ref> * The character has also a collectible figure. * "Cattivik" is also a video game for the

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By Gabriele Amore and Alessandro Grussu.

References

External links

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