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Alan Ford (comic Book)
''Alan Ford'' is an Italian comics, Italian comic book created by Max Bunker (Luciano Secchi) and Roberto Raviola, Magnus (Roberto Raviola), in print since 1969. The comic book is a satirical take on classic secret agents laden with surreal and black humour, and sardonic references to aspects of the contemporary Italian and Western society. Although it became widely popular in Italy shortly after its introduction, Alan Ford remained relatively unknown outside Italy. The France, French, Denmark, Danish and Brazilian editions soon failed but the only other foreign edition, in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia, was a huge success, becoming and remaining one of the most popular comic books in the former country and its successors. Although the initial plot in the first few episodes develops around an agent called Alan Ford, he is later just one of the central group of characters: Group TNT is an assembly of misfit secret agents, who operate from a flower shop in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Bunker
Max Bunker, pen name of Luciano Massimiliano Secchi (born 24 August 1939), is an Italian comic book writer, and publisher, best known as the co-author of '' Alan Ford''. Bunker's career started in 1960 when he co-founded, together with his brother-in-law Andrea Corno, a publishing house focused on the production of comics called Editoriale Corno. In 1962 Bunker wrote a Western-style comic book, ''Maschera Nera'' (''Black Mask''). He went on to create more comics series in collaboration with Magnus Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wid ... (Roberto Raviola) such as '' Kriminal'' and '' Satanik'' and '' Maxmagnus''. Bunker and Magnus' arguably most successful creative endeavour is ''Alan Ford''. Originally published in May 1969, the series ran for 75 issues. When Editoriale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |