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Attilio Micheluzzi
Attilio Micheluzzi, also known by the pseudonym of Igor Artz Bajeff (Umag, August 11, 1930 – Naples, September 20, 1990), was an Italian comic book artist recognized as a master and an important figure in the history of Italian comics. Despite starting his career at a relatively late age, over the course of twenty years, he created numerous comic book stories such as ''Johnny Focus'', ''Petra Chérie'', ''Marcel Labrume'', ''Rosso Stenton'', ''Air Mail'', ''Bab-el-Mandeb'', ''Roy Mann'', ''Siberia'', ''Titanic'', and ''Afghanistan''. These works were published in well-known Italian auteur comic magazines, including ''Il Giornalino'', ''Corriere dei ragazzi'', ''alter alter'', ''Orient Express (magazine), Orient Express'', ''Comic Art'', ''L'Eternauta'', ''Corto Maltese'', and the series ''Un uomo un'avventura''. Biography In 1961, Micheluzzi earned a degree in architecture from the University of Naples. Shortly after graduating, he moved to Africa, where he worked in Senegal, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Nizzi
Claudio Nizzi (born 9 September 1938 in Sétif, Algeria) is an Italian comic author. He started his career as comic scriptwriter in 1963, writing for the comics magazine '' Il Vittorioso''. During 1969 he started working for ''Il Giornalino'' creating many characters ('' Larry Yuma'' - in collaboration with Carlo Boscarato, '' Capitan Erik'', ''Nicoletta'' and '' Rosco & Sonny''). His partnership with Sergio Bonelli Editore started in 1981, writing some stories for ''Mister No''. In 1983 he started writing stories for ''Tex Willer''. In 1988 he created ''Nick Raider'', the first detective story published by Sergio Bonelli Editore. Nizzi appointed Renato Queirolo as the supervisor of the Nick Raider series in 1992, and continue to write for Tex Willer. In 2001 Nizzi created '' Leo Pulp''. He was given the U Giancu's Prize at the International Cartoonists Exhibition The International Cartoonists Exhibition, known familiarly as Rapalloonia, is an annual comics festival held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planeta DeAgostini
Editorial Planeta-DeAgostini is a Hispano- Italian publisher and a subsidiary of Grupo Planeta and De Agostini specializing in collectable books, sold periodically in pieces through newsstands ( partworks). It has its headquarters in Barcelona. They distribute comics and manga under the name ''Planeta DeAgostini Comics''. It is a major shareholder in broadcaster Antena 3 de Televisión. Planeta-DeAgostini operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A .... Planeta DeAgostini launched Yukiru Sugisaki's '' Brain Powerd'' in Spain in 2000. See also * DeAPlaneta References External linksPlaneta DeAgostiniPlaneta DeAgostini Comics Publishing companies of Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Dog
''Dylan Dog'' is an Italian horror comics series created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Sergio Bonelli Editore since 1986. The series features the eponymous character, a paranormal investigator who takes on cases involving supernatural elements such as ghosts, demons, vampires, undeads, werewolves and other creatures, but also horrifying sociopathic criminals and serial killers. It subverts the traditional horror genre with a vein of surrealism and an anti-bourgeois rhetoric. Dylan is supported mainly by his sidekick Groucho (a Groucho Marx lookalike) who adds humour to Dylan's sombre temperament. The series is primarily set in London where the protagonist lives, though he occasionally travels elsewhere. Dark Horse Comics has published the English version of ''Dylan Dog'' in the United States in 1999, 2002 and 2009; a new edition was published by Epicenter Comics as of 2017. Sergio Bonelli Editore also released a limited English variant edition in 2018. The series has sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheluzzi 1988
Micheluzzi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Attilio Micheluzzi (1930–1990), Italian comics artist * Carlo Micheluzzi Carlo Micheluzzi (1886–1973) was an Italian stage and film actor. Farrell & Puppa p.239 Son if an actor and brother of another actor (Leo Micheluzzi), he began his career in 1903 acting in the Venetian company Zago-Borisi. Over time he formed v ... (1886–1973), Italian actor See also * Michelozzi, another Italian surname {{surname Surnames of Italian origin Italian patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiziano Sclavi
Tiziano Sclavi (born 3 April 1953) is an Italian comic book author, journalist and writer of several novels. Sclavi is most famous as creator of the comic book ''Dylan Dog'' in 1986, for Italian publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore. More than 300 issues have appeared in the series, which has sold millions of copies. It has been in collaboration with several artists, including Claudio Villa, Corrado Roi, Gustavo Trigo, Carlo Ambrosini, Luigi Piccatto, Angelo Stano, Mike Mignola, Andrea Venturi, Giampiero Casertano and Bruno Brindisi. Biography Tiziano Sclavi was born in Broni (Pavia) on 3 April 1953, his mother was a teacher and his father was a communal secretary. He had lived his childhood and first youth in the Province of Pavia, mainly in Stradella, Canneto Pavese and Certosa di Pavia. Due to the job of the father, Sclavi had moved from a town to another: Sclavi has been a passionate reader since childhood: he claims he read the entire production of Edgar Allan Poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Bonelli Editore
Sergio Bonelli Editore (formerly CEPIM and other names) is a publishing house of Italian comics founded in 1940 by Giulio Chio (2015–present). It takes its name from its former president, comic book writer Sergio Bonelli (1932–2011), son of Gian Luigi. Overview The company popularized the comic book format that became known as ''Bonelliano''. These comic books presented complete stories in 98 black-and-white pages in a Paperback, pocket book format. The subject matter was always adventure, whether Western, horror, mystery, or science fiction. The ''bonelliani'' are to date the most popular form of comics in Italy. The company was founded as Casa Audace Editrice in 1940. In 1957, when Sergio took over as director, the press was renamed to Edizioni Araldo. In subsequent years the name of the press was changed to CEPIM, Daim Press, and Altamira — sometimes being known by two names simultaneously. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival (AICF; ) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket of Japan. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, on the last week end of January. History The Angoulême International Comics Festival was founded by French writers and editors and Jean Mardikian, and comics writer and scholar .Pasamonik, Didier"Disparition de Claude Moliterni, fondateur du Festival d’Angoulême ,"'ActuaBD'' (Jan. 21, 2009). Moliterni served as co-organizer of the festival through 2005. Attendance Over 200,000 visitors attend the fair every year, including between 6,000 and 7,000 professionals including approximately 2500 authors and 800 journalists. The attendance is generally difficult to estimate because the festival takes place all over town, and is divided in many different areas that are not connected to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Frank's last months". AnneFrank.org, 31 March 2015 was a German-born Jewish girl who gained worldwide fame posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In the diary, she regularly described her family's everyday life in their hiding place in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 until their arrest in 1944. Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929. In 1934, when she was four and a half, Frank and her family moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party gained control over Nazi Germany, Germany. By May 1940, the family was trapped in Amsterdam by the Reichskommissariat Niederlande, German occupation of the Netherlands. Frank lost her G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Bonelli
Sergio Bonelli (2 December 1932 – 26 September 2011) was an Italian comic book writer and publisher. He is best known as the creator of '' Zagor'' (1961) and ''Mister No'' (1975), as well as a comics publisher through the publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore. He was born in Milan, the son of Gian Luigi Bonelli, the creator of ''Tex Willer'' and many other Italian comic strips. In order to distinguish himself from his father, he usually wrote his scripts under the pen name Guido Nolitta. He made his debut as a scriptwriter in 1957, with the translation into Italian of the Spanish series '' Verdugo Ranch'', for which he wrote the final episode (artwork by Franco Bignotti). In 1958 Bonelli created his first character ''Un ragazzo nel Far West'' ('A boy in the Far West'), also illustrated by Franco Bignotti. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he wrote several episodes of ''Piccolo Ranger''. In 1960 Bonelli wrote '' Il Giudice Bean'', a mini-series of six adventures, illustr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1912 he founded ''La Sociale'' and published the first book ''AiaMadama'' together with his close friend Tommaso Monicelli and the following year, ''La Lampada'', a series of children's books. The publishing house kept working intensely even during the First World War, mainly on the publication of magazines for the troops on the front such as ''La Tradotta'', which included contributions from famous illustrators and writers such as Soffici, De Chirico and Carrà. In 1919 the publishing house headquarters were transferred to Milan. After the First World War, Mondadori launched several successful book series including '' Gialli Mondadori'' in 1929, the first example of an Italian book series dedicated to detective and crime novels, by int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skorpio (magazine)
''Skorpio'' is a weekly anthology comic magazine published in Argentina from 1974 to 1996 and in Italy from 1977 onward. History and profile With Juan Zanotto serving as the artistic supervisor and Alfredo Scutti working as the editorial director, Ediciones Récord launched ''Skorpio'' in July 1974. It is named after a character created by writer Eugenio Zappietro (under the pen name Ray Collins) and artist Ernesto R. Garcia Seijas. Because of the artistic freedom it granted, the magazine attracted all the major Argentine comic artists of the time. The magazine had immediate success. Notable series which were introduced in the magazine include '' Bárbara'' by Ricardo Barreiro and Juan Zanotto, '' Yor the Hunter'' by Zappietro and Zanotto, and ' by Carlos Trillo and Enrique Breccia. ''Skorpio'' also republished and repopulated Argentine classic comics such as '' Mort Cinder'', ''Sergeant Kirk'', and '' El Eternauta''. The magazine eventually closed in Argentina in 1996. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
