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Carnera (comics)
''Carnera'' is an Italian comic book series created by publisher and writer Tristano Torelli and graphically rendered by illustrator Mario Uggeri. It originally run from 1947 until 1950. History and profile The comics were inspired by the figure of Italian boxer Primo Carnera Primo Carnera (; 26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967) was an Italian professional boxer and wrestler who achieved international fame during the 1930s. He reigned as the boxing World Heavyweight Champion from 29 June 1933 to 14 June 1934. He won ..., who had already graphically inspired another comic character, Dick Fulmine.Maria Grazia Perini. "Carnera". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. p.238. Set in the contemporary United States, each issue was a self-contained episode and recounted the imaginary life of the boxer, between sport successes and battles against the organized crime.Maria Grazia Perini. "Carnera". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comics
Italian comics, also known as ''fumetto'' , plural form ''fumetti'' , are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term ''fumetto'' (literally ''little puff of smoke'') refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialogue in comics (also called ''nuvoletta'', "little cloud", in Italian). In English, the term ''fumetti'' can refer to photo comics, regardless of origin or language. History Italian ''fumetto'' has its roots in periodicals aimed at younger readers and in the satirical publications of the 19th century. These magazines published cartoons and illustrations for educational and propagandist purposes. The first illustrated satirical publication appeared in 1848, in '' L'Arlecchino'', a daily paper published in Naples. Other noteworthy examples of satirical papers of the period include ''Lo Spirito Folletto'' published in Milan, Turin's '' Il Fischietto'' and ''Il Fanfulla'', establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Uggeri
Mario Uggeri (17 February 1924 – 8 March 2004) was an Italian comics artist, illustrator and painter. Life and career Born in Codogno, after getting a degree of technical engineer at young age Uggeri was an actor and a production designer in a stage company.Luciano Secchi. "Uggeri, Mario". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. pp.741-2. During the World War II he became a partisan in the Italian resistance movement, and captured by Germans he was interned for two years in the Dachau concentration camp. Freed in 1945, the same year he started his career a comics artist, realizing the series ''Revegant'' for Torelli Editore. In 1947 he created the comic strip ''Le avventure del partigiano Pesce'' for the newspaper ', and in 1949 he started his most successful character, ''Rocky Rider'', published in the magazines '' Intrepido'' and '' Il Monello'' until 1963. In 1959 he started a long collaboration with the children magazine '' Corriere dei Piccoli'', fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primo Carnera
Primo Carnera (; 26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967) was an Italian professional boxer and wrestler who achieved international fame during the 1930s. He reigned as the boxing World Heavyweight Champion from 29 June 1933 to 14 June 1934. He won more fights by knockout than any other heavyweight champion (IBU, NBA, NYSAC) in boxing history. Carnera's boxing record comprised 103 professional fights, with 89 victories, 72 of which were knockouts. His extraordinary physical stature, standing 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and weighing up to 270 lb (122 kg), made him a formidable and iconic figure in the sport, earning him the moniker "The Ambling Alp." Beyond boxing, Carnera also pursued a career in professional wrestling, further extending his public presence. His life story has been the subject of numerous films and books. Personal life Primo Carnera was born in Sequals, then in the Province of Udine, now in the Province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia at the north-easternmost corner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Fulmine
Dick Fulmine is the title character of an action comic book series. He was created in 1938 by the sports journalist (writer) and Carlo Cossio (artist). Background The character, an Italian-American, is an undercover agent of the Chicago police, who often engages in fisticuffs. Fulmine was inspired by the boxer Primo Carnera.Franco Fossati, ''I grandi eroi del fumetto'', Gramese, 1990, pp. 90–91Claudio Carabba, ''Il fascismo a fumetti'', Editore Guaraldi, 1973, p. 54 Fulmine's jutting jaw was a reference to the popular and propagandistic physiognomic iconography of Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ....Pietro Favari, ''Le nuvole parlanti: un secolo di fumetti tra arte e mass media'', 1996, p. 214 Dick Fulmine achieved a great popularity in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Guzzon
EsseGesse was an Italian team of cartoonists, most famous for their Western (genre), Western comics, which were popular in the 1950s. The comics were translated to French language, French, Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish language, Turkish, Greek language, Greek, Swedish language, Swedish, Danish language, Danish and Norwegian language, Norwegian. Their name was taken from the Italian language, Italian pronunciation of the first letters of their three surnames, Pietro Sartoris of Greek descent (Turin, Italy 15 August 1926 - 27 July 1989), Dario Guzzon (Turin, Italy 4 January 1926 - 3 May 2000), and Giovanni Sinchetto (Turin, Italy 5 April 1922 - 19 January 1991). Some of their more famous series are ''Captain Miki'', ''Il Grande Blek'', ''Comandante Mark'', ''Kinowa'' and ''Alan Mistero''. In Turkey, three films were produced with the character Kinowa in the early 1970s. Early life Dario Guzzon and Pietro Sartoris went to similar schools and obtained their diplom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
