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Stelio Fenzo
Stelio Fenzo (3 September 1932 – 8 April 2022) was an Italian comic book artist. Biography After considering a career as an architect, he began writing comics in 1947. He joined the magazine ''L'Asso di Picche'', becoming an assistant and friend to Hugo Pratt and publishing his first work, ''Indocina''. He began working for ''Giornale illustrato'' in 1948 and '' Il Vittorioso'' in 1950. In 1952, Fenzo left for England and worked for DC Thomson and Fleetway Publications for ten years. In 1962, he returned to Italy and created numerous series with Hugo Pratt, such as ''Capitaine Cormorant'' and ''Kiwi''. In 1968, he turned to erotic comics, many of which were adapted into French, such as ''Contes Satyriques'', ''Culbutant'', ''Histoires Sanglantes'', ''Outre-Tombe'', and others. Fenzo also collaborated with the Catholic magazine ''Il Giornalino'', creating series such as ''I racconti del Saloon'' and ''Amar-Singh''. He also adapted classic novels such as '' Kim'' and ''The Last o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 438 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). As of 2025, 249,466 people resided in greater Venice or the Comune of Venice, of whom about 51,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an 1946 Italian institutional referendum, institutional referendum on 2 June 1946. This resulted in a modern Italian Republic. The kingdom was established through the unification of several states over a decades-long process, called the . That process was influenced by the House of Savoy, Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia, which was one of Italy's legal Succession of states, predecessor states. In 1866, Italy Third Italian War of Independence, declared war on Austrian Empire, Austria in Italo-Prussian Alliance, alliance with Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia and, upon its victory, received the region of Veneto. Italian troops Capture of Rome, entered Rome in 1870, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Gazzettino
''Il Gazzettino'' is an Italian daily local newspaper, based in Mestre, Italy a borough of Venice. It is the main newspaper in the Northeast Italy and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Profile ''Il Gazzettino'' has the following eight local editions: #Venice #Treviso #Padua #Belluno #Rovigo #Vicenza-Bassano del Grappa, Bassano #Friuli (Udine) #Pordenone In 2006 the Rome-based publishing company Caltagirone Editore acquired the majority stake of ''Il Gazzettinos publishing company, Società Editrice Padana (which also owns TeleFriuli). The circulation of ''Il Gazzettino'' was 136,092 copies in 1997. It was 109,594 copies in 2004. The paper had a circulation of 86,996 copies in 2008. ''Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa'' Referen ...
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Hugo Pratt
Ugo Eugenio Prat (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as '' Corto Maltese''. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005, and was awarded the 15th anniversary special Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême Festival. In 1946 Hugo Pratt became part of the so-called Group of Venice with Fernando Carcupino, Dino Battaglia and Damiano Damiani. Biography Early years Born in Rimini, Italy, to Rolando Prat and Evelina (Genero) Prat, Ugo Eugenio Prat spent much of his childhood in Venice in a very cosmopolitan family environment. His paternal grandfather Joseph was Catholic of English and Provençal origins, his maternal grandfather was of hidden Jewish descent and his grandmother was of Turkish origin. In 1937, Pratt moved with his mother to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), joining his father who had m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Vittorioso
''Il Vittorioso'' (Italian for "The Victorious") was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1937 to 1966. History and profile The magazine was born on the initiative of the Azione Cattolica association as a catholic response to the secular comics, with the aim of offering to their young audience comics that had positive moral values and which were respectful of Catholic doctrine. It was first published in 1937. Enrico Basari's comic format of ''Beowulf'' was published in the magazine in 1941. It was the first comic format of the work. ''Il Vittorioso'' had a good commercial success, with an average circulation of about 200,000 copies per week, even thanks to its distribution channel which included parishes and catholic educational entities. The magazine included only works by Italian cartoonists, and it launched the career of several of them, notably Benito Jacovitti. See also * List of magazines in Italy In Italy there are many magazines. In the late 1920s there wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Thomson
DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing ''The Courier (Dundee), The Courier'', ''Evening Telegraph (Dundee), The Evening Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Post'' newspapers, and the comics ''Oor Wullie'', ''The Broons'', ''The Beano'', ''The Dandy'' and ''Commando (comics), Commando''. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals, Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the ''Press and Journal (Scotland), Press and Journal''. The company owns several websites, including Findmypast, and owned the now defunct social media site Friends Reunited. History The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Company, publishers of ''Dundee Courier and Daily Argus''. In 1884, David Couper Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as D.C. Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleetway Publications
Fleetway Publications was a magazine publishing company based in London. History It was founded in 1959 when the Mirror Group acquired the Amalgamated Press, then based at Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London. It was one of the companies that merged into the IPC group in 1963, and the Fleetway banner continued to be used until 1968 when all IPC's publications were reorganised into the unitary IPC Magazines. In 1987 IPC's comics line was sold to Robert Maxwell as Fleetway Publications. Egmont UK bought Fleetway from Maxwell in 1991, merging it with their own comics publishing operation, ''London Editions'', to form Fleetway Editions, but the name "Fleetway" ceased to appear on their comics some time after 2002. In August 2016, Rebellion Developments acquired the Fleetway library from Egmont, making it the owner of all comics characters and titles created by IPC's subsidiaries after January 1, 1970, together with 26 specified characters which appeared in '' Buster'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erotic Comics
Erotic comics are adult comics which focus substantially on nudity and sexual activity, either for their own sake or as a major story element. As such they are usually not permitted to be sold to legal minors. Like other genres of comics, they can consist of single panels, short comic strips, comic books, or graphic novels/albums. Although never a mainstream genre, they have existed as a niche alongside but usually separate from other genres of comics. During the mid-20th century, most comics were produced for children, and in North America the contents of most comics were constrained by the Comics Code Authority to be suitable for children. Consequently, erotic comics have sometimes been subject to criticism and extra scrutiny compared to other forms of erotic art and storytelling. Additionally, the application of Legality of child pornography, laws against child pornography to materials featuring fictional characters with no legal ages, have varied internationally and regionall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim (novel)
''Kim'' is a picaresque novel by English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in ''McClure's, McClure's Magazine'' from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in ''Cassell's Magazine'' from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India: "The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road." The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Great Game, the political conflict between Russian Empire, Russia and British Empire, Britain in Central Asia. The novel popularized the phrase and idea of the Great Game. Synopsis The story is set after the Second Anglo-Afghan War (which ended in 1881), and before the Third Afghan War, Third (1919), probably in the period of 1893 to 1898. Kim (Kimball O'Hara) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Mohicans
''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder'', published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel; its prequel, '' The Deerslayer'', was published a year after ''The Pathfinder''. ''The Last of the Mohicans'' is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native Americans in the United States, Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent on Indigenous forces since they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the British. Specifically, the events of the novel are set immediately before, during, and after the Siege of Fort William Henry. The novel is set primarily in the area of La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumettologica
''Fumettologica'' is a news website covering comic book–related news and discussion, considered the most important Italian information source on the topic. History The site was founded in 2013 - debuting online on October 22nd - by Matteo Stefanelli, essayist and professor at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, together with Lucio Staiano, owner of Shockdom. Stefanelli is also publisher of the site. ''Fumettologica'' was born as the ideal continuation of two blogs specializing in comics that were among the most successful in previous years, ''Fumettologicamente'' by Stefanelli and ''Conversazioni sul fumetto'' by Andrea Queirolo (who became editor-in-chief of the site), expanding the field of action to animation and the various creative areas close to comics (cinema, television, literature, video games, music, art, design). At first, Queirolo was working along with Niccolò de Mojana, a journalist and web editor who had worked for Disney and ''Rolling Stones''. Define ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The Kuomintang's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack Shanghai later in the month. * January 22 – The 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising begins; it is suppressed by the government of Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. * January 24 – Marshal Pietro Badoglio declares the end of Libyan resistance. * January 26 – British submarine aircraft carrier sinks with the loss of all 60 onboard on exercise in Lyme Bay in the English Channel. * January 28 – January 28 incident: Conflict between Japan and China in Shanghai. * January 31 – Japanese warships arrive in Nanking. February * February 2 ** A general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
