''Il Monello'' (meaning ''The Rascal'' in English) was a weekly comic magazine for kids and teens published in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

from 1933 to 1990.

History and profile

''Il Monello'' was founded in 1933 by the Del Duca brothers and initially offered only works by Italian cartoonists, introducing several American comic series just in 1936. The magazine was published weekly and was based in Milan. Considered a mix between '' Corriere dei Piccoli'' and ''

Jumbo Jumbo (December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then tr ...

'', ''Il Monello'' ceased publication in 1939 and many of its interrupted series continued on another Del Duca's magazine for kids, ''

Intrepido ''Intrepido'' (Italian for "Intrepid"), also referred to as ''L'Intrepido'', was a weekly comic magazine published by Casa Editrice Moderna between 1935 and 1998. History and profile The first issue was published on 23 February 1935. It was the ...

''. After a 14-year hiatus, ''Il Monello'' resumed publication in 1953, achieving a significant commercial success thanks to adventure series such as ''Forza John'' and ''Rocky Rider'' and to several humorous comic strips, notably ''

Pedrito el Drito Pedrito el Drito is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Antonio Terenghi. Background One of the most enduring characters in the history of Italian comics, Pedrito el Drito was created by Terenghi in 1952, making his first ...

'' and ''Superbone''. Since the early 1970s the magazine targeted a more mature audience and started including regular columns on sport, music and entertainment. The weekly had a circulation of 231,992 copies in 1984. In 1989 it changed its name on ''Monello Okay!'', then it finally closed in October 1990.

Notes

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monello 1933 establishments in Italy 1933 comics debuts 1990 comics endings 1990 disestablishments in Italy Defunct children's magazines published in Italy Comics magazines published in Italy Defunct magazines published in Milan Defunct Italian-language magazines Magazines about comics Magazines established in 1933 Magazines disestablished in 1990 Weekly magazines published in Italy

History and profile

See also

Notes