Zio Boris ("Uncle Boris" in

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) is the title character of an Italian humorous comic strip series created by

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as writer and by Carlo Peroni as artist.

Background

The comic series was ideated by Alfredo Castelli in 1964, but eventually debuted only in 1970, in the comic magazine ''Horror''. In 1971 all the strips published in the magazine and about one hundred unpublished strips were collected in the volume ''Zio Boris'', published by New Time. In 1972 the comic strips started being published by ''

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'', with Daniele Fagarazzi replacing Peroni as artist. Later the strips were published in the newspapers ''

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'' and ''Corriere d'Informazione'', and in the magazines ''Tilt'', ''

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'' and ''Doctor Beruscus''. The series tells the adventures of a mad scientist (Zio Boris) who assisted by strange creatures including a vampire, a werewolf and a flying skull makes insane experiments. The stories include citations from ''

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'' and from classical 1930s horror films, as well as satirical cues based on current events.

References

Italian comic strips Zio Boris Zio Boris 1970 comics debuts Fictional mad scientists Experimental medical treatments in fiction Fictional scientists in comics Comics by Alfredo Castelli {{comics-char-stub