Italian comics, also known as fumetto[fuˈmetto], plural form fumetti[fuˈmetti], are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term fumetto refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialogue in comics.
Biancaneve is an Italian erotic comic book, created in 1972 by Renzo Barbieri and Rubino Ventura and illustrated by Leone Frollo.
Necron is the title character of an Italian humorous-horror adult comics miniseries published between 1981 and 1985.
Tiramolla is an Italian comic book character created in 1952 by Roberto Renzi and Giorgio Rebuffi.
Pepito is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Luciano Bottaro.
Nonna Abelarda is a comic fictional character created by Giovan Battista Carpi.
Cucciolo is the title character of an Italian long-lasting comic book series.
L'Avventuroso was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1934 to 1943. It was the first Italian comics magazine which explicitly aspired to have a more mature audience than infancy, and it is regarded as a magazine which had a key role in the success of comics in Italy.
Jumbo was a weekly comic magazine published in Milan, Italy, from 1932 to 1938. The subtitle of the magazine which was an eight-page publication was settimanale illustrato per ragazzi.
Il Monello was a weekly comic magazine for kids and teens published in Italy from 1933 to 1990.
L'Audace was a weekly children and comic magazine published in Italy from 1934 to 1944.
Re di Picche is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Luciano Bottaro.
Skorpio is a weekly anthology comic magazine published in Argentina since 1974 to 1996 and in Italy since 1977 onwards.
Eureka was a monthly comic magazine published in Italy from 1967 to 1989.
Andrea Bresciani was an Italian-born comics artist, illustrator, and animator. Of Slovenian origin, he was born Dušan Brešan in Tolmino and emigrated to Australia in 1950. Amongst his works were the Italian comic book series Geky Dor and Tony Falco and the widely syndicated Australian series Frontiers of Science. In the latter part of his career he worked as a film and television animator for Hanna-Barbera and Marvel Productions. Bresciani died in Malvern, Australia at the age of 83.
Luca Novelli is an Italian cartoonist and writer.
Il Giorno dei Ragazzi was a weekly comic supplement magazine of the Italian newspaper Il Giorno, published between 1957 and 1968.
Giuseppe Perego was an Italian comic artist, active between the early 1930s and the early 1980s. He is known for his work in Disney comics.
Leone Cimpellin was an Italian comic artist. He was sometimes credited under the pen name Ghilbert.
Roberto Renzi was an Italian cartoonist.
