Giorgio Cavazzano is an Italian cartoonist, and one of the most famous Disney comics artists in the world.
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 refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialogue in comics.
Alfredo Castelli was an Italian comic book artist and writer.
Sergio Toppi was an Italian illustrator and comics author.
linus is an Italian comics magazine published in Italy since 1965. It is the first Italian magazine exclusively focused on comics. During a period of crisis, the magazine was not published in May and June 2013, but returned in July, published by Baldini & Castoldi.
Sergio Bonelli was an Italian comic book writer and publisher. He is best known as the creator of Zagor (1961) and Mister No (1975), as well as a comics publisher through the publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore.
Tiziano Sclavi is an Italian comic book author, journalist and writer of several novels. Sclavi is most famous as creator of the comic book Dylan Dog in 1986, for Italian publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore. More than 300 issues have appeared in the series, which has sold millions of copies. It has been in collaboration with several artists, including Claudio Villa, Corrado Roi, Gustavo Trigo, Carlo Ambrosini, Luigi Piccatto, Angelo Stano, Mike Mignola, Andrea Venturi, Giampiero Casertano and Bruno Brindisi.
The Corriere dei Piccoli, later nicknamed Corrierino, was a weekly magazine for children published in Italy from 1908 to 1995. It was the first Italian periodical to make a regular feature of publishing comic strips.
Notable events of 1979 in comics.
Guido Buzzelli was an Italian comic book artist, writer, illustrator and painter.
Guido Crepas, better known by his pen name Guido Crepax, was an Italian comics artist. He is most famous for his character Valentina, created in 1965 and very representative of the spirit of the 1960s. The Valentina series of books and strips became noted for Crepax's sophisticated drawing, and for the psychedelic, dreamlike storylines, generally involving a strong dose of erotism. His work was often politically motivated too, inspired by his Communist convictions. A film based on his work called Baba Yaga, featuring the character Valentina, was made in 1973.
Signor Bonaventura is an Italian comic strip created in 1917 by actor and playwright Sergio Tofano. It is considered among the most famous and successful comic strips ever created in Italy.
Gli Aristocratici is an Italian comic strip series created in 1973 by Alfredo Castelli and Ferdinando Tacconi.
Marzolino Tarantola is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Bonvi.
Pier Cloruro de' Lambicchi is an Italian comic strip series created by Giovanni Manca.
Sergio Staino was an Italian comics author, satirist, and film director.
Antonio Terenghi was an Italian comics artist.
Princess Cinderella is a 1941 Italian fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Sergio Tofano. It is based on the characters of the popular comic strip series Signor Bonaventura, created in 1917 by the same Tofano for the children magazine Corriere dei Piccoli.
Mario Uggeri was an Italian comic artist, illustrator and painter.
Tango was a satirical insert of the Italian Communist newspaper l'Unità.
