Fires (comic book)

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Fires
(Fuochi)
Date1988
Page count68 pages
PublisherDolce Vita
Creative team
Writer Lorenzo Mattotti
ArtistLorenzo Mattotti
Original publication
Published in alter alter  [ it ]
Date of publication1984
LanguageItalian
Translation
Publisher Catalan Communications
Date1988
ISBN 978-0-87416-048-2
TranslatorTom Leighton

Fires (Italian : Fuochi) is a 1984 Italian comic book by Lorenzo Mattotti. It follows a young naval officer as he investigates an island which mysteriously is on fire and around which many vessels have disappeared, discovering that it is inhabited by supernatural beings. [1]

Fires was published in the Italian comics magazine alter alter  [ it ] in 1984. It was first published as a book in French by Albin Michel in 1986 and in Italian by Dolce Vita in 1988. [2] It was published in an English translation via French in 1988. [3]

The book was very well received by critics and led Vanity Fair to hire Mattotti as its main illustrator. [3] Publishers Weekly wrote that it "displays the artistry of European comics at their very best". [1] The German edition received the 1992 Max und Moritz Award. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fires". Publishers Weekly . 28 November 1989. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "La nuova edizione di 'Fuochi' di Lorenzo Mattotti, un capolavoro del fumetto". Fumettologica (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016. University of Toronto Press. 2019. p. 424. ISBN   978-1-4875-0292-8.
  4. ↑ "Max und Moritz Award since 1984". Comic Salon. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
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