The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a century after Hergé's birth in 1907, Tintin had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies, and had been adapted for radio, television, theatre, and film.
King Ottokar's Sceptre is the eighth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from August 1938 to August 1939. Hergé intended the story as a satirical criticism of the expansionist policies of Nazi Germany, in particular the annexation of Austria in March 1938. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who travel to the fictional Balkan nation of Syldavia, where they combat a plot to overthrow the monarchy of King Muskar XII.
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.
Marco Rota is an Italian Disney comic artist who served as editor-in-chief of Disney Italia from 1974 to 1988.
Sandro Angiolini was an Italian comics creator. He was born and died in Milan.
The International Network of Disney Universe Comic Knowers and Sources (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.) or Inducks is a freely available database aiming to index all Disney Universe comics ever printed in the world, created and maintained by both amateurs and professionals. It is an international project which provides indexes of around 170,000 Disney comic publications worldwide. It is distributed with its own licence.
Notable events of 1949 in comics.
Sergio Zaniboni was an Italian comics artist and writer. He was especially known as the artist of numerous stories for Diabolik.
Tiramolla is an Italian comic book character created in 1952 by Roberto Renzi and Giorgio Rebuffi.
Cucciolo is the title character of an Italian long-lasting comic book series.
Dick Fulmine is the title character of an action comic book series. He was created in 1938 by the sports journalist Vincenzo Baggioli (writer) and Carlo Cossio (artist).
Gim Toro is an Italian comic book series created by Andrea Lavezzolo and Edgardo Dell'Acqua. It was in syndication from 1946 until 1951.
The International Cartoonists Exhibition, known familiarly as Rapalloonia, is an annual comics festival held in Rapallo, Liguria, Italy.
Andrea Lavezzolo was an Italian novelist and short story writer who created and wrote many prominent Italian comics of the 1940s and 1950s.
Guido Martina was an Italian comic writer, documentarist and author. Martina is well known for his Disney comics stories, including the first of the "Disney Parodies" story "L'inferno di Topolino", and the creation of Paperinik, Donald Duck's superhero alter ego.
Raffaele Paparella was an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
Loredano Ugolini is an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
Pier Lorenzo De Vita was an Italian comic book artist.
Alarico Gattia was an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
