Poem Strip

Poem Strip (Poema a fumetti)
First edition cover
Date	1969
Page count	222 pages
Publisher	Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Creative team
Creator	Dino Buzzati
Translation
Date	6 October 2009
Translator	Marina Harss

Poem Strip (Italian : Poema a fumetti) is a 1969 comic book by the Italian writer and illustrator Dino Buzzati. It retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Milan in the 1960s. The aesthetics are influenced by 1960s pop culture. An English translation by Marina Harss was published in 2009. ^[1]

Reception

Richard Rayner of Los Angeles Times wrote in 2009: "The images are surreal, sexy and frightening, and the text (translated here for the first time into English by Marina Harss, with lettering by Rich Tommaso) is both compelling and poetic. There are shades of Fellini, shades of Dickens, shades of the great Italian horror director Mario Bava. A beautiful book." ^[2] Publishers Weekly wrote: "The text might have lost some of its lyricism in the translation from the Italian, as it occasionally seems stiff. The artwork retains its bold, sensual power, however." ^[3]

Adaptation

The comic was the basis for the 2025 film Orfeo directed by Virgilio Villoresi. ^[4]

References

1. Poem strip. OCLC   299708098 – via WorldCat.
2. Rayner, Richard (2009-11-15). "Paperback Writers: Greek myth is hip, so is Richard Milward's new novel". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2015-05-09.
3. "Fiction Book Review: Poem Strip by Dino Buzzati". Publishers Weekly . 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
4. Del Don, Muriel (8 September 2025). "Virgilio Villoresi • Director of Orfeo". Cineuropa . Retrieved 22 November 2025.

External links

• Publicity page at the Italian publisher's website (in Italian)
• Publicity page at the American publisher's website