| Procopio | |
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| Created by | Lino Landolfi |
Procopio is the title character of an eponymous Italian comic strip series created by Lino Landolfi. [1]
The comic started in 1951 in the comics magazine Il Vittorioso , where it was published until the magazine's closure in the late sixties. [1]
Procopio debuted as a squire of a medieval knight. [2] The author then turned him into a multi-faceted character who played many different roles, using the trick of a contemporary Procopio who at the start of every episode recounts the adventures of his ancestors (all called Procopio and all with the same characteristics and traits). [2]
In a 1958, in an Italian survey carried by RAI TV, Procopio resulted as the most popular character of the children's literature and comics. [1]
In 1966, Procopio was protagonist of a series of vinyl records titled Le fiabe di mago Procopio; the same year he was subject of a novel, Procopio di Terracupa, written by the same Landolfi. [1]
Procopio also appeared in a short-living series of B&W animated shorts. [1]
