Rosco & Sonny

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Rosco & Sonny
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Written byClaudio Nizzi
Artist(s)Giancarlo Alessandrini

Rosco & Sonny is an Italian comics series created by Claudio Nizzi and Giancarlo Alessandrini.

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Background

The series was started in 1981 by Claudio Nizzi as the writer and the artwork of Giancarlo Alessandrini, later replaced by Rodolfo Torti and Rudy Salvagnini. [1] It was published for more than 30 years and about 280 episodes by the comics magazine Il Giornalino . [1] [2] Main characters were the blond-haired Rosco and red-haired Sonny, a couple of policemen characterized by unorthodox investigative methods. [2] [3] The last episode, "Missione finale", was published May 5, 2012 and ended with the couple of cops who leave the police, Sonny becoming a basketball coach and Rosco becoming a writer. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Carlo Scaringi (April 15, 2013). "Rosco e Sonny, due simpatici poliziotti". Af News. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Luca Crovi (2002). Tutti i colori del giallo. Marsilio, 2002. ISBN   8831779133.
  3. Sergio Giuffrida, Riccardo Mazzoni (1999). Giallo: poliziesco, thriller e detective story. Leonardo Arte, 1999. ISBN   8878135399.

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