Edifumetto

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Edifumetto
StatusDefunct (1993)
Founded1972;51 years ago (1972) in Italy
Founder Renzo Barbieri
Country of originItaly
Headquarters location Milan
Publication types fumetti
Fiction genres Adventure, Horror, Sex
Imprints SEGI

Edifumetto was an Italian publishing house of comics, founded by Renzo Barbieri. It was started in 1972 and folded in 1993. [1] The majority of their publications were digest- or pocket-sized adult comics known in Italy as fumetti . Popularity peaked in the mid 1970s when they were selling millions of comics each month. [1] Their success was due in large part to the elaborate cover illustrations, rendered by classically trained painters such as Alessandro Biffignandi, Emanuele Taglietti, Pino Dangelico, Fernando Carcupino, Roberto Molino, Carlo Jacono, Averardo Ciriello or Enzo Sciotti. [2] [3]

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Publications

Here is a list of some of their notable series titles, the most successful being Biancaneve and vampire-themed titles like Zora and Sukia. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Castaldi, Simone. Drawn and Dangerous: Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s; University Press of Mississippi; 2012; ISBN   978-1617033254
  2. Sex And Horror - The Art of Alessandro Biffignandi, Korero Press, 2016, ISBN   9780993337406
  3. 1 2 Sex and Horror - The Art of Emanuele Taglietti, Korero Press, 2015, ISBN   9780957664944