Italian comics are comics made in Italy. They are locally know as Fumetto, although this latter term is often used in English to describe a specific comic genre (see Fumetti). The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. // Etymology According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the first usage of comics to refer to humourous cartoon strips is in 1889. ... Fumetti is a form of comics illustrated with photographs rather than drawings. ...

Famous authors

• Giancarlo Berardi
• Max Bunker
• Giorgio Cavazzano
• Guido Crepax
• Dino Battaglia
• Vittorio Giardino
• Benito Jacovitti
• Tanino Liberatore
• Magnus
• Milo Manara
• Andrea Pazienza
• Hugo Pratt
• Tiziano Sclavi
• Stefano Tamburini

Max Bunker (Milan, 24 August 1939), a pseudonim of Luciano Secchi, a Italian comic book author. ... Giorgio Cavazzano, born October 19, 1947, is an Italian comic strip artist. ... Guido Crepax (July 15, 1933 - July 31, 2003) was an Italian comics artist. ... Vittorio Giardino (born December 24, 1946), is an Italian comic artist. ... Benito Jacovitti (March 19, 1923 - December 3, 1997 ), is an Italian comic artist. ... Cover of The Man From Utopia Gaetano Liberatore, better known as Tanino Liberatore, was born in Quadri (Chieti), Italy on April 12, 1953. ... Magnus (Bologna, 30 May 1939 - 5 February 1996), pseudonym of Roberto Raviola, Italian comic book drawner. ... Milo Manara (born Maurilio Manara, September 12, 1945, Luson, Italy) is an Italian comic book creator (writer and drawer), best known for his erotic approach to the medium. ... Andrea Pazienza (May 25, 1956 - June 1988), was an Italian comics artist. ... Hugo Pratt (June 15, 1927 - 1995) was an Italian comic book creator and the creator of Corto Maltese. ... Stefano Tamburini (Rome, August 18, 1955 - April 1986) was a graphic artist, author and publisher. ...

Famous comics

• Alan Ford by Max Bunker
• Cattivik by Bonvi
• Click ("Il Gioco") by Milo Manara
• Cocco Bill by Benito Jacovitti,
• Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt
• Diabolik
• Dylan Dog by Tiziano Sclavi
• Fort Wheeling by Hugo Pratt
• Giuseppe Bergman by Milo Manara
• Jesuit Joe by Hugo Pratt
• Ken Parker by Giancarlo Berardi
• Martin Mystère by Alfredo Castelli
• Morgan by Hugo Pratt
• Rat-Man by Leo Ortolani
• RanXerox by Tanino Liberatore and Stefano Tamburini
• Sergeant Kirk by Hugo Pratt
• Sturmtruppen by Bonvi
• Tex Willer by G.L.Bonelli
• Valentina by Guido Crepax
• Zagor by Sergio Bonelli

Alan Ford Il Gruppo TNT (Alan Ford and the TNT Group), commonly known as Alan Ford, is an Italian comic book created by Max Bunker (Luciano Secchi). ... Max Bunker (Milan, 24 August 1939), a pseudonim of Luciano Secchi, a Italian comic book author. ... Cattivik is a successful italian humoristic comic book character created by Bonvi (Franco Bonvicini). ... Click is an erotic graphic novel by Italian cartoonist Milo Manara. ... Milo Manara (born Maurilio Manara, September 12, 1945, Luson, Italy) is an Italian comic book creator (writer and drawer), best known for his erotic approach to the medium. ... Cocco Bill is an Italian comics charachter by Benito Jacovitti. ... Benito Jacovitti (March 19, 1923 - December 3, 1997 ), is an Italian comic artist. ... Corto Maltese is a fictional character, a sailor-adventurer created by Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt. ... Hugo Pratt (June 15, 1927 - 1995) was an Italian comic book creator and the creator of Corto Maltese. ... Diabolik is an Italian comics character born from an idea by Angela Giussani. ... Dylan Dog is a comic book character created by Tiziano Sclavi for the Italian publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore, or, in English, Bonelli Comics. ... Fort Wheeling is the title of a series of comic-book adventures set in colonial North America by Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt. ... Giuseppe Bergman is the Candide-like protagonist of the works of Italian cartoonist Milo Manara. ... Milo Manara (born Maurilio Manara, September 12, 1945, Luson, Italy) is an Italian comic book creator (writer and drawer), best known for his erotic approach to the medium. ... Jesuit Joe is a mysterious character who appears in the eponymous story of Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt. ... Morgan is the name of several places in the United States of America: Morgan, Georgia Morgan, Minnesota Morgan, Texas Morgan, Utah Morgan, Vermont Morgan, Wisconsin Morgan County, Alabama Morgan County, Colorado Morgan County, Georgia Morgan County, Illinois Morgan County, Indiana Morgan County, Kentucky Morgan County, Missouri Morgan County, Ohio Morgan... Rat-Man is the main character of two popular Italian comic books, created by Leo Ortolani in 1989: Rat-Man Collection and Tutto Rat-Man (reprint of Collection back issues). ... Leonardo Ortolani, better konown as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the popular comic strip series Rat-Man and Venerdì 12. ... features a punk, Frankensteins monster (made from photocopier parts) named RanXerox and Lubna his teenage sidekick. ... Cover of The Man From Utopia Gaetano Liberatore, better known as Tanino Liberatore, was born in Quadri (Chieti), Italy on April 12, 1953. ... Stefano Tamburini (Rome, August 18, 1955 - April 1986) was a graphic artist, author and publisher. ... Sergeant Kirk is the title and main character of a cartoon series and magazine begun in 1953 by Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt and Argentine author Hector German Oesterheld. ... Sturmtruppen is a successful Italian series of anti-war comic books, written and drawn by Bonvi, the artistic pseudonym of Franco Bonvicini starting as four-frame comic strips back in the 1970s and evolving into fully sized collector books up to the 1990s and first decade of the third millennium. ... Originally a minor character working for the comic hero Neutron, comic strip creator Guido Crepax gave Valentina Rosseli her own story in 1967. ... Guido Crepax (July 15, 1933 - July 31, 2003) was an Italian comics artist. ... Comic character created by Italian editor Sergio Bonelli (using the pseudonym Guido Nolitta) and artist Gallieno Ferri in 1961. ...

Links

• For a non-exhaustive list of Italian authors, see List of comic creators
• For a non-exhaustive list of Italian comic books, see List of comic books

This is a list of comic creators. ... This is a listing of comic books. ...

External links

• afNews: daily news and all kind of informations about fumetti and comic art. Press agency by Gianfranco Goria