Italian comics are known in Italy as fumetto[fuˈmetto], plural form fumetti[fuˈmetti]. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term fumetto refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialog in comics.
Alfredo Castelli is an Italian comic book author and writer.
Sergio Toppi was an Italian illustrator and comics author.
Sergio Bonelli was an Italian comic book writer and publisher. He is best known as creator of Zagor (1961) and Mister No (1975), as well as a comics publisher through the publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore.
Topolino is an Italian digest-sized comic series featuring Disney comics. The series has had a long running history, first appearing in 1932 as a comics magazine. It is currently published by Panini Comics.
The Corriere dei Piccoli, later renamed Corriere dei Ragazzi and nicknamed Corrierino, was a weekly magazine for children published in Italy from 1908 to 1995. It was the first Italian periodical to make a regular feature of publishing comic strips.
Guido Buzzelli was an Italian comic book artist, writer, illustrator and painter.
Guido Crepas, better known by his nom de plumeGuido Crepax, was an Italian comics artist. He is most famous for his character Valentina, created in 1965 and very representative of the spirit of the 1960s. The Valentina series of books and strips became noted for Crepax's sophisticated drawing, and for the psychedelic, dreamlike storylines, generally involving a strong dose of erotism. A film based on his work called Baba Yaga, featuring the character Valentina, was made in 1973.
Signor Bonaventura is an Italian comic strip created in 1917 by actor and playwright Sergio Tofano. It is considered among the most famous and successful comic strips ever created in Italy.
Gli Aristocratici is an Italian comic strip series created in 1973 by Alfredo Castelli and Ferdinando Tacconi.
L'Omino Bufo is an Italian comic strip created by Alfredo Castelli.
Marzolino Tarantola is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Bonvi.
Pier Cloruro de' Lambicchi is an Italian comic strip series created by Giovanni Manca.
Tarzanetto is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Antonio Terenghi.
The International Cartoonists Exhibition is an annual art exhibition held in Rapallo, Liguria, Italy. Founded in 1972, it was one of the earliest Italian exhibitions devoted to comics. Conceived in order to popularize and increase the importance of work done by comic authors, it was the first exhibition of its kind to display original artwork. It is one of the few comics-related activities to have been founded and always directed by professional authors of the field, beginning with Carlo Chendi, an Italian cartoonist and Disney Italy screenwriter and the cartoonists Luciano Bottaro and Giorgio Rebuffi, who founded the Studio Bierreci; other collaborators include the restaurateur Fausto Oneto, the designer Enrico Macchiavello and the official site’s owner, Davide Caci.
Princess Cinderella is a 1941 Italian fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Sergio Tofano.It is based on the characters of the popular comic strip series Signor Bonaventura, created in 1917 by the same Tofano for the children magazine Corriere dei Piccoli.
Re di Picche is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Luciano Bottaro.
Tex and the Lord of the Deep is a 1985 Western film co-written and directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma and William Berger. The film is an adaptation of the Tex comic series that were popular in Italy. Previously attempted to be made into a production in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the film was eventually made by Tessari who adapted the film from the comics originally to be a pilot for a television series.
