The child that read will be an adult that thinks
Xtina today’s comic strip
Xtina Comic-strips are centered on the life of Xtina in her work as assistant in a Museum. Xtina’s chronicles the daily challenges of a worker. At work, we follow Xtina as she copes with friends, relationships, and the day-to-day trials of a working woman living life in the 21st century.
the Reporters episode 4 #2
The adventures of The reporters ( new episode), two T. V. journalists whose jobs lead them to come up against major and minor dramas.
To give an idea of the style, their stories resemble the T. V. series Hill Street Blues and N.Y. Police Dept. Besides the story, the human side of the main characters and their interpersonal relationships are developed.
The main characters:
Harry, the eldest, once a newspaper reporter (like Lou Grant) changed over to T. V. during the Vietnam period. His thorny character keeps him away from office work and leads him to work out and about with his colleague Allen. Divorced, his wife Linda does not want to see him so he communicates through their daughter Kay, who lives with him.
Allen, Harrys young colleague, whose experience so far has been in television, has been teamed up with the older man to learn the trade. More easy-going and lighter-hearted, a sense of genuine affection binds him to Harry and his feelings for Kay go even deeper.
Kay, Harrys 18 years old daughter is her sophomore year of college majoring in English literature. Even though she has nothing to do with the work of her father and Allen, she seems to fit in with them perfectly. She longs to eventually become a script writer and her closeness to Hollywood is for her a constant inspiration. She is not unaware of Allens shy advances but she keeps him at a distance while at the same time stringing him along.
Four episodes made so far:
1) An elderly rival journalist, who feels his life is passing before him without his having accomplished anything, gets into serious trouble by trying to murder someone so as to be able to do a good deed.
2) Misguided young journalist friend of Allens pointlessly needles the powers that be of the gangster world by creating a fake scoop.
3) Harry passes up a scoop so as not to ruin the few remaining months left in the life of an elderly actor forced to make soap operas to survive.
4) Kay, attracted by the movie world, meets a director but her life is endangered by the mans mental instability, brought to a peak by divorce.
Mathias, terrore sull’isola
Anna Mathias adventure, Il nuovo episodio: Dove volano le Sirene.
SERIE: Mathias
STORY/ART: Giancarlo Malagutti
GENRE: Adventure/Mystery/Thriller/Fantasy
TARGET READERSHIP: All ages, both sexes
SETTING: Well known and characteristic cities and locations in Italy
SET IN: The Present Day
STRUCTURE & TONE OF THE STORIES: The two protagonists in this series are
children and, despite their superhuman potentialities, they behave as such. They always
travel accompanied by an adult, they never go out late at night and wherever they stay
they’re in the company of relatives. It is within this context that the storyline develops in
its own way. They’re not out to put the world to rights, yet they are endowed with a
strong sense of justice and they seek to do good in the face of evil.
COLLECTION: Each episode is 44 pages long and is a complete and free-standing story.
Reading them in order is recommended. In full colors.
5 episodes ready for print.
THE PROTAGONISTS:
Mathias is a blond 10 year-old. He’s knowledgeable for his age as a result of his
somewhat cosmopolitan education.
Anna is a freckly 10 year-old redhead. Orphaned at an early age she has an elderly
bedridden granny. Lively, intelligent and with a searching mind, she’s the one with the
sense of humour and sharp one liners.
ARTIST BIO: Giancarlo Malagutti began his career in 1973 by drawing cartoons for the monthly publication Horror. He has worked alongside Renzo Barbieri and Giorgio Cavedon on several cartoons. Malagutti has drawn several one off short stories for Intrepido, Monello and Albo TV and has inked the drawings of Sergio Zaniboni for Diabolik which is where he began to write scripts. In 1981 he began freelancing for IF, working on Japanese cartoons including Princess Zaffiro, Tiger Man and Bia. In 1982 he created the series The Reporters drawn by Zaniboni for Orient Express. After having written a story line for Martin Mystère he worked as a commercial artist for some twelve years until 1994 when he resumed his work in cartoons, writing stories for Lupo Alberto, Cattivik and Mystère. Most recently he has been working on the characters of Chris Carella in collaboration with Sergio Zaniboni and both the drawings and script for Mathias www.mathias.is.it
(For a short biography visit http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/malagutti_giancarlo.htm)
Personnages principaux:
Mathias est un normal garcon de 9 ans, blondin, mignon. fils de parents aisés qui, à cause de leur travail, lui font parcourir le vaste monde. Il a une bonne culture, malgré son âge, grâce a sa formation cosmopolite. En certaines situations, spécialement lorsque il est sous stress, il réussit à modifier (pour des petites choses) la réalité.
Anna: fillette de 9 ans, cheveux roux et lentilles. Orpheline, elle vit avec une grand-mère agée immobilisée au lit. Tres éveillée, intelligente et curieuse. C’est elle qui s’occupe de sa grand-mère. Elle vit avec l’épée de Damoclés d’être envoyée dans un orphelinat et sa grand-mère expediée à l’hospice de pauvres. très indigente, son unique revenu est la pension de sa grand-mère. Elle parâit seulement dans cet épisode mais elle peut revenir.
Texte/dessins: Giancarlo Malagutti
Genre: mystery/humour/ fantasy
Target: 8/12 ans (mais adultes aussi)
Recostitution: World
Epoque: de notre temps
Giancarlo Malagutti.
Il fait ses débuts en 1973 en réalisant les crayons de quelques histires pour la publication mensuelle Horror (Ed.Astoria). Il dessine quelques histoire sur L’Intrepido, L’Albo et Il Monello (Ed. Universo), Il encre les crayons de S.Zaniboni pour Diabolik.
En 1981 il réalise la version en bandes dessinées des séries télévisées de Princesse Saphir, Homme Tigre, Bia. En 1982 il crée la série “The Reporters”
dessinée par Sergio Zaniboni. Aprés avoir écrit pour Martin Mystére (Sergio Bonelli Editore), il se consacre au travail publicitaire et quitte pour le moment l’activité d’auteur de BD qu’il reprend quelques années aprés en écrivant des scénarios de Lupo Alberto et Cattivik (Acme/macchia nera) et Martin Mystére.
Manga o non Manga ?
A distanza di quasi 40 anni ricordiamo l’arrivo (e la produzione) dei fumetti giapponesi in Italia. Non Manga visto che erano prodotto autoctono per riviste che si richiamavano alla TV. Stessa cosa accadde in Francia con riviste di uguale fattura e destinate ad un pubblico simile. Oggi è facile ironizzare e criticare ma era un’era geologica fa.
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Noi li abbiamo fatti. E ne abbiamo fatti molti. Cercavamo, come tutti quelli che li hanno disegnati all’epoca, di imitare lo stile dei cartoons che non è quello dei manga con puntinismo, righettature e ed effetti. Lo stile era molto più vicino alla riduzione a fumetti – nel genere – ai cartoni Hanna e Barbera. Oggi che si ha accesso a tutto con un clik e difficile capire ma in quel 1979 nemmeno si sapeva che esistevano i fumetti in Giappone. Non solo da noi umili maestranze ma pure da editori e produttori TV. Le serie venivano acquistate sul mercato francese e, infatti, c’è il famoso errore di Atlas Ufo Robot. Gli editori volevano solo stampare e tirare su qualche soldo mettendosi in scia della TV. I testi erano molto semplificati dovendo condensare in 4/6 pagine uno spirito di situazione che nell’animazione di sviluppava in 40 episodi da 25 minuti cadauno. Chi disegnava aveva pochissimo accesso a immagini e informazioni. I videoregistratori erano pochi e costavano un occhio, il materiale promozionale praticamente inesistente. Per le serie già in programmazione sulla TV ci si metteva di buon piglio a schizzare davanti allo schermo. Per i personaggi che sarebbero usciti in contemporanea col cartone se si aveva fortuna c’erano due o tre immagini con un testo giapponese e chi commissionava il lavoro dava si e non due parole di spiegazione.
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Quando facemmo Bia, la sfida della magia, le indicazioni furono: è una streghetta e nelle immagini si vede l’orlo delle mutandine. Noi, ripeto, ne abbiamo scritti e disegnati parecchi. Tra questi la Principessa Zaffiro che nemmeno sapevamo cosa trattasse, solo che era una femmina in abiti da maschio e che se scoperta avrebbe perso il trono. Ne facemmo una specie di Iznogoud spostando l’attenzione sui cattivi che diventavano simpatici. Erano gli unici che nella storia si davano da fare. Il re mangiava e dormiva e la principessina si limitava a fare la Star tanto aveva un angioletto che la tirava fuori dai guai. E a distanza di 40 anni quelle nostre storie, rilette oggi, sono (seppur altra cosa) molto più divertenti dell’originale.
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Mettiamoci inoltre che salvo rare eccezioni editori improvvisati pagavano (quando non di davano) poco e male e sempre in ritardo. L’unico che si comportò sempre onestamente fu Gianni Bono.
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In conclusione, ne abbiamo disegnati talmente tanti che, ora che salta fuori dai nostri archivi questa tavola, non sappiamo che diavolo di character fosse.
tratto da: “Memorie dalla cantina a fumetti! ” a cura di Monica Ferrone
Xtina Sunday’s comic strip
Xtina Comic-strips are centered on the life of Xtina in her work as assistant in a Museum. Xtina’s chronicles the daily challenges of a worker. At work, we follow Xtina as she copes with friends, relationships, and the day-to-day trials of a working woman living life in the 21st century.
the Reporters New Episode
The adventures of The reporters ( new episode), two T. V. journalists whose jobs lead them to come up against major and minor dramas.
To give an idea of the style, their stories resemble the T. V. series Hill Street Blues and N.Y. Police Dept. Besides the story, the human side of the main characters and their interpersonal relationships are developed.
The main characters:
Harry, the eldest, once a newspaper reporter (like Lou Grant) changed over to T. V. during the Vietnam period. His thorny character keeps him away from office work and leads him to work out and about with his colleague Allen. Divorced, his wife Linda does not want to see him so he communicates through their daughter Kay, who lives with him.
Allen, Harrys young colleague, whose experience so far has been in television, has been teamed up with the older man to learn the trade. More easy-going and lighter-hearted, a sense of genuine affection binds him to Harry and his feelings for Kay go even deeper.
Kay, Harrys 18 years old daughter is her sophomore year of college majoring in English literature. Even though she has nothing to do with the work of her father and Allen, she seems to fit in with them perfectly. She longs to eventually become a script writer and her closeness to Hollywood is for her a constant inspiration. She is not unaware of Allens shy advances but she keeps him at a distance while at the same time stringing him along.
Four episodes made so far:
1) An elderly rival journalist, who feels his life is passing before him without his having accomplished anything, gets into serious trouble by trying to murder someone so as to be able to do a good deed.
2) Misguided young journalist friend of Allens pointlessly needles the powers that be of the gangster world by creating a fake scoop.
3) Harry passes up a scoop so as not to ruin the few remaining months left in the life of an elderly actor forced to make soap operas to survive.
4) Kay, attracted by the movie world, meets a director but her life is endangered by the mans mental instability, brought to a peak by divorce.
Mathias e la Magia delle Sirene. Special guest: Edgar P. Jacobs
SERIE: Mathias
STORY/ART: Giancarlo Malagutti
GENRE: Adventure/Mystery/Thriller/Fantasy
TARGET READERSHIP: All ages, both sexes
SETTING: Well known and characteristic cities and locations in Italy
SET IN: The Present Day
STRUCTURE & TONE OF THE STORIES: The two protagonists in this series are
children and, despite their superhuman potentialities, they behave as such. They always
travel accompanied by an adult, they never go out late at night and wherever they stay
they’re in the company of relatives. It is within this context that the storyline develops in
its own way. They’re not out to put the world to rights, yet they are endowed with a
strong sense of justice and they seek to do good in the face of evil.
COLLECTION: Each episode is 44 pages long and is a complete and free-standing story.
Reading them in order is recommended. In full colors.
5 episodes ready for print.
THE PROTAGONISTS:
Mathias is a blond 10 year-old. He’s knowledgeable for his age as a result of his
somewhat cosmopolitan education.
Anna is a freckly 10 year-old redhead. Orphaned at an early age she has an elderly
bedridden granny. Lively, intelligent and with a searching mind, she’s the one with the
sense of humour and sharp one liners.
ARTIST BIO: Giancarlo Malagutti began his career in 1973 by drawing cartoons for the monthly publication Horror. He has worked alongside Renzo Barbieri and Giorgio Cavedon on several cartoons. Malagutti has drawn several one off short stories for Intrepido, Monello and Albo TV and has inked the drawings of Sergio Zaniboni for Diabolik which is where he began to write scripts. In 1981 he began freelancing for IF, working on Japanese cartoons including Princess Zaffiro, Tiger Man and Bia. In 1982 he created the series The Reporters drawn by Zaniboni for Orient Express. After having written a story line for Martin Mystère he worked as a commercial artist for some twelve years until 1994 when he resumed his work in cartoons, writing stories for Lupo Alberto, Cattivik and Mystère. Most recently he has been working on the characters of Chris Carella in collaboration with Sergio Zaniboni and both the drawings and script for Mathias www.mathias.is.it
(For a short biography visit http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/malagutti_giancarlo.htm)
Personnages principaux:
Mathias est un normal garcon de 9 ans, blondin, mignon. fils de parents aisés qui, à cause de leur travail, lui font parcourir le vaste monde. Il a une bonne culture, malgré son âge, grâce a sa formation cosmopolite. En certaines situations, spécialement lorsque il est sous stress, il réussit à modifier (pour des petites choses) la réalité.
Anna: fillette de 9 ans, cheveux roux et lentilles. Orpheline, elle vit avec une grand-mère agée immobilisée au lit. Tres éveillée, intelligente et curieuse. C’est elle qui s’occupe de sa grand-mère. Elle vit avec l’épée de Damoclés d’être envoyée dans un orphelinat et sa grand-mère expediée à l’hospice de pauvres. très indigente, son unique revenu est la pension de sa grand-mère. Elle parâit seulement dans cet épisode mais elle peut revenir.
Texte/dessins: Giancarlo Malagutti
Genre: mystery/humour/ fantasy
Target: 8/12 ans (mais adultes aussi)
Recostitution: World
Epoque: de notre temps
Giancarlo Malagutti.
Il fait ses débuts en 1973 en réalisant les crayons de quelques histires pour la publication mensuelle Horror (Ed.Astoria). Il dessine quelques histoire sur L’Intrepido, L’Albo et Il Monello (Ed. Universo), Il encre les crayons de S.Zaniboni pour Diabolik.
En 1981 il réalise la version en bandes dessinées des séries télévisées de Princesse Saphir, Homme Tigre, Bia. En 1982 il crée la série “The Reporters”
dessinée par Sergio Zaniboni. Aprés avoir écrit pour Martin Mystére (Sergio Bonelli Editore), il se consacre au travail publicitaire et quitte pour le moment l’activité d’auteur de BD qu’il reprend quelques années aprés en écrivant des scénarios de Lupo Alberto et Cattivik (Acme/macchia nera) et Martin Mystére
Sergio Zaniboni, Tenente Marlo.
Quando una edizione completa integrale?
La città potrebbe essere New York, anche se non viene mai detto in maniera esplicita. A tenere l’ordine in questa gigantesca metropoli ci pensa la polizia, in particolare il 77° distretto. Il primo impatto con il dipartimento potrebbe dare un’impressione sbagliata: ad accogliere il cittadino, o a rispondergli per telefono, c’è Joe Danny, agente spiritoso e appassionato lettore delle storie a fumetti di Dick Tracy…
La serietà, però, non manca, a quelli del 77°; le risposte brillanti che Danny dispensa sono solo un modo per filtrare le molte richieste d’aiuto rivolte al più capace tra gli agenti in servizio, il tenente Mike Marlo. Le sue giornate lavorative sono infatti già molto intense; Marlo è un uomo scrupoloso, non un poliziotto d’azione, da inseguimenti e sparatorie. Ogni sua indagine prevede lo studio preciso di tutti gli indizi, il confronto di tutte le prove, l’interrogatorio dettagliato di ogni possibile testimone. Con questo sistema, il tenente riesce spesso a venire a capo di problemi scottanti, non ultimo quello dell’incontrollata diffusione della droga in città.
Davide Barzi
Esterofilia (Sostantivo): Grande interesse, attrazione, sudditanza psicologica per ciò che è straniero.
