The child that read will be an adult that thinks
Born today Vincenzo Monti
Vincenzo Monti (10 June 1941 – 15 February 2002, Italy)
Born in Milan, Vincenzo Monti began his career in comics in the late 1960s, working for several publishing houses. After working as an assistant for Studio Montanari, doing pencils on ‘Goldrake’ and ‘Alamo Kid’, he began a collaboration with Cepim and illustrated several stories with ‘Joselito’ and ‘Mister No’. He became a fulltime artist on the staff of Bonelli’s ‘Tex Willer’ in 1982. Vincenzo Monti died in 2002.
Leggenda narra che Aurelio – Galep – Galleppini non fosse mai riuscito a entrare a Via Solferino (*).
Non se ne fece mai un gran cruccio se non la sospesa domanda: Perché?
(*) Dove per via Solferino si intende il Corriere dei Piccoli
Born Today Rino Albertarelli
Rino Albertarelli (8 June 1908 – 21 September 1974, Italy)
Italian cartoonist and illustrator Rino Albertarelli was born in 1908 in Cesena. After several jobs, he went to Milan when he was twenty years old. There he met Antonio Rubino, who gave him the opportunity to work for the children’s weekly Il Balilla. After military service, Albertarelli began working with several publishers, like Paravia and Vallardi. His work also appeared in the magazines ‘Viaggi e Avventure‘ and ‘Cartoccino dei Piccoli’. In 1936 he published his first continuing comic stories: ‘I Pirati del Pacifico’ for Argentovivo, and for L’Audace, ‘Capitan Fortuna’ and ‘Big Bill’.
Albertarelli’s most famous comics are ‘Kit Carson’, ‘Gino e Gianni’, ‘Baghongi il Pagliaccio’ (‘Baghongi the Clown’), ‘Il Dottor Faust’, ‘Mefistofele’, ‘Un Gentiluomo di 16 Anni’, and ‘Gioietta Portafortuna’. They were all published in the large-circulation weeklies Topolino and Paperino. An important series of Albertarelli’s gouache drawings were published by Dardo in 1965. Rino Albertarelli continued his work until his death on 21 September 1974.
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Xtina comic strip Curriculum vitae
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.
A curriculum vitae, Latin for “course of life”, often shortened as CV or vita (genitive case, vitae), is a written overview of someone’s life’s work (academic formation, publications, qualifications, etc.). Vitae can be plural or possessive (genitive case in Latin). Vitae often aim to be a complete record of someone’s career, and can be extensive. They are different from a résumé, which is typically a brief 1–2 page summary of qualifications and work experience for the purposes of employment, and often only presents recent highlights. In many countries, a résumé is typically the first item that a potential employer encounters regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screen applicants, often followed by an interview. Vitae may also be requested for applicants to postsecondary programs, scholarships, grants and bursaries. In the 2010s it became popular for applicants to provide an electronic text of their CV to employers using email, an online employment website or using a job-oriented social-networking-service website, such as LinkedIn.
Proud to be in the The Bruce Springsteen Archives at Monmouth University
Proud to be in the The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University serves as the official archival repository for Bruce Springsteen’s written works, photographs, periodicals, and artifacts. The Center will preserve and promote the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and his role in American music, while honoring and celebrating icons of American music like Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, and others.
Since 2011, Monmouth University has served as home of the Bruce Springsteen Special Collection, which comprises nearly 35,000 items from 47 countries, ranging from books and concert memorabilia, to articles and promotional materials. The collection serves the research and informational needs of music fans, scholars, authors and others with a serious interest in the life and career of The Boss.
On January 10, 2017, a new partnership to create The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music was announced. We envision a future that exponentially builds upon our ability to provide scholars, students, and fans from around the globe, public access to an expansive array of archives and programming. The Center will be the destination for stimulating academic discourse and discussion, and will provide entertainment, knowledge, and insight into the works of Bruce Springsteen and other legendary figures of American music.
The adventures of 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.
Born Today Ruggero Giovannini
Ruggero Giovannini (5 June 1922 – 5 March 1983, Italy)
Ruggero Giovannini was an Italian draughtsman, illustrator and painter. His made his first comic, ‘I Seguaci di Adelchi’ for Il Vittorioso in 1945. This was followed by the ‘Jim Brady’ series, and several comic versions of popular films. He worked for Il Vittorioso until 1969, the year he went to work for Il Giornalino. For this magazine, he drew ‘Bug Barri’ and ‘Harald il Crudele’, as well as ‘Gli Uomini del Pugnale’, ‘Capitan Erik’ and ‘Ricky’. In addition, he drew ‘The Illiad’ for Il Corriere dei Piccoli and ‘Terra che Scotta’ for Collection Tex.
Although employed full time by Il Vittorioso during the 1950s and 1960s, Giovannini also provided artwork for the British Fleetway group through the D’Ami studios. He worked on ‘Dick Daring’ and ‘Robin Hood’ for Thriller Picture Library, ‘Kansas Kid’ for Cowboy Picture Library, and ‘Wild Bill Hickok’ for Radio Fun. He was the artist of several western comics for Top Spot, drew the ‘Adventures of Macbeth’ in Ranger, ‘Olac the Gladiator’ in Tiger and ‘Wulf the Briton’ for Express Weekly magazine.
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Dante Alighieri, graphic novels writer
La Festa della Repubblica Italiana è una giornata celebrativa nazionale italiana istituita per ricordare la nascita della Repubblica Italiana. Si festeggia ogni anno il 2 giugno, data del referendum istituzionale del 1946, con la celebrazione principale che avviene a Roma. La Festa della Repubblica Italiana è uno dei simboli patri italiani.
Il volto “simbolo” di Anna Ibert, sovrapposta a una copia del Corriere della Sera del 6 giugno 1946. – Fondo Patellani presso il Museo di fotografia contemporanea (Cinisello Balsamo, MI)
June with Anna and Mathias
Are the people around us really what they seem?
ACTORS: 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. Lively, intelligent and with a searching mind, she’s the one with the sense of humour and sharp one liners.
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.