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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_Sconosciuto

Magnus, pseudonym of Roberto Raviola (May 30, 1939 – February 5, 1996), was an Italian comic book artist, regarded as one of the foremost cartoonists of all time in his country.

Lo Sconosciuto (The Unknown) is an Italian comics series created in 1975 by Roberto Raviola, better known his pseudonym Magnus. It has been translated into English as The Specialist.

The series and its eponymous character was created by Magnus after a series of trips abroad and was defined together with his friend, the singer and writerFrancesco Guccini. It was the first great creation by Magnus after he had left Editoriale Corno and his partnership with writer Max Bunker, with whom he had created famous series such as Kriminal and Alan Ford. Published in July 1975 by Edizioni Del Vascello (Renzo Barbieri‘s publisher), it is considered his finest achievement. The last Sconosciuto story was released in 1984, though a short prologue for another, never published story appeared in 1996 as a dedication to his friend, the cartoonist Franco Bonvicini, who had recently died.

 

 

 

Anna and Mathias Adventures

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Anna and Mathias Adventures

Are the people around us really what they seem?

Mathias, on vacation at his grandparents’, finds out  that they are not like everyone else…

Who are those horrible men who detest the grandparents and elders of Villa Celeste?

Besides, are the unusual and fantastic events that affect Mathias normal?

Stephen King cover by Magnus

Stephen King cover by Magnus 

Danse Macabre is a 1981 non-fiction book by Stephen King, about horror fiction in print, TV, radio, film and comics, and the influence of contemporary societal fears and anxieties on the genre. It was republished on February 23, 2010 with an additional new essay entitled “What’s Scary”. Pages 400

Italian edition 1992, by edizioni Theoria, translation Edoardo Nesi,

Cover by Magnus

Magnus (Roberto Raviola) 31 May 1939 – 5 February 1996

Roberto Raviola, best known as Magnus, was a non-conformist comics author, who is best known for his “fumetti neri” (comics noir). After working as an illustrator for a while, he started his comic career in 1964. He used the pseudonym Magnus, self-ironically derived from the Latin expression ‘Magnus Pictor Fecit’ (“A Great Painter Did It”). He teamed up with writer Luciano Secchi (Max Bunker), with whom he launched successful series like ‘Kriminal’ (1964-71), ‘Satanik’ (1964-70), ‘Dennis Cobb Agente Secrete SSO 18’ (1965-67) and ‘Alan Ford’ (1969-75, 1986) and ‘Gesebel’ (1966), published in pocket comics by Corno. The duo Magnus-Bunker aditionally pruduced ‘Maxmagnus’ for Eureka magazine between 1968 and 1970. In 1975, Magnus started the series ‘Lo Sconosciuto’, which was published in magazines like Strisce e Musica and Orient-Express. In 1977 he published ‘La Compagnia della Forca’, a midieval fantasy saga with Giovanni Romanini. Afterwards, he started the long saga ‘I Briganti’, based on a Chinese novel. He additionally created ‘Milady 3000’ in 1980 and returned to the pocket genre with the grotesque and excessive pornographic comic ‘Necron’. Magnus’s work has also been introduced in France through the magazines Métal Hurlant and L’Écho des Savanes and publishers like Albin Michel and Magic Strip. In L’Écho des Savanes, he began the erotic graphic novel ‘Les 110 Pilules’, which was previously published in Totem in Italy (‘Le 110 Pillole’) and then continued by Georges Pichard. In 1988, Magnus did art and story of ‘Le Femmine Incantate’, inspired by/taken from chinese novels for Dolce Vita. 

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June with Anna and Mathias

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.

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