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Anna e Mathias weekly half page by adventure in Venice “un inferno a Venezia”.

Album #2, fall 2016

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

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the Reporters in new episode the #3.

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The adventures of The reporters (episode #9), 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 & Anna weekly page

Anna e Mathias weekly page by adventure in Venice “un inferno a Venezia”.

Album #2, fall 2016

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

the Reporters new adventure

the Reporters new adventure next week.

The adventures of The reporters (episode #9), 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.

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The adventures of The reporters (episode #9), 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.

 

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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.

 

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The adventures of The reporters (episode #9), 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.

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The adventures of The reporters (episode #9), 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.

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dizionario cinema fumetto è arrivato

Dizionario cinema fumetto, prefazione di  Werther Gorni Direttore de la Nuova Cronaca di Mantova

 

Alba del terzo millennio. Il futuro è già oggi. Tecnologia che trionfa ovunque. Informazioni in tempo reale. Per assurdo, notizie quasi in anticipo. Chi può fermare questo processo-progresso? Chissà dove porterà l’uomo. Eppure il mondo ha necessità di fare piccole pause per riflettere e guardarsi attorno. Magari anche per sorridere, ironizzare, sognare. Ecco che il “matrimonio” tra visione reale e immaginazione funziona ancora. Il cinema e il fumetto. Due invenzioni che hanno alla loro origine l’arte della creatività. Cinema e fumetto uniti proprio dal fatto di volere trasmettere messaggi e raccontare storie allo spettatore.La celluloide e la carta si sono trasformate anch’esse e in tal modo le produzioni filmografiche continuano ad avere un ruolo d’effetto e ad ampio raggio. Il fumetto, in particolare, è servito come serbatoio di idee originali già ancor prima che sbocciassero le proiezioni sul grande schermo. Ma oggi le due espressioni si possono considerare contemporanee. Ma come riconoscere un film ricavato da un fumetto magari pubblicato solo per pochi mesi su qualche oscuro quotidiano americano o ispirato da una trasmissione radiofonica bruxellese? Questo volume raccoglie per ora, considerata la mole, solo i film che sono contraddistinti dalla lettera A: poi ci saranno altre pubblicazioni per rispettare tutte le lettere dell’alfabeto fino alla zeta. Si potranno trovare migliaia di schede con curiosità e sorprese. Da giornalista mi rendo conto di quanto possa essere facile essere presi dall’entusiasmo. In verità, questo libro apre gli occhi perché si propone come un affidabile strumento di consultazione relativamente ad autori, attori, date, paesi. Cinema e fumetto, fumetto e cinema. Unione culturale di fatto.

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the Reporters 2 episode #9

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The adventures of The reporters (episode #9), 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.

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2) Misguided young journalist friend of Allens pointlessly needles the powers that be of the gangster world by creating a fake scoop.

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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.

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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.

10 plates.

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Il bel fumetto I Reporters di Sergio Zaniboni e Giancarlo Malagutti torna (a distanza di trent’anni dalla prima pubblicazione avvenuta sulle pagine della rivista Orient Express a partire dal numero 7 del gennaio 1983) in una curata veste grafica nel volume the Reporters – Quattro giorni in un’altra città.

Il libro ripropone l’integrale del fumetto con la pubblicazione delle quattro storie realizzate nel 1983. Le storie vengono presentate senza soluzione di continuità e senza indicazione dei titoli che, per comodità, riportiamo nella tabella presente in questa pagina.
Il fumetto prende spunto dai migliori telefilm polizieschi tanto in voga negli anni Ottanta, in alcuni casi anticipandone qualità e tecniche narrative, soffermandosi sulle avventure di due giornalisti televisivi d’assalto,Harry Grant e Allen Corsaro, alle prese con movimentati fatti di cronaca.

Oltre agli episodi de I Reporters, l’albo ospita una storiellina autoconclusiva di due pagine inedita in Italia, For a godness, dedicata a Bo Derek e realizzata dagli autori come omaggio per una fanzine americana.

Arricchiscono il volume redazionali e articoli di approfondimento. In particolare la sezione Ricordi, in coda al volume, si sofferma, accompagnata da disegni, schizzi e model sheet dei personaggi, su curiosità, making-off e anedotti relativi al fumetto.

Il volume è un brossurato con alette di circa 21×30 cm, grandi dimensioni capaci di rendere al meglio le dettagliate tavole di Zaniboni aperte sulle affollate highway americane.

the Reporters – Quattro giorni in un’altra città non è un volume destinato alla vendita bensì stampato, nel novembre 2013, per i soci del Diabolik Club, il fumetto nero italiano per eccellenza. Per sottolineare questo aspetto è stata realizzata una cartolina, allegata al volume, nella quale si vedono Diabolik ed Eva Kant impegnati nella lettura di una copia del libro.

Elenco delle storie presenti sul volume:

ordine storia fumetto autori colore tipo pagine
1 L’attentato reporters ZaniboniMalagutti b/n episodio 1 12 pagine
2 Per uno scoop reporters ZaniboniMalagutti b/n episodio 2 12 pagine
3 Un vecchio insolente reporters ZaniboniMalagutti b/n episodio 3 10 pagine
4 Un tipo a posto reporters ZaniboniMalagutti b/n episodio 4 12 pagine
5 For a godness ZaniboniMalagutti b/n racconto completo 2 pagine