Fumetti pasquali

Fumetti pasquali

Pasqua sembra non stimolare molto gli autori italiani, se si escludono alcune (pochissimi) albi di Topolino e qualche Tiramolla e Cucciolo, non compaiono in edicola albi a tema pasquale. In ogni caso le uscite pasquali, in Italia, sono state abbandonate dall’inizio degli anni sessanta. Cosa che invece, seppur anche questa al minimo, non accade per il Natale. Negli Stati Uniti sembrano più sensibili al tema. Questa una piccola carrellata di albi di un passato non troppo lontano.

1984 Xmas comics section

1984 Xmas comics section…one and only

Natale 1984, il quotidiano Gazzetta di Mantova pubblica un inserto di 4 pagine con fumetti. Apre una tavola di Lupo Alberto (inedita) e appositamente realizzata per l’occasione. Ovviamente l’iniziativa non partiva dal quotidiano (i giornali sempre restii al pubblicare fumetti) ma inserto a pagamento sponsorizzato e creato da Lubiam abbigliamento uomo.

Classics Disney’s Christmas comic strips

Classics Disney’s Christmas comic strips

In all those years in the United States, I loved to leaf through the daily papers especially during the four weeks before Christmas, and enjoyed the Christmas Disney special edition that ended on 24 December. The strips were a mix of the various Disney characters, Dumbo with Merlin, the fairies of the Sleeping Beauty with the seven dwarfs, and many more. Moreover, on Christmas day the strips were full of Christmas greetings (often interrupting the story) or at least – still today – dealt with Christmas themes that culminated on the 25th. Also the comic books in the month of December recounted adventures – with suitable covers – of Christmas themes or about Santa Claus. In the UK, this habit is the same, while it is rarer for the French productions, with the excuse of less periodic publication deadlines. In Italy however, mostly  due to the scheduled releases, there have always been very few with the Christmas theme. There were some exceptions though; only Max Bunker paid attention to them. And yet it wouldn’t have been difficult at all to plan it, especially now that the long adventures in serials are becoming increasingly rare.

 

Spider-Man 60th anniversary Italian

Spider-Man 60th anniversary Italian

Nel nostro piccolo anche noi abbiamo celebrato il tessiragnatele. SuperGulp! Fumetti in TV è stato un programma televisivo dedicato al mondo dei fumetti trasmesso dalla RAI e creato da Guido De Maria e Giancarlo Governi, con le musiche di Franco Godi nel 1972. Alla ripresa del programma nel 1977 la Mondadori mandò in edicola un settimanale a fumetti con lo stesso titolo SuperGulp che riprendeva (in parte) i personaggi della trasmissione. Furono realizzati episodi dei maggiori supereroi dell’epoca, quali i Fantastici Quattro e L’Uomoragno. Qui uno degli episodi realizzati da Giancarlo Malagutti Giorgio Montorio.

 

Happy B’day Leonardo da Vinci

Happy B’day Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo was born on April 15,1452 in Anchiano, near Vinci (in the province of Florence). Illegitimate son of the notary, ser Piero and a young peasant woman. Leonardo spends his childhood and early adolescence in Anchiano and Vinci. He lives with his father who, in the meantime, marries Albiera degli Amadori

My Prince Valiant

My Prince Valiant

I remember that, at the age of 7 or 8 years old, we were living in a friend’s house in Burbank. I can still recall the nice house on a hill with a park just down the road. Dad, who noticed how easily I got bored would bring me along to visit the spots in the district, in search of a location for the strips he was preparing. We would often stop for breakfast at his friend H’s place, who also had a huge collection of original comics and strips. It was during one of these visits that I met Prince Valiant of Harold Foster. Dad’s friend did not have – strange to say – a fetishistic rapport with his collections. He did keep the originals in transparent envelopes, (acid-free for sure) but allowed me to take a look, leaf through them without manifesting any anxiety. I recall those tables, that were just my height. Sprawled on the carpet of the study and with the pages strewn all over the place, I would practically immerse myself in those gigantic pages.

Monica

Before Little Nemo: le petit Lucien

Before Little Nemo: le petit Lucien

Little Nemo et le petit Lucien. La planche ci-dessus est l’une des premières de l’« Imagerie artistique » publiées par la maison Quantin. « Un rêve agité » est la onzième de la première série de cette collection de planches pour enfants, et fut publiée en 1886. Elle n’est pas signée, mais son attribution au dessinateur Job laisse peu de doute.

De son vrai nom Jacques-Marie Gaston Onfray de Bréville, Job (1858-1931) est issu d’une famille appartenant à la vieille noblesse. Après le lycée, son père refusant qu’il entre à l’École des beaux-arts, il s’engage dans l’armée pour cinq ans. Puis, entre 1882 et 1885, il intègre les Beaux-Arts et se forme dans les ateliers des peintres Carolus Duran et Evariste Luminais. Il expose alors régulièrement au Salon des artistes français, principalement des scènes militaires. Ses premières années d’artiste sont également marquées pas la caricature politique et de moeurs. Il collabore un temps à des journaux comme Le Monde Parisienou La Nouvelle Lune.

Job fait partie de cette jeune génération qui pratique l’histoire en images. Il en donne ainsi régulièrement à La Caricature, journal crée par Albert Robida, dès 1883. Souhaitant renouveler l’imagerie enfantine, Albert Quantin fait naturellement appel à lui, avec Caran d’Ache, Steinlen ou Christophe, pour revivifier la formule spinalienne vieillissante. Ce sera le début de sa carrière d’illustrateur pour la littérature enfantine. Job nous reste aujourd’hui en mémoire pour ses beaux ouvrages illustrés pour les jeunes lecteurs retraçant, non sans patriotisme, des histoires militaires et les légendes napoléoniennes dont les textes furent souvent signés par Georges Montorgueil.

Un rêve raconté en images

Que raconte cette planche de l’imagerie Quantin ? Dans son lit, le jeune Lucien s’endort avec à ses côtés Sultan, le cheval de bois qu’on vient de lui offrir. L’enfant rêve alors qu’il est un élégant cavalier qui monte son jouet devenu vivant. Il parade crânement devant ses camarades de pension et son professeur M. Plume-d’oie. Voulant épater son assistance, Lucien augmente la cadence et passe au trot. Mais soudain, sa monture s’emporte et le cavalier ne la maîtrise plus. Elle accélère jusqu’à ce que les passants, effrayés, ne distinguent même plus le cavalier et son cheval !  Arrivé sur les quais, l’animal s’arrête net et Lucien passe par-dessus bord. Mais le garçon se réveille, tombant de son lit. Ce n’était qu’un rêve.

 

 

The Real Alfred E. Neuman

The Real Alfred E. Neuman

what-me-worry-715605Reidelbach page 151 - Plum Pudding crop

 

 

Dopo diverse apparizioni all’interno del magazine Mad nel numero 30 del dicembre 1956 Alfred E. Neuman conquista la copertina e diventa l’immagine iconica del giornale. Si fa risalire l’immagine del ragazzino senza un dente a pubblicità di dentisti fino a quella di the Kid che appare su una pubblicità di un pudding inglese apparsa sull’edizione di New York edition de the Illustrated London News e McClures nel1895.

Nuove ricerche lo fanno risalire a un character comico teatrale, New Boy.

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