Topolino
Topolino (from the
Topolino giornale (1932–1949)
Topolino | |
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Mondadori (n°137–738) | |
Schedule | Weekly |
Format | Ongoing |
Publication date | 31 December 1932 – 9 April 1949 |
No. of issues | 738 |
In 1932 the editor Mario Nerbini decided to open a new weekly newspaper for kids, containing illustrated tales with
Topolino had eight pages and also published non-Disney comic strips such as
In 1937 Topolino and I tre porcellini, Mondadori's newspapers for kids, merged into Topolino: Grandi avventure ("Mickey Mouse: Great adventures"). The page count increased from eight to sixteen. The first page published a story in instalments by Floyd Gottfredson starring Mickey Mouse and his friends; the other pages published American stories such as Tim Tyler's Luck as well as Italian stories such as Saturno contro la Terra, a story by
In 1938, Mussolini's fascist government forbade the publishing of American stories except Disney stories (his children liked Mickey Mouse, and delayed the ban as long as possible). Topolino continued to publish Mickey Mouse stories until February 3, 1942 (#477, containing the last episode of Mickey Mouse in love trouble) when they were forced by the fascist government to stop publishing Mickey's stories. For two years, Mickey Mouse was replaced by Tuffolino, a human character very similar to Mickey. Tuffolino made his debut in Tuffolino agente di pubblicità, a remake (starring non-Disney characters) of American story Mickey Mouse, super salesman (1941). Tuffolino and his friends (Mimma, Clara) very much resembled Mickey, Minnie and Clarabelle Cow. Tuffolino's stories were written by Pedrocchi and drawn by Pier Lorenzo De Vita. The newspaper had to cease all publications in December 1943 (#564).
In December 1945, Mondadori resumed publication of Topolino. Because of the fall of fascism in Italy, Mondadori could once again publish Mickey Mouse stories by Floyd Gottfredson. Topolino also began publishing Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks. Topolino #713 published the first episode of Topolino e il cobra bianco, written by Guido Martina and drawn by Angelo Bioletto ; this was the first long Italian story to be published in the newspaper. In 1949, Mario Gentilini , Topolino's director, decided to convert the newspaper into a pocket comic book containing only Disney stories. The last issue of Topolino (giornale) was #738; on April 10, 1949 the first issue of Topolino digest (libretto) format was released.[6]
Topolino libretto
Topolino | |
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Disney Italia (n°1702–3018) (n°3019–present)Panini Comics | |
Schedule | Weekly |
Format | Ongoing |
Genre | |
Publication date | 10 April 1949 – present |
No. of issues | 3538 (as of 13 September 2023) |
Main character(s) | Mickey Mouse universe Donald Duck universe |
Topolino started as a monthly comic book,
Mickey's Inferno (L'inferno di Topolino), written by Guido Martina and drawn by Angelo Bioletto, was the second Italian story to be published on Topolino (#7–12): a satiric retelling of
In 1952, the comic book became biweekly, and Italian stories increased. Italian stories were written mainly by Guido Martina, who wrote the first great parodies of the classics of literature: in 1956 he wrote Paperino Don Chisciotte (a parody of Don Quixote) and in 1957 he wrote Paperin di Tarascona (parody of Tartarin of Tarascon), Paperino e il conte di Montecristo (parody of The Count of Monte Cristo) and Paperino e i tre moschettieri (parody of The Three Musketeers); these stories were drawn by skillful artists such as Pier Lorenzo De Vita and Luciano Bottaro. These parodies were successful among the readers, so many other writers such as Carlo Chendi, Dalmasso, Missaglia and Romano Scarpa began to write parodies. The duo Chendi (writer)-Bottaro (artist) wrote many great parodies such as Dr. Paperus (parody of Dr. Faustus), Paperino il paladino, Paperin Furioso (parody of Orlando Furioso by Ariosto), and Paperino e il tesoro di Papero Magno. One of these parodies, Paperin Meschino (Martina/De Vita, 1958), revealed why Donald is persecuted by bad luck (Paperin meschino, one of his ancestors (he lived in the 15th century), was cursed by a witch: "You and all your descendents will be persecuted by bad luck for 1000 years!").
In 1960, Topolino became a weekly. In 1969, Guido Martina created
Casty is another writer and artist. Some of his stories featuring Mickey Mouse have been published in the United States in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and in Mickey Mouse.
Editors
- Mario Gentilini 1949-1980[8]
- Gaudenzio Capelli 1980-1994[9]
- Paolo Cavaglione 1994-1999[10]
- Gianni Bono 1999-2000
- Claretta Muci 2000-2007[11]
- Valentina De Poli 2007-2018
- Alex Bertani and Marco Marcello Lupoi 2018-today
References
- ISBN 978-1683900177.
- ^ Topolino Giornale #1 at Inducks
- ^ "Topolino (giornale) #3 - Inducks". Inducks.org. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Topolino (giornale) #5 - Inducks". Inducks.org. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Topolino (giornale) #7 - Inducks". Inducks.org. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ Mario Morcellini, Alberto Abruzzese, Donatella Scipioni, Carocci, Il Mediaevo: TV e industria culturale nell'Italia del XX secolo Volume 290 de Università (Rome, Italy), 404, 2001
- ^ Topolino libretto #1 at Inducks
- ^ Topolino: 70 anni di carta, pp. 222–223
- ^ Topolino: 70 anni di cart, pp. 223–224
- ^ Topolino: 70 anni di carta, p. 224
- ^ Topolino: 70 anni di carta, pp. 224–226