Blue (Italian magazine)

Blue was an Italian erotic auteur comics magazine, published from 1991 to 2009 in Rome, Italy.

Blue
Cover of the first issue, January 1991.
CategoriesComic magazine
FrequencyBi-monthly
PublisherConiglio Editore
Founded1991
Final issue2009
CountryItaly
Based inRome
LanguageItalian

History and profile

The magazine debuted in January 1991, and was published monthly and later bi-monthly.[1] It was intended according to the founder and publisher Francesco Coniglio as "a Noah's Ark, a rescue ship of creativity for many cartoonists, illustrators and photographers".[2] During its first five years of history, it had a circulation of 20,000 copies per issue.[3]

It published series and short stories by Milo Manara, Roberto Baldazzini, Riccardo Mannelli, Guido Crepax, Filippo Scòzzari, Vittorio Giardino, Franco Saudelli, Massimo Mattioli, Massimo Rotundo, Leone Frollo, Menotti, Gipi, Paolo Bacilieri, Giovanna Casotto, Carlo Ravaioli, Silvio Cadelo, Michelangelo La Neve, among others. It also presented works by prominent international artists such as Robert Crumb, Jean Giraud, Matthias Schultheiss, Georges Wolinski, Horacio Altuna, Jacques Tardi, Eric Stanton, Ralf König, Juan Giménez, Michael Kaluta, Régis Loisel, Carlos Trillo, Lydia Lunch, Jean-Pierre Gibrat.[1]

The magazine closed in December 2009, with its #200 issue.[4] The publisher launched in its place a short-lived new magazine, Touch, subtitled "il sex appeal dell’immaginario" ("the sex appeal of imagination").[2][3]

See also

References
  1. Gianni Bono. "Blue". Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre, 2003. pp. 401-3.
  2. Lavinia Hanay Raja (14 January 2010). "Chiude Blue, storica rivista di erotismo". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. Giampiero Mughini (28 November 2011). "Trent'anni di fumetto erotico "Adesso alzo bandiera bianca"". Libero. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. Alessandro Bottero (28 November 2011). "L'Editoriale » Coniglio Editore chiude?". Fumetto Dautore (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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