Geppo
Geppo is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Giovan Battista Carpi.[1]
| Geppo | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Edizioni Bianconi |
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| No. of issues | 399 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Giovan Battista Carpi |
The character
Geppo is a good-hearted devil, and his naive, shy, compassionate character creates the continuing problems with his "boss", Satan.[1][2] Other recurring characters in the series are Satan's guard dog, Cerberus, and the anthropomorphic serpent Salvatore.
History
Geppo officially debuted in 1955 in the comics magazine Volpetto, in the story "Vita nuova... all'inferno!" (trad. "A new life... in hell!"), but an early version of Geppo appeared in December 1954, in the comic book Trottolino e la "Enne" Dimensione (trad. Trottolino and the "N" Dimension), in the story "Geppo il buon diavolo" (trad. "Geppo the good devil"), with a different graphic design realized by Giulio Chierchini.[1][3][4]
From 1961, Geppo became the leading character of an eponym comic book series, published for over thirty years by Edizioni Bianconi. Pier Luigi Sangalli and later Sandro Dossi alternated as authors of the comic.[4]
Further reading
- Alberico Motta, Pier Luigi Sangalli, Geppo, Una vita d'inferno!, IF Edizioni, 2002
- Sandro Dossi, Geppo - Inferno 2000, Andrea Leggeri, 1984–2011
- Luca Boschi, Irripetibili: le grandi stagioni del fumetto italiano, Coniglio, 2007
References
- Giovan Battista Carpi. I Classici del fumetto serie Oro - Geppo & Nonna Abelarda. Panini Comics - La Repubblica, 2005.
- Giovanni Scalambra (18 March 1999). "Geppo, un diavolo dal cuore d'oro". Stradanove. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- Franco Fossati (1996). Dizionario dei fumetti. Vallardi A., 1996. ISBN 88-11-90456-0.
- Michele Fidati (3 May 2011). "Il ritorno di Geppo di Sandro Dossi". Manga Forever. Retrieved 23 December 2011.