Vartan (comics)

Vartan is an Italian comic book created and drawn by Sandro Angiolini, and published in 200 issues between October 1969 and May 1977 by Furio Viano.[1] An attempt to relaunch the publication in 1980 lasted only six issues.[1] The comic book featured the erotic adventures of its heroine, described as "white Indian", in a classic western setting.[2] The title character's name and features were loosely inspired by French singer and actress Sylvie Vartan, at the time quite popular in Italy thanks to a number of hits and television appearances.[1][3]

Vartan
Publication information
PublisherFurio Viano Editore, 1969 – 1977
Created byFurio Viano (writer)
Paolo Ghelardini (writer)
Sandro Angiolini (artist)

Vartan is one of many such characters from the Italian fumetti tradition.[4] Other female figures from the same era, and with similarly erotic preoccupations, include Zora la Vampira, Maghella, Biancaneve, Lucifera, Jacula, Yra, Jolanda de Almaviva, and Sukia.

References
  1. Gianni Bono. Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre, 2003. p. 2037.
  2. Boschi, Luca (15 March 2011). "Pravda e Francoise Hardy, di Guy Peellaert". Nova (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. Bruschini, Antonio. De Zigno, Federico (2008). Wild west gals: the classics, the bis, the nudies and the WAI. Gingko Press GmbH, 2008. p. 82. ISBN 978-8882750695.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Castaldi, Simone (2010). Drawn and Dangerous: Italian comics of the 1970s and 1980s. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 9781604737776.


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