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Italian comics
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1908
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Edizioni Alpe Sergio Bonelli Editore Panini Comics Star Comics Edifumetto
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Il Corriere dei Piccoli Topolino Corto Maltese Valentina Diabolik
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Antonio Rubino Hugo Pratt Guido Crepax Magnus Sergio Bonelli
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Italian comics, also known as fumetto[fuˈmetto], plural form fumetti[fuˈmetti], are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term fumetto (literally little puff of smoke) refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialogue in comics (also called nuvoletta, "little cloud", in Italian).
In English, the term fumetti can refer to photo comics, regardless of origin or language.
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date in Italy. "Dampyr". Guida al fumetto italiano (in Italian). Retrieved 7 December 2019. "FFF - Testate, DAMPYR". www.lfb.it (in Italian). Retrieved...
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playwright and comics writer (wrote De Tranen van Turnhout, illustrated by Reinhart Croon), dies at age 82. February 7: Alfredo Castelli, Italiancomics writer...
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