Nilus (comics)

*Nilus*
Nilus
Publication information
Genre	Humor/comedy;
Publication date	1976

Nilus is an Italian comic strip created by Agostino and Franco Origone. It is considered among the most famous and successful comic strips ever created in Italy.^[1]

Nilus was created in 1976 for the magazine Il Mago, then it was published in many newspapers, magazines and collector books.^[2] In 1979 the comic book Nilus - tutti gli uomini del faraone (literally "Nilus, All the Pharaoh's Men") won the Dattero d'oro at the International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera.^[3]

The comic strip is set in ancient Egypt, and satirically parodies the modern society, showing a dull and fat pharaoh struggling with modern problems such as fiscal instability, inflation, unemployment, energy crisis.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Franco Fossati, Dizionario dei fumetti, Vallardi, 1996, pp.187-188
^ "Nilus - l'esilarante antico Egitto a fumetti dei fratelli Origene". Slumberland, l'enciclopedia del fumetto. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
^ Alessandro Rosa (11 August 1979). "Per una goccia di petrolio in meno". La Stampa.

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[diz-1] Franco Fossati, Dizionario dei fumetti, Vallardi, 1996, pp.187-188

[2] "Nilus - l'esilarante antico Egitto a fumetti dei fratelli Origene". Slumberland, l'enciclopedia del fumetto. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

[3] Alessandro Rosa (11 August 1979). "Per una goccia di petrolio in meno". La Stampa.

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