Nilus (comics)
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| 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 even 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 Pharaon'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.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Alessandro Rosa (11 August 1979). "Per una goccia di petrolio in meno". La Stampa.
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