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Zorry contro Zorry page 10

Artist: Benito Jacovitti (All)

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Title:	Zorry contro Zorry page 10
Artist:	Benito Jacovitti (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	Nope, not a chance
Views:	1,158
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	6/20/2018
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Description

Benito Jacovitti was an Italian comic artist.

During his long career, he created several characters: Pippo, Pertica e Palla, Oreste il guastafeste, Chicchiricch�, Cip l'arcipoliziotto and his nemesis Zagar, Giacinto corsaro dipinto, Jack Mandolino, La signora Carlomagno, adaptations of classic like Ali Baba and Don Quixote, and parodies of famous comics like L'onorevole Tarzan and Il mago Mandrago, his best known character the cowboy Cocco Bill, the private eye Tom Ficcanaso, Zorry Kid, Tarallino Tarall�, Joe Balordo and others.
We're talking about more than 60 characters created and around 150 books produced, making him one of the most prolific and original artists in comic book history.

He also produced a series of cartoons for school diaries, named I Diari Vitt (short for Vittorioso). These books made him a household name in Italy among kids and parents.

Jacovitti's unique artstyle is immediately appealing to both kids and adults: his characters sport huge noses and feet, his pages are chock full of details and all sort of objects and weird creatures born from his untamed creativity (like his salami, often drawn with little legs or smiley faces). While most of his production was geared toward humour and parody, Jacovitti did not shy away from more controversial material like the erotic book Kamasutra and political cartoons.

Here's a page with one of his most loved characters (for me is on a par with Cocco Bill), Zorry Kid, a surreal and crazy parody of Zorro, whose comics debuted in 1968, published in the children magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli; it was later published by the comic magazine Il Giornalino until 1990. A series of animated shorts was realized in 1969 for Carosello.
Several anthological books and collections were published over the years.

The page is from the "Zorry contro Zorry", a 22-page story first published in "Il Corriere dei Piccoli" #8 to #23 (1969), and it features both the real and a fake Zorry.

You can only be in awe admiring Jacovitti's incredible craftsmanship, he drew on the page directly with the nib (without any preliminary pencils). The page is also colored by Jacovitti himself on the back.

Please find in the additional images also a merge of the inks and colors.

Huge thanks, Francesco!

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Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	ITALY
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Davide G.
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 6/20/2018

Maybe it's not going to be the most commented piece in your Gallery, but it definitely should. Congrats on this priceless addition to your collection!

CIRO SCOGNAMIGLIO
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 6/20/2018

Spettacolare!! Grande Jac!

Anonimo Italiano
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 6/20/2018

Splendida tavola di un grandissimo autore! Congratulazioni!

Max C
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 6/20/2018

Bellissima Jac, complimenti!!

Antonio Menici
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 6/21/2018

Splendida! Complimenti!!!

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