Nilus (comics)

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
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Publication date1976

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
  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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