1935: Terry and the Pirates come!
On the number 50 from The Laughter of October 29, 1935, Terry and the pirates appear or Terry And The Pirates of Milton Caniff .
This would be a memorable date for the comics in Italy. It's no fact here which refer to the enormous historical importance, artistic, sociological, even in this comic series. Take a ride on the magnificent site of Francesco Spreafico . Caniff, with Terry, made his first adult comic with realistic issues that also affect the sexual sphere, and at the same time creates (actually borrowing them the styles by Noel Sickles ) school "realistic" of American comics, in a few years will change the cards on the table and raise an army of students and imitators worldwide.
on these boards is formed Hugo Pratt, who will quote Terry it The scorpions of the desert (granted, it is true, but repetita Juvante ):
And that, after over forty years, will sign as trustee, together Rinaldo Traini, the series of reprints of Terry and the Pirates Comic Art
But because I said that October 29, 1935 would be a historic day?
For a variety of reasons (I hope) we will see in the near future, Terry and the Pirates fails to take root in Italy. The first ground of less than lukewarm reaction from the readers is the very seat of its publication. The public Laughter Terry, as we see from these pictures, so basically correct, although in a melancholy duotone. But, as we shall see very soon, after a few weeks, the newspaper is hit by a catastrophe that penalizes especially the printing of comics Caniff. Moreover, despite the news that offers remarkable frequency, the magazine never fails to take off.
Laughter newspaper - as I said - loved by generations of "experts", rather than by amateurs and by the same collector, has another major flaw: publish comic books of great value, but then stops, so sometimes inexplicable. The arrival of Terry , for example, makes us abandon Baldo, to which we had just loyal, we should have the exact figures of production of the Ephemera series, to determine whether or not The Laughter has published all the original drawings but I doubt it. The following is the latest: note the signing of Darrell McClure , perhaps deliberately left by the editors.
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