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WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT ZAGOR



ZAGOR IS IN MY HANDS. An interview with Gianni Sedioli by Alessandro Fogli, appearing in “Romagna Corriere” (Ravenna edition), 22 February 2004: “For over forty years Zagor, the celebrated Bonelli comic strip, has fascinated his readers with his nocturnal adventures and those magic atmospheres replete with mystery that never become boring…”

ZAGOR, THE SPIRIT WITH THE HATCHET. An article by Moreno Burattini, in “Fumetti e dintorni”, La Rinascita della Sinistra, 30 August 2002: “Zagor and his world, a two-dimensional universe in extraordinary friendly figures and dangerous and incredible opponents, can hardly traverse the entire horizon of his adventure in just a few lines, because the forest of Darkwood tells the most uniquely fascinating stories, rarely surpassed in their spellbinding aura…”

HIS FIRST FORTY YEARS, by Gianni Brunoro. An article that appeared in Corriere di Rovigo, 15 June 2001: "Zagor has always been steeped in all the most typical topos of adventure. For Bonelli, an aficionado of cinema and adventure literature, has time and again gleefully plundered every single common-place of the genre, allowing his unbridled imagination to run riot as he exploited every possible monstrosity, from the mad scientist to the Wolf Man to dozens of creatures of the fantastic”.

FOR FORTY YEARS THE SPIRIT WITH THE HATCHET, by Pier Paolo Simonato. An article that appeared in Il Gazzettino, 13 June 2001: “That Zagor has reached his forties represents an important stage in the history of comics: Guido Nolitta, alias Sergio Bonelli, invented a paladin of the Native Americans long before the triumph of political correctness in 1970s American cinematography. He’s a bit like Tarzan and a bit like Zorro, but at the same time Zagor, the son of an officer of the Blue Coats, has followed his own very personal path”.

ZAGOR, A SPLENDID FORTY-YEAR-OLD, an editorial that appeared in Il Quotidiano di Foggia, 8 June 2001: "It’s here that the pathways of horror and adventure, thrillers and science fiction, exoticism and the fantastic join up for the first time in the history of Italian comics, or indeed in the history of comics of any other derivation. In Darkwood there are doors that lead into other dimensions and it is perfectly conceivable that you might find an alien space-ship landing quite unconcernedly in a glade between the trees.

40 YEARS OF ZAGOR, by Paolo Comentale. An article that appeared in Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 27 May 2001: "There is still vivid awareness of the profound significance of these paper heroes: their struggle against injustice, their fight for the dignity of mankind, in a sort of secular gospel where you don’t turn the other cheek, but instead you struggle as hard as you can to assert your ideas”.

THE SECULAR GOSPEL OF ZAGOR A PAPER HERO, by Luca Benedetti. An article that appeared in Tutto, April 2001: "The most prestigious anniversary concerns the legendary “Spirit with the hatchet”, who continues to defend the Native Americans against the arrogance of the white man, despite the fact that – in the world of publishing – he has become a sprightly forty-year-old”.

ZAGOR, AN AWARD FOR THE FATHER, by Claudio Paglieri. An article appearing in Il Secolo XIX, 30th November 1999: "Ferri’s secret is that of being able to amaze, to fascinate the readers. Anyone who began to read Zagor in childhood has received an imprinting they have never abandoned since…".

ZAGOR, WESTERN ITALIAN STYLE, by Bruno Aroldi. An article appearing in Il Carabiniere, November 1999: "Devised by Guido Nolitta with artwork by Gallieno Ferri, Zagor was published for the first time in 1961. Its success was so astonishing that Ferri has remained chained to this character…".

HOW A PROTAGONIST WAS BORN, Interview with Sergio Bonelli, by Antonio Carboni, which appeared in Giornale del Popolo, 24 August 1999: "I took a non-mainstream approach and decided to range over every field, without anchoring the character to any particular genre.I followed up every single desire expressed by readers who wrote to me, I interpreted their dreams, their longing to take time out and travel afar. I don’t know whether I’ve succeeded in fulfilling this intention with Zagor. At the end of the day, the success of a paper hero is always going to depend on the readers’ verdict”.

CAREFUL ZAGOR! PROFESSOR HELLINGEN IS STILL ALIVE, by Giag. An article appearing in Mondo Padano, 8th February 1997: "It easily moves from western to horror, to magic, to science-fiction, to pure adventure composed of journeys to unexplored and mysterious lands…".

EN-CROSSES OF THE THIRD KIND, by Bruno Ventavoli. An article appearing in L’Indice dei libri del mese, December 1995: "Tex and Zagor, two long time famous pillars of the Bonelli adventures, have built an inexistent frontier made of emotions and values, which forms a new blend of influences, cites novels and films, and gallops far into the imagination…".

ZAGOR, A "SPIRIT WITH THE HATCHET" IN DARKWOOD, by Pier Paolo Simonato. An article appearing in Il Gazzettino, 27th April 1995: "He relives his youth after 30 years continuously on the news-stands. We are talking about Za-gor-te-nay, the Spirit with the Hatchet, or simply Zagor to his friends and enemies…".

BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ZAGOR, by Maurizio Acerbi. An article appearing in Il Giornale, 10th Febrary 1995: "It is an important goal if one reflects on the publishing crisis that is gripping the Italian market. Number 400 of the `Zagor´ collection has now been available on news-stands nationwide for a couple of days…".

TEX, ZAGOR AND THE OTHERS, by Graziano Origa and Bepi Vigna. Interview with Sergio Bonelli appearing in L’Unione Sarda, 30th October 1993: "Zagor is a very different mix of signals and messages that I have extended over the years (…) Cico incarnates an aspect of my nature, the need to laugh at things, instead of dramatizing them…".

ZAGOR LIKE ROBIN HOOD, by Bruno Ralli. An article appearing in L’Adige, 14th January 1990: "In that forest similar to Sherwood forest, host to Robin Hood, lies the hunting ground and background for action of Zagor, an avenger in "costume" a little like Tarzan and a little like the Masked Man…".

THE COMIC STRIP MAKES A FINE SHOW, by Alberto Gedda. An article appearing in No Limits World, November 1988: "For good purposes: until 28 November `Dylan Dog and Zagor: two friends for the disabled´ is open in Milan; with these two `paper´ testimonials, the National Association for Child Families and Subnormal Adults seeks to awaken public opinion on the problem of solidarity towards weaker persons…".

ZAGOR SYLVAN CREATURE, PROPHET WITH MANY PRECEDENTS, by Marcello Benfante. An article appearing in Giornale di Sicilia, 24th January 1984: "Cico is the perfect alter ego of Zagor, his mirror image, the compensating counter-part, but also, when necessary, the providential "assistant"….Thanks to him the hazy dyes dissolve and some relaxing interludes relieve the development of the action…".

ZAGOR? "HE IS APPRECIATED BECAUSE HE FUELS OUR IMAGINATION", by Gianfranco Sansalone. Interview with Galliano Ferri appearing in L’Unità, 2nd June 1983: "In Zagor, in his actions, in the environments in which he lives are our desires, our dreams, the spirit of freedom that fascinates everyone…".