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WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT NICK RAIDERNICK
RAIDER AN EXPERIMENTAL HERO, by Oscar Cosulich.
An article published in Musica Rock & Altro, suplement to
La
Repubblica on December 10th 1997:
"In his recently published adventure "Senza Respiro" (Breathlessly), Nick Raider,
the Italian-American detective of the New York police homicide squad created by the
scriptwriter Claudio Nizzi, has managed to finally break down the obsolete barrier
between 'serialized' and 'authored' comic strips. With a script by Gino D'Antonio,
the story has been brought to life by Sergio Toppi's masterly ink...".
A THRILLER SUMMER, by Alberto Gedda. An article published
in No Limits World,
June 1995:
"Nick is the protagonist of engaging stories with a TV fiction rhythm rooted in the best
detective literary tradition, with reference to the 87th District novels by Ed McBain,
the writer par excellence of metropolitan stories with murders and disappearances...".
IN THE SHADOW OF THE BALLOON, by Carlo Scaringi. An article
published in Bresciaoggi, on July 30th 1991:
"The American police officer published monthly in Bonelli's albums is the protagonist
in the recently published Album Speciale (Nel mirino della mafia)
of an adventure that takes place in Italy, where at least ten, a hundred,
a thousand Nick Raiders would be needed to really defeat organized crime, which is
destined to be beaten only in comic strips...".
NICK RAIDER: THE GREAT FASCINATION OF A "COP" IN
MANHATTAN, by Andrea Cavalcanti. An article published in La Provincia,
on October 12th 1990:
"It is New York, the Big
Apple, the constant setting of Nick Raider's stories. A real,
straightforward New York, a crude city with all its ruthless metropolitan spirit...".
STRIP CARTOONS BECOME THRILLERS,
by Alberto Gedda.
An article
published in Stampa Sera, on October 11th 1990:
"Created by Claudio Nizzi, a well-known name among cartoonists for his past at the
"Giornalino", but most of all because he's the spiritual heir of the legendary G.L.
Bonelli in writing the recent Tex Willer stories...".
RAIDER, ANOTHER PAPER DETECTIVE, by Bruno Ralli.
An article published in L'Adige, on October 7th 1990:
"...represents the best ever created in the world of comic strips as regards police
procedural techniques, always based on rigorous and realistic re-constructions
allowing for an escalation of the various stages of a murder inquiry...".
THE ALGAE OF THE REPUBLIC, by Antonio Faeti. An article
published in the Segni & Sogni page of L'Unità, on December 20th 1989:
"Here the world of comics, intended as mass-media, celebrate a veritable triumph:
it concentrates, includes, and synthesizes, in a way that many other media cannot even
begin to do...".
DETECTIVE STORIES FOR ONE YEAR, by Alessandro Mezzena
Lona. An article
published in Il Piccolo, on August 14th 1988:
"There was a lack of a cop in Sergio Bonelli's stable. Nick Raider has filled that
vacancy. Twelve months ago, the detective of New York's homicide squad soared into
flight at the newsagent's under the Milan publisher's protective wing...".
ME, NICK RAIDER, HOMICIDE SQUAD,
by Bruno Ralli. An article published in L'Adige, on August 14th 1988:
"This clever police officer with his never-failing "coups de théâtre" and fast-moving
dialogues, and the special characterization of protagonists, take us back to the memory
of the best TV detective serials, but also, at the same time, to the great literary
tradition of this genre...".
NICK, A PAPER COP, by Ermanno Detti. An article
published in L'Unità, June 10th 1988:
"Clearly we are dealing with a classic type of detective story, at Ed McBain's 87th
District, but with greater flexibility: the project also includes occasional forays
into different detective genres, from thriller to mystery...".
NICK FALCON*, A DETECTIVE IN NEW YORK,
by Carlo
Scaringi.
An article published in the Fumetti Doc page on Radiocorriere,
on February 28th 1988:
"Publisher Bonelli's gallery of characters has grown: the lastborn who will be
brought to light before the summer is Nick Falcon, a detective who vaguely looks like
a young Robert Mitchum, with the penetrating gaze of Kirk Douglas and Tex Willer's
toughness...".
*Name of the character during the work-up stages.
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