02428nam 2200589 a 450 991096319260332120200520144314.01-282-75588-997866127558801-60473-777-8(CKB)2670000000051845(EBL)584907(OCoLC)670411362(SSID)ssj0000416189(PQKBManifestationID)11299048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416189(PQKBWorkID)10438062(PQKB)11570601(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204132(MiAaPQ)EBC584907(OCoLC)672026615(MdBmJHUP)muse13542(Au-PeEL)EBL584907(CaPaEBR)ebr10413477(CaONFJC)MIL275588(EXLCZ)99267000000005184520140131d2010 fy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDrawn and dangerous Italian comics of the 1970s and 1980s /Simone Castaldi1st ed.Jackson, [Miss.] University Press of Mississippic20101 online resource (159 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61703-325-1 1-60473-749-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Italian adult comics before '77 -- The emergence of the second generation of adult comics in its political context -- The authors.Exploring an overlooked era of Italian history roiled by domestic terrorism, political assassination, and student protests, this book shines a new light on what was a dark decade, but an unexpectedly prolific and innovative period among artists of comics intended for adults. Blurring the lines between high art and popular consumption, artists of the Italian comics scene went beyond passively documenting history and began actively shaping it through the creation of fictional worlds where history, cultural data, and pop-realism interacted freely.Comic books, strips, etcItalyHistory and criticismComic books, strips, etc.History and criticism.741.5/6945Castaldi Simone1818250StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910963192603321Drawn and dangerous4377287UNINA