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Italian poster for the 1966 film Golden Bat (aka Ogon Bat).
They got the head and shape of the costume mostly right, but then they went off the rails.
I guess, with the (translated) title The Return of Diavolik, the Italian exhibitors thought they would be able to fill theaters with people who thought this was a film based on Diabolik. Diabolik, an Italian comic book character created in 1962, was a mega-popular at the time, an anti-hero thief in an all-black costume that only showed his eyes. Diabolik made it to the big screen in the Mario Bava-directed film Danger: Diabolik (1968). American actor John Phillip Law (who would later star in 1974's The Golden Voyage of Sinbad) played the titular super-thief.
As you can see, there isn't really any resemblance between the two characters.
However, there is another Italian comic book anti-hero, one whose comic book costume was basically copied for the Golden Bat poster: Kriminal.
Inspired by the success of Diabolik, Kriminal debuted in Italian comics two years later. He was another anti-hero thief, and the similarities with Diabolik didn't stop there. He was, though, much more sadistic than his inspiration. His stories included a lot more sex and violence, especially against women, whom he would murder to protect his identity.
Never as successful as his forbear, Kriminal nevertheless had a ten-year run in comics, and spawned two films:
Kriminal (1966). He really looks like Golden Bat in that second poster.
The Mark of Kriminal (1967).
Of course, none of these characters should be confused with another fellow with a skeleton motif: Sadistik, the Diabolical Super Kriminal!
Originally named Killing when he debuted in Italian comics (fumetti, to be more precise) in 1966, Sadistik was inspired by the excesses of Kriminal. There's just one thing: Sadistik didn't think Kriminal went far enough, so he made sure to out-do his idol (whom he had a crossover with, the first in Italian comics). This guy didn't pretend to be an anti-hero; he was an out-and out villain who occasionally wiped out other crooks who got in his way.
He was known as Satanik in France (Killing just seemed a little on-the-nose), and Sadistik in the English-speaking world. His fumetti exploits only lasted 62 issues over three years in his native Italy. In Argentina, where he was still called Killing, the publishers there created their own stories when the original ones ran out. The Argentinian series lasted into the 1980s.
Additionally, the character was called KiLiNK in Turkey, where he was the star of several unauthorized films (I sometimes wonder if that's the only kind Turkey made) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The best known of those films is 1967's Killing In Istanbul.
Apparently, the son of a scientist KiLiNK kills somehow gains super-powers, and calls himself Superman. His battle with KiLiNK carries over to the sequel, which was released the same year.
Anyway, what was I talking about when I started this post?
#Golden Bat#Ogon Bat#The Return of Diavolik#Diabolik#Danger: Diabolik#Kriminal#The Mark of Kriminal#Killing#Satanik#Sadistic#fumetti#Italian comic books#KiLiNK#Killing In Istanbul
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giulia farnese, lucrezia borgia, caterina gonzaga
we are. figuring out looks. slowly but surely, we're figuring out looks.
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#italian reanissance tag#blghghghghhh there's just so many people all the time#anyway back to cycling between books on the later roman empire/akhenaten/sparta&lakonia#i should finish the sparta&lakonia book because i want to do a sword&sandals type of comic set during the peloponnesian war#however. you ever read three pages of something and realize you have no idea what someone is talking about#every day reading about lakonia is like that. oof. it's fun tho! but i am going to go back to working on illustration work with#kamen rider on or something.#drawing tag
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‘With closed eyes!’
Artist: Gino Boccasile (1949)
#pin up style#pin up art#comic book art#pin up cartoon#good girl art#pulp art#pulp#cover#1940s#1949#Gilera#Magazine#Italian#gino boccasile
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Italian coloring book cover
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Release Day: Italian Translation!
Ciao! We are overjoyed to announce that our debut book is now available in Italian 🇮🇹
The book – released by Edizioni BD – is beautifully titled “War and Peas – Fumetti spassosi per amanti scandalosi” and we can’t stop repeating this title over and over again like a mantra.
Find more infos and order links here: https://warandpeas.com/fumetti-spassosi-per-amanti-scandalosi/
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#*cracks knuckles*#time to punch tuco my beloved#i tried to recreate the style of italian comic books like dylan dog or diabolic#angst angst angst baby#the good the bad and the ugly#tuco ramirez#blonco#blondie#the man whit no name\blondie#the dollars trilogy
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Page from The Story of Valentina by Guido Crepax
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#italian#mark texeira#marvel#marvel comics#comics#comic books#sabretooth#x men#xmen#x-men#victor creed
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#contemporary art#pixel art#art history#art#artwork#nail art#artists on tumblr#art detail#art journal#artificial intelligence#black art#character art#clay art#comic book art#digital art#fiber art#gif art#italian art#japanese art#advertising#modern art#my art#net art#original art#illustration art#drawings#traditional art#illustration
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One thing I will always be grateful for is growing up during the W.i.t.c.h comics run between 2001 and 2012 because i got to read one of the most visually stunning comics ever for a reasonable small price and it had a massive impact on my style. like it's crazy we had such mini masterpieces available every month, i'm going through some of the issues i have and i haven't opened them in years and i'm still as much in awe as i was when i was a kid, if not more.
It's a shame disney never realized the treasure they had from the start and fucked up the success of this franchise :/ i miss W.i.t.c.h everyday
#the cover art of each issue is so so good#and the latest issues used to have two original stories#not just the main one#and they were drawn by literal masters of the italian comic book scene#incredible#it's a pity most ppl over the world remember witch for that godawful cartoon bc trust me the comics are infinitely better!!!
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I have no idea if someone else already said this, probably yes, still i think it would be such a good opportunity to explore more of Andraste real story.
It would be fun to have a game where you can play Andraste like every other Dragon Age game protagonist, make decisions, shape her character, drive for change and a better world, even have a romance, only to be crushed by the ending, where no matter what you did and what you chose, Andraste will always be burned at the stake.
Or maybe not.
Because you know what happens to saints, heroes and legends? Their real stories are forgotten, their words rewritten and their tales changed to suit the current needs of propaganda. That's what the Chantry did for centuries probably. Maybe Andraste wasn't even her real name, maybe she wasn't even blonde, maybe she was a mage.
So yeah, my idea for Andraste's tale would be a parallel to the Inquisitor's: two people in place of leadership, associated with religion (bride of the Maker/Herald of Andraste) even if they don't believe themselves, whose origins and actions gets modified or misinterpreted or forgotten (as we see with Inquisitor Ameridan in DAI)
#plus of course all discussion about magic and mage control and the creation of the circles of magi#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#andraste#andraste dragon age#of course this is all personal opinion#i just love to study religions and how they came to be and reflect on religious institutions and their power#also i'm italian and it's past midnight so sticazzi se ci sono errori di scrittura#it doesnt even have to be a game#it would be cool just to see it in book form or comics#but i think bioware is too coward to give us terrible beast unspeakable horror bloodlust and righteous fury probably abomination Andraste
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Jerry in "Rock a bye Baby", 1958.
I just watched this and couldn't help notice there are some very subtle references to Dean. His future father in law in the movie is an Italian barber, just like Dean's and there's a scene where a customer in the barber shop is reading a comic book. Dean was famous for loving comic books
#jerry lewis#rock a bye baby#1958#dean martin#italian barber#comic books#Jerry was absolutely adorable in this film
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sforza siblings :)
just. scribbling out galeazzo and ascanio, during one of ascanio's visits back home. somewhere between 1473-1475, probably
⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / insta / tip jar!
#italian renaissance tag#i want to draw them hunting together but i realized i dont know anything about. hunting. wrt this context specifically#so that comic will have to wait until i finish reading this book on akhenaten. i gotta do Actual Research for that comic#but not until i finish reading about akhenaten#i should probably add mccall's making the renaissance man onto my research list instead of my fun reading list#i saw ludovico sforza mentioned in the table of contents and i do love the sforzas#tragically. you pay bills and suddenly $35 for a book feels intimidating. the economy & jobs market is in shambles etc#anway. the things i would do for a collection of sforza sibling letters all collected in one place and also in my hands Right Now#drawing tag
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‘What a save!’
Original artist: Gino Boccasile
‘Paris Tabou’ (April 1950)
#pin up style#pin up art#comic book art#pin up cartoon#good girl art#pulp art#Italian#French#magazine#comic#paris tabou#gino boccasile#1950s#1950
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So the Penguin has not one but two prominent members of the ASP extended universe in its cast.
I don’t know what that says about anything I just feel like it says something
#hello there Joel Maisel and Max Medína as Italian comic book mobsters#am I wary of whether or not I’ll like this show considering I think Batman stuff needs to let itself be more campy again? yes#but I mean this cast is stacked so I’m going to give it a chance#not just ASP alumni we have that guy who should’ve been a rising star from The Runaways#and that woman who was in HIMYM and the Broadway version of Once#and COLIN FARRELL#the penguin#penguin dc
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Daemon Targaryen Speed painting
#cartoonist#comic artist#italian artist#artwork#drawing#illustration#digital art#house of the dragon#daemon targaryen#matt smith#time lapse#tv series#actor#portrait#george rr martin#saga#books#fantasy#Instagram#speed painting
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