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The first issue of Linus, April 1965.

Linus is an Italian comics magazine. Italian comics are Comics made in Italy They are locally know as Fumetto, although this latter term is often used in English to describe a specific comic genre (see The first number was published in April 1965 by Milano Libri, a subsidiary of Rizzoli. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. RCS MediaGroup SpA ( is an Italian international multimedia publishing group based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. It is currently published by Baldini & Castoldi in monthly issues.

The first director of Linus was Giovanni Gandini. The magazine published famous foreign comics books like Peanuts, Popeye, Li'l Abner, Bristow, Dick Tracy, and others. Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows Li'l Abner was a Satirical American Comic strip appearing in many newspapers in the United States and Canada, featuring a fictional Dick Tracy is a long-running Comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American Pop culture. Linus was also the place where important Italian comics found space for the first time: notable examples include Neutron/Valentina by Guido Crepax and Girighiz by Enzo Lunari. Valentina is one of the most influential European Comics series created in 1965 by the Italian artist Guido Crepax. Guido Crepax (born Guido Crepas, Milan, July 15, 1933 - July 31, 2003) was an Italian comics artist

Since the very beginning, the comics section was accompanied by an extensive section dealing with society, politics, mass media, literature and other cultural themes. The first issue, for example, featured an interview done by Umberto Eco with novelist Elio Vittorini. Umberto Eco (born 5 January 1932 is an Italian Medievalist, semiotician, Philosopher, literary critic and Novelist, best Elio Vittorini ( July 23, 1908 - February 12, 1966) was an Italian Writer and Novelist Satirical strips by famous Italian authors like Altan, Alfredo Chiappori, Sergio Staino, Ellekappa, Angese, Vauro, Bruno D'Alfonso and by foreigners like Jules Feiffer are regularly published. Jules Ralph Feiffer (born) is an American syndicated comic-strip Cartoonist and Author. Under Gandini's successor, intellectual, journalist and writer Oreste del Buono (since 1972), Linus became one of the most renowned culture magazines in Italy. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Adventures comic book series like Dick Tracy or Jeff Hawke were initially published separately on special issues. Dick Tracy is a long-running Comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American Pop culture. Jeff Hawke was a Science fiction Comic strip created by Sydney Jordan. These later were moved into a monthly series, Alterlinus (later Alter Alter and simply Alter, 1974), where more adult-themed comics found place, including works by innovative French authors like Moebius, Enki Bilal or Philippe Druillet and Italian artists like Sergio Toppi, Andrea Pazienza and Lorenzo Mattotti. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilalović on October 7, 1951) is a French Comic book creator, Comics artist and Film director Philippe Druillet (born June 28, 1944) is a French Comics artist and creator, and an innovator in visual design Sergio Toppi (born October 11, 1932) is an Italian Cartoonist. Andrea Pazienza ( May 25 1956 - June 16 1988) was an Italian Comics artist. Lorenzo Mattotti (born 24 January 1954) is an Italian Comics and graphical artist as well as an illustrator Pure adventure themes were published in the monthly spin-off magazine Corto Maltese, created in 1983, named after Hugo Pratt's famous character. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Hugo Eugenio Pratt ( June 15, 1927 – August 20, 1995) was an Italian Comic book creator who combined his strong storytelling

Enzo Baldoni, the Italian journalist and writer killed in Iraq in 2004, worked as translator for Linus, notably for the Doonesbury comic strip. Enzo G Baldoni ( October 8, 1948 – August 26, 2004) was an Italian journalist working freelance and for the Italian news magazine Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Doonesbury is a Comic strip by G B Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters of different ages professions Gary Trudeau wrote about him in his website shortly after the accident. Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American Cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip

Comic strips published in Linus

The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French BC is an American newspaper Comic strip created in 1958 written and drawn by Johnny Hart until his death in 2007. Bristow is a character in a popular British strip cartoon. Since 1962 Bristow has been drawn by the cartoonist Frank Dickens Calvin and Hobbes is a Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative Corto Maltese is a Comics series featuring an Eponymous character a complex sailor-adventurer Crock is an American Comic strip created by Bill Rechin, Don Wilder and Brant Parker depicting the French Dick Tracy is a long-running Comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American Pop culture. Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American Comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. Doonesbury is a Comic strip by G B Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters of different ages professions Fearless Fosdick was a long-running Parody of Chester Gould 's police detective character Dick Tracy. Get Fuzzy is an American daily Comic strip written and drawn by Darby Conley. Krazy Kat is a Comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U Li'l Abner was a Satirical American Comic strip appearing in many newspapers in the United States and Canada, featuring a fictional Maakies is a syndicated weekly Comic strip by Tony Millionaire. Maus A Survivor's Tale is a memoir by Art Spiegelman, presented as a Graphic novel. Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M Monty is an American Comic strip created written and illustrated by Cartoonist Jim Meddick. Valentina is one of the most influential European Comics series created in 1965 by the Italian artist Guido Crepax. The Wizard of Id is a daily newspaper Comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart.

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