In the good old days when we still thought that Robin Wood to write all his comics (but already leaked through some indiscretion nippurweb.com.ar) I wrote a long piece which ended on Wood with a list of his series arrived in Italy. "And we hope not too many stupid things you have written" I said to introduce it on Mute Fucine 51. Here, indeed, I take this opportunity to update the blog and correct some things ...
And of course to expand the list with the new series of Wood appeared in the weekly after 2002.
of Lagash Nippur ( Lanciostory 28/83, 47/92 only by the number Nippur ) [and here the trouble starts]
is the fetish-character of Robin Wood, which should make its debut and its popularity in the field of comics. At least, the legend: the very few official biographies of the 1965 Wood dating his first screenplay, and it is read several times that it must be the one History of Lagash that the character was born. [No: the first story published by Wood is free to the war Aqui retirada designed by Lucho Olivera and published D'Artagnan 135 in 1966 ] The good old Nippur could then claim a life thirty years, ended only when Wood commitments have not allowed more production. [ Historia para Lagash appeared on D'Artagnan in May 1967]
summarize the general plot of Lagash Nippur is not simple and At the same time, it is unnecessary. It is in fact a series composed of purely self-contained episodes, grouped at most in a single arc divided into several parts. But the fact that the first episodes are unusual in Italy has taken away the "origins" of Nippur. Here we met when we had already experienced a few adventures, where deep scars remain, however: the very first episode we learn that Nippur had fought in Egypt and the death of his beloved queen led him to wander in search of a break that soothe the soul. But his wandering course will offer only the opportunity to experience new adventures, some of titanic proportions (save Egypt, will become king of Lagash, will join the Argonauts, etc.).. Like our Tex Nippur ° also has had to deal with situations fairly unusual in a comic adventure from the historical connotation rather clear: in addition to various wizards and sorcerers from superhuman powers has also met with extraterrestrials! [And time travel, and computers on a mysterious ancient civilization, and underground monsters ...]
The series has gone through several design changes. First there was Luis "Lucho" Olivera, but its contribution has not arrived in Italy. The reason is easily understood: in the mid 60s the artist was not the "monster" Series of Fantasy and its testing Nippur left much to be desired. No coincidence that the English edition on Mark 2000 first episode begins with the Italian. In past years, Columbia has reissued the series since it is unlikely that the early episodes were lost, as it did not have a strict continuity and that they were designed will be pretty bad start to the Euro seemed natural to the publication by the significant episodes designed Olivera but always in equipo with talented brothers Villagran (in fact engaged for years in the U.S. market). In these stories made the study Nippur IV is not always easy to say "who did what," although Ricardo Villagran is notable for a greater majesty and a great job of chasing her brother Enrique suddenly softer. [In fact, the stories were always credited to the proper design, and even if the share of a study has naturally led to collaboration among its members, there are no stories signed "Nippur IV"]
Lucho Olivera abandon series after a while '(difficult to say precisely when) [ D'Artagnan 273, February 1972, and still return occasionally until 1975] and pass the torch to Villagran just that, depending on the time, work together or take turns. [No, "the Villagran," in fact the only Ricardo, will draw the series spin-off of Nippur de Lagash that appear on the comic book of the same name from 1972 and then in 1979 will be the basis of the new magazine Columba Nippur Magnum ] Many other designers have come and gone on Nippur and of course primarily assistants are holders of the artists: Victor Ricardo Villagran Toppi and Eduardo Barreto for Enrique and Jorge Zaffino. [Toppi was never credited but you can see his signature in a few episodes, Barreto Zaffino appear, however, very far in the series,] Under the direction of the latter study assumed the collective pseudonym of Sierra Gomez, but it is very likely that the last episodes made under this nom de plume were just the work of Enrique Villagran. [Gomez Sierra is always Enrique Villagran, most obviously his various collaborators] In Italy we have seen from mid-80s: the line had become very quick and simple. After the "Sierra" was the turn dell'improponibile Mulki [No, Mulki had already designed a few episodes earlier, in 1972, replacing about Olivera D'Artagnan ] , from which the Eura managed to escape only after several years and many episodes, when it passed of Lagash Nippur under the direct production of the Italian publishing house. A substitute was then designated the talented Daniel Müller, who, after an inevitable break-in period (they tend to draw Nippur with a huge nose) proved worthy follower of the series is perhaps one of its best performers. But now Wood had embarked in the production of weekly Hel Martin, Amanda , Dago and new monographs and this, with the exception of some rare miniseries, occupied him to the point of having to discontinue many series and "freeze" new projects (for a while 'there was talk also of a prequel on the childhood of Nippur) [exists: it is El Joven Nippur Reart designed by Gabriel, although the design is now hosted on Lanciostory Skorpio and probably at that time his style was too "superhero" for the magazines] . It is not difficult to imagine how great was his sorrow in abandoning the series who had accompanied him throughout his career. [In 1998, several publications appeared on four episodes of Argentine Nippur next to those of Muller, one designed by Taborda for a special celebration of Columba and the other three from Sergio Ibañez between Nippur and Magnum Skorpio ]
In Italy missing from the body of the first episodes of the series designed by Olivera, an episode whose paternity raised some doubts in writing (but at least thirty episodes were written by "substitutes" such as Ferrari, Amezaga and the usual Fernandez), one designed by Taborda ( ever even released in Argentina, however) [came out, came out ...] , fill in the of Ibañez and Reart and perhaps the whole period of the infamous Carlos Leopardi. [not at all: in all the episodes of Nippur would be more than 450, at least three written by Jorge Morhain, in Italy we saw half] The latter would be situated in time immediately after the period Nippur IV but it's worth talking about now seen that its location (and its identity) is rather problematic.
Carlos Leopardi is a designer rather poor: the little we have seen him in Italy, the best evidence was the free With other eyes (on Skorpio 29/88), the that says it all! In front of his work on the Eura Nippur you will find reasonably puzzled. But Leopardi was found unfortunately have to explain a sequence of basic life Nippur: the loss of the eye (so to speak, the four episodes that are Euracomix 50, Wolves). Of course, we are in the field of hypotheses, but considering some of the reasoning factors might spin. [At least this one I hit it!] The four ugly incidents in which they were housed at Nippur becomes eyed Lanciostory without indicating the name of the designer: it could be anyone. Unfortunately, those episodes were so important that it can not be ignored even though the designs were very poor. Perhaps the Euro will have to accept that thought in silence the name of the new design: it was still a passenger who does evil would continue over four episodes. Years later, however, when the reissue of these stories on Euracomix , check out the name of Zaffino as head of the graphics. Eura Why should instead have used this trick to reprint that particular and "damn" story arc? If we read the biography of Zaffino proposal in the book we discover that the great designer was "in progress" for a number of Trillo and then, perhaps, the attribution of the drawings to him serves no other purpose than to " launch "a new project to be published on or Lanciostory Skorpio . But, ironically, Hoover was only released from Torpedo (at least for the moment) and the euro was limited to a free host with the same characters.
Obviously this is only hypothesis, and perhaps the "mystery artist" was a rookie Mulki. Certainly, however, those characters and that ink botched deformed have little to do with Jorge Zaffino (it was also very young) and very much reminiscent of the bad "wise men" that we had to Leopardi. The entrance of Nippur Zaffino up, then you should place only after a long time 'episodes than Wolves. Some details such as hands or mouths of the characters contour indicating a presence at the time of his' equipo with Barreto and Enrique Villagran. But they are only guesses and maybe things went completely differently.
To date Nippur is stable host Euracomix (and likely to remain for a long time) while it is already being replicated in full in three inserts tribute ["incorporated by" for as we have known in Italy , and in this case are not 100% sure] : Skorpio on from 45/93 to 22/94 and then on Lanciostory from 10/2000 to 20/2001 and from 21/01 to 4 / 03. This popularity was reached that figure in Argentina by the early '70s he was a magazine called Columba, which then was followed by yet another [Or better: in 1972, Columbia released by the swift albetti foliation reduced, still remembered as "comic book" by the Argentine players, using four of its leading personalities in an unpublished episode had more of a back-up feature variable - Nippur Magnum Todocolor would be born later, and conformed to the established standard journal-container house publisher] . We would also like a role-playing game from Argentina inspired by the character and his quote in Lex Arcana (more role-playing game, this time Italian).
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