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pen-name
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edited,
wrote
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a
magazine
for
young
children
published
by
SEI
(1935).
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most
fascinating
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artists.
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universe
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his
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one
of
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first
contTT
agents
in
America.
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with
a
fantas
Neutron,
about
an
artist
with
super-human
faculties.
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the
strip
there
evolved
Crepax's
most
celebrated
creation,
Valentino
(Valentina
was
at
first
a
girl-
reporter
playing
a
secondary
role
in
Neutron).
Valentina
brought
Crepax
fame
and
recognition
and
he
embarked
on
new
strip
creations:
L'Astronav
d
Pirata
("The
Pirate
Spaceship",
1968),
a
strip
mid
between
science-fiction
and
satire,
whicJa
a
do
in
the
1940's—
Crimebuster
identity,
complete
red
and
white
costume
and
a
delightful
monkey
dekick
named
Squeeks.
(Only
the
Star
Spangled
Kid,
National
strip,
sported
a
kid
hero
and
an
adult
e
thing
to
e
sidekick.)
Almost
all
the
stories
in
the
series
were
written
by
he
innovative
and
unpredictable
Charles
Biro.
His
were
sometimes
overwritten,
but
they
always
tremendous
amount
of
reality
and
social
mebuster
was
not
a
strip
about
a
midget
as
a
child
hero;
Chuck
Chandler
was
a
d the
readers
apparently
accepted
and
cept.
Artistically,
the
strip
published
in
book
form
by
Rizzoli;
La
Ca
("The
Mad
House",
1969),
a
sado-masochis
published
in
the
magazine
New
Kent
abo
girl
in
a
nightmarish
universe;
La
Calo'
Similiano
("The
Fall
of
Mac
Similiano",
also
war
story
and
an
allegory
on
American
interv
Viet
Nam;
the
epic
Alexandre
Newski,
and
t
series
about
victimized
young
girls
(a
theme
was
graced
llustrators.
Besides
the
flexible
Biro
rt
chores
sporadically
between
1942
Kubert
(1955),
George
Tuska
(1954-
Dan
Barry
(1947-1948),
Frank
Bolle
(1953),
Bob
tani
(1950)
and
Norman
Maurer
(1943-1953)
also
56),
Joe
dear
to
Crepax's
heart):
Belinda
and
Bianco,
(the
an
elaborate
reworking
of
the
themes
of
La
Matta.)
At
the
same
time
Crepax
has
been
able
to
purs
career
as
an
illustrator
for
books
and
magazine
in
1970
he
successfully
branched
out
into
ani
with
a
series
of
animated
cartoons
for
television.
tributed
to
the
feature.
rimebuster
outlasted
many
of
his
older
costumed
riots,
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in
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until
March,
119th
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last
nine
issues
carried
the
cter
Chuck
Chandler,
Crimebuster
because
the
had
abandonned
his
costume.
The
Called
by
some
"the
Raphael
of
the
comics",
Crepax
is
one
of
the
most
controversial
as well
as
buster
character
also
appeared
in
text
stories
in
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book
from
1942
until
1952.
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1976
The
World
Encyclopedia
of
Comics
Edited
by
Maurice
Horn
The
World
Encyclopedia
of
Comics
is
the
comprehensive
survey
of
this
universally
popular
art
form.
Covering
intwo
volumes
the
first
vast
field
of
comic
art
since
its
inception,
this
monumental
work
contains
more
than
1200
cross-referenced
entries
in
alphabetical
order
on
comic
features,
artists
and
writers
from
the
United
States
and
the
world.
The
biographical
entries
provide
a
summary
of
the
most
important
authors'
lives
and
careers,
with
emphasis
on
their
work
in
the
comic
field,
their
stylistic
and
thematic
contributions,
their
influence
on
other
artists,
and
their
achievements
in
general.
Bibliographical
en-
tries
provide
a
brief
history
of
outstanding
features,
including
the
names
of
the
artists
and
writers
who
worked
on
plot,
them,
summaries
of
a
description
of
the
main
characters,
the
place
held
by
that
particular
theme
and
feature
in
the
history
and
art
of
the
comics,
and
its
adaptations
into
other
media.
Included
in
this
World
Encyclopedia
is:
a
global
history
of
comic
art;
a
chronology
of
the
most
important
events
in
the
history
of
comics;
an
analytical
summary
relating
the
comics
to
other
aspects
of
twentieth-century
culture;
a
glossary
of
comic
terms;
a
bibliography;
a
number
index.
of
appendices;
and
a
10,000-name
.ay
in
color,
the
various
sec-
tions,
providing
a
unique
visual
record
of
the
styles
and
achievements
of
the
world's
major
Over
800
illustrations,
accompany
the
entries
and
comic
artists.
12
authors
from
ten
countries
and
four
continents
have
contributed
to
the
realization
of
this
work.
These
contributors,
More
than
each
outstanding
in
his
brought
to
the
book
their
insights
and
perspectives,
making
it
truly
a
world
en-
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in
style
and
in
outlook
as
well
as
in
scope.
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