Il Mago (magazine)
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Il Mago was an Italian comics magazine created by Mario Spagnol and published monthly by Mondadori
from April 1972 to Dicember 1980. Issues published amounted to 105.
, published by Rizzoli
. The director was Mario Spagnol, also editor of the Oscar Mondadori, which previously had frequently featured comic books. After six months, he was replaced by writers Fruttero
& Lucentini
, who had previously been the Italian translators of the comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id
. Apart the latter, the magazine featured strips such as Mafalda and Blondie
, with a circulation of c. 80,000 copies.
In 1975 the magazine, now in crisis, was handed over to Beppi Zancan. The format was reduced from 24×34 to 19,5×27 cm, and number of pages reduced from 96 to 80. Zancan also introduced more adult characters, also open to Italian ones such as Agostino e Franco Origone's Nilus and Daniele Panebarco's Big Sleeping.
The magazine was closed by Mondadori in 1980. Zancan relaunched it in 1983 under Publimilano's aegis, but the new stint lasted for only five issues.
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore is the biggest publishing company in Italy.-History:Founded by the 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori in 1907 to publish the magazine titled Luce!, it soon became an important publisher. Its headquarters are in Milan....
from April 1972 to Dicember 1980. Issues published amounted to 105.
History
Il Mago was Mondadori's reply to the successful magazine LinusLinus (magazine)
Linus is an Italian comics magazine. The first number was published in April 1965 by Milano Libri, a subsidiary of Rizzoli. It is currently published by Baldini & Castoldi in monthly issues....
, published by Rizzoli
RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. , based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV...
. The director was Mario Spagnol, also editor of the Oscar Mondadori, which previously had frequently featured comic books. After six months, he was replaced by writers Fruttero
Carlo Fruttero
Carlo Fruttero is an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies. He is mostly known for his joint work with Franco Lucentini, especially as authors of crime novels...
& Lucentini
Franco Lucentini
Franco Lucentini was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies. His novel The Sunday Woman, which was also made into a film, 1976, with Marcello Mastroianni and Jacqueline Bisset.- Biography :...
, who had previously been the Italian translators of the comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id
The Wizard of Id
The Wizard of Id is a daily newspaper comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. Beginning in 1964, the strip follows the antics of a large cast of characters in a shabby medieval kingdom called "Id". From time to time, the king refers to his subjects as "Idiots"...
. Apart the latter, the magazine featured strips such as Mafalda and Blondie
Blondie (comic strip)
Blondie is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, the strip has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930...
, with a circulation of c. 80,000 copies.
In 1975 the magazine, now in crisis, was handed over to Beppi Zancan. The format was reduced from 24×34 to 19,5×27 cm, and number of pages reduced from 96 to 80. Zancan also introduced more adult characters, also open to Italian ones such as Agostino e Franco Origone's Nilus and Daniele Panebarco's Big Sleeping.
The magazine was closed by Mondadori in 1980. Zancan relaunched it in 1983 under Publimilano's aegis, but the new stint lasted for only five issues.