Benito Jacovitti

Benito Jacovitti (March 19, 1923 – December 3, 1997) was born in Termoli, Italy. In 1939 Jacovitti started working for Il Vittorioso. Starting from 1949, he went on in I Diari Vitt published by A.V.E. In 1956 he began working for the newspaper Il Giorno dei Ragazzi, where Cocco Bill and Tom Ficcanaso were born. Ten years later he join Il Corriere dei Piccoli for which he created Cip l'Arcipoliziottto, Zorry Kid, and Tarallino Tarallà. In 1973 he published Gionni Peppe on the magazine Linus, followed in 1981 by Joe Balordo. Il Giornalino was the publication which printed his last (Cocco Bill) stories. Luca Salvagno went on with the famous Cocco Bill stories after the death of the Master.

Jacovitti in Giallo

Stampa Alternativa 9/2004. Edited by Gianni Brunoro. 23 x 29 cm. 160 pgs. €18,00.

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Pgs 4-13: Indagando su Jacovitti: Uno studio in giallo (transl. Investigating Jacovitti: A study in yellow) by Gianni Brunoro. Article. B&W and color.

Pg 14: Benito Jacovitti. Biography. Color photo of Jacovitti.

Pgs 17-46: “Tom Ficcanaso [Part 1]”. Color.

Pgs 49-56: “Gionni Chitarra e Jak Mandolino”. Color, except pgs 2&3 in two color (black and blue).

Pgs 57-74: “Cip contro Mandolino”. B&W. Frames reorganized (originally 12 pgs)!

Pgs 75-78: “Jak Mandolino [1], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 79-82: “Jak Mandolino [2], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 83-86: “Jak Mandolino [3], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 87-90: “Jak Mandolino [4], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 91-94: “Jak Mandolino [5], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 95-98: “Jak Mandolino [6], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 99-102: “Jak Mandolino [7], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 103-106: “Jak Mandolino [8], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. 2 color pgs, 2 B&W pgs.

Pgs 107-108: “Jak Mandolino [9], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. Color.

Pgs 109-110: “Jak Mandolino [10], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. Color.

Pgs 111-112: “Jak Mandolino [11], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. Color.

Pgs 113-114: “Jak Mandolino [12], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. Color.

Pgs 115-116: “Jak Mandolino [13], un parazumparappappa’ di Jacovitti”. Color.

Pg 118: Bibliograficamente parlando… Article.

Pgs 119-142: “Pippo in Montagna, poliziesca di Lisca di Pesce”. B&W.

Pgs 143-150: “Cip contro Zagar”. B&W.

Pgs 151-159: “Pippo e Zagar”, B&W.

Benito Jacovitti

Jacovitti in Giallo

Jacovitti prints