Linus

Linus is an Italian comics magazine. The first number was published in April 1965 by Milano Libri, a subsidiary of Rizzoli, and was later published by Baldini & Castoldi in monthly issues until April 2013. Starting from Dec. 2014, the magazine is also available in a digital version, which can be purchased from the website of the publisher Baldini e Castoldi.

Linus #5/23. May 2023. 120[+4] pgs. Color. [id]
Jacovitti cover by Sergio Ponchione. Color.
Pgs 27-74. A special Benito Jacovitti theme: Uno, dieci, cento Jacovitti (transl. One, ten, one hundred Jacovitti).

Pg 27. A cover page “Uno, dieci, cento Jacovitti” by Lorenzo Mó after Jacovitti. Color pict. Pager.
Pg 28. “L’uomo che disegnava troppo. Reality life. True tales” by Danilo Maramatti (2023). Color comic story. 1 pg.
Pgs 29-31. “Crononauta Jac”. An article by Daniel Brolli. Color.
Pgs 32-35. “Un minizorry di Jacovitti: Zorry Kid: W la cosa, la California!” by Benito Jacovitti (1973). Color comic story. 4 pgs. Entire story.
Pgs 36-38. “Educazione Jacovittiana”. An article by Coffered Fofi. Color.
Pgs 39-50. “Collodi: Pinocchio” by Benito Jacovitti. Color comic story. 12 pgs. Sample pgs 1, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 25, 29.
Pgs 51-52. “Un’ infanzia senza fine”. An article by Vittorio Sgarbi. Color.
Pg 53. “Crossroad Comics: Mezzogiorno di fuoco” by Sergio Algozzino. Color comic story. 1 pg.
Pgs 54-63. “Cocco Ùgh!” by Benito Jacovitti (1969). Color comic story. 10 pgs. Entire story.
Pg 64. “Il premietto”. An article by Cochi Ponzoni. Color.
Pg 65. “Jacovitti in TV” by Sergio Algozzino. Color comic story. 1 pg.
Pgs 66-71. “Limulo umile emulo” by Luca Salvagno (1997). Color comic story. Hommages for Benito “Himself” Jacovitti, Jean “Blueberry” Giraud, “Scifi” Moebius, and Albert “Asterix & Obelix” Uderzo.
Pg 72. “Salame e lisca” by Massimo Giacon (2023). B&W comic story. 1 pg.
Pg 73. “Jac” by Massimo Giacon (2023). B&W comic story. 1 pg.
Pg 74. “Scopri l’intruso!” by Giorgio Carpinteri. Color pict. Pager.

Story #043. “Pinocchio”. 31 pgs. Color. Il Vittorioso #49 (Dec. 22, 1946) to #26 (July 13, 1947). Re: A. di Giraffione #24 (1950). Festival Jacovitti (ed. “rosa” AVE 1961). Pinocchio (Mondadori 1972). A. Conti #72 (1976). Pinocchio (ed. Di 2007). Hachette #70 (2018). Linus #5/2023 (2023, only 12 sample pages). A famous Pinocchio story. Made in 1943–1944.

Story #242. Cocco Bill #23: “Cocco ùgh!”. 10 pgs. Color. [SYNOPSIS]. Corriere dei Piccoli #35 (Aug. 31, 1969). Re: Jacovitti Magazine #16 (April 1998). B&W. I maestri del fumetto (a supplement for Il Giornalino #18, 2008). Hachette #03 (2017). Linus #5/2023 (2023). “Cocco ugh!”.

Story #320. Zorry Kid #12: “Zorry Kid w la cosa, la California!”. 4 pgs. Color. [SYNOPSIS]. Corriere den Ragazzi #52 (Dec. 30, 1973). Re: I Giganti del Fumetto #1 (BUR 1975). Jacovittissimo! (Salani 1999). Zorry Kid (Stampa Alternativa 2008). 100 anni di fumetto italiano #8 (RCS 2009). Hachette #65 (2018). Linus #5/2023 (2023). “Zorry Kid viva the thing, California!”.

Story #299. “Gionni Peppe”. 40 pgs. B&W. Linus #7 (July, 1973) to #10 (Oct., 1973). Re: Il Giornale d’Italia #147 to #186 (1975). Comix #101 to #108 (1994). Hachette #27 (2018), color. “Johnny Peppe”.

“Gionni Peppe”, Part 1/4. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC73] [SYNOPSIS]. Appeared in Linus #7/73 (July), pgs 94–103. Reprinted in Gionni Peppe & Gionni Lupara.
“Gionni Peppe”, Part 2/4. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC73]. Appeared in Linus #8/73 (Aug.), pgs 109–118.
“Gionni Peppe”, Part 3/4. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC73]. Appeared in Linus #9/73 (Sept.), pgs 109–118.
“Gionni Peppe”, Part 4/4. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC73]. Appeared in Linus #10/73 (Oct.), pgs 109–118.

Story #323. “Gionni Lupara”. 60 pgs. B&W. Linus #7 (July, 1974) to #12 (Dec., 1974). Re: Il Giornale d’Italia #187 to #216 (1975). Hachette #32 (2018), color, part 1, 30 pgs (Linus #7 to #9). Hachette #33 (2018), color, part 2, 30 pgs (Linus #10 to 12). “Johnny Shawnoffshotgun”. “Lupara” is load for hunting rifles, consisting of buckshot or pieces of blunt material, used for hunting wolves and wild boars and, traditionally, in executions between members of the Sicilian underworld.

“Gionni Lupara”, Part 1/6. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC74] [SYNOPSIS]. Appeared in Linus #7/74 (July), pgs 106–115. Reprinted in Gionni Peppe & Gionni Lupara.
“Gionni Lupara”, Part 2/6. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC74]. Appeared in Linus #8/74 (Aug.), pgs 96–105.
“Gionni Lupara”, Part 3/6. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC74]. Appeared in Linus #9/74 (Sept.), pgs 83–92.
“Gionni Lupara”, Part 4/6. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC74]. Appeared in Linus #10/74 (Oct.), pgs 92–101.
“Gionni Lupara”, Part 5/6. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC74]. Appeared in Linus #11/74 (Nov.), pgs 99–108.
“Gionni Lupara”, Part 6/6. 10 pgs. B&W. [JAC74]. Appeared in Linus #12/74 (Dec.), pgs 85–94.

Story #343. Joe Balordo #1: “Joe Balordo”. 24 pgs. B&W. Linus #10 (Oct. 1981) to #2 (Feb. 1982). Re: Comix #31 (Oct. 3) to #37 (Nov. 14, 1992). Color. Joe Balordo (F.C. Panini 1992). Hachette #53. Color. See also #371 (1992).

“Joe Balordo [I]”, Part 1/4. 6 pgs. B&W. [JAC81] [SYNOPSIS]. Appeared in Linus #10/81 (Oct., #199), pgs 141–146. Reprinted (color) in Joe Balordo (1992).
No Joe Balordo in Linus #11/81 (Nov., #200)!
“Joe Balordo [I]”, Part 2/4. 6 pgs. B&W. [JAC81]. Appeared in Linus #12/81 (Dec., #201). Reprinted (color) in Joe Balordo (1992).
“Joe Balordo [I]”, Part 3/4. 6 pgs. B&W. [JAC81]. Appeared in Linus #1/82 (Jan., #202). Reprinted (color) in Joe Balordo (1992).
“Joe Balordo [I]”, Part 4/4. 6 pgs. B&W. [JAC81]. Appeared in Linus #2/82 (Feb., #203). Reprinted (color) in Joe Balordo (1992).

Story #371. Joe Balordo #2: “Joe Balordo”. 30 pgs. Color. Joe Balordo (Nov. 1992). Re: Hachette #58 (2018), part 2(2). “Joe Fool”. The original volume published by Franco Cosimo Pannini Editore; the unedited story from 1982 to 1983. See also #343 (1981).

Joe Balordo

Nov. 1992. I Grandi libri di comix. 270×380 mm. 72 pgs. Color.

Joe Balordo. Cover Art.

Article, Jacovitti, credetemi, e’ grande! by Ferruccio Alessandri (with two B&W photo of Jacovitti.
“E’ vero, sono un estremista… di centro”, an interview with Benito Jacovitti, by Simone Stenti.

Story #343. Joe Balordo #1: “Joe Balordo”. 24 pgs. B&W. Linus #10 (Oct. 1981) to #2 (Feb. 1982). Re: Comix #31 (Oct. 3) to #37 (Nov. 14, 1992). Color. Joe Balordo (F.C. Panini 1992). Hachette #53. Color. See also #371 (1992).

Joe Balordo [I]. 24 pgs. Color. [JAC81] [SYNOPSIS]. Appeared originally (B&W) in Linus #10/81 to #2/82 (no Joe Balordo in issue #11/81).

Story #371. Joe Balordo #2: “Joe Balordo”. 30 pgs. Color. Joe Balordo (Nov. 1992). Re: Hachette #58 (2018), part 2(2). “Joe Fool”. The original volume published by Franco Cosimo Pannini Editore; the unedited story from 1982 to 1983. See also #343 (1981).

Gionni Peppe & Gionni Lupara

April 2013. NPE. 19,90€. 128 pgs. Color.

Gionni Peppe & Gionni Lupara. Cover Art.

Article.

Story #299. “Gionni Peppe”. 40 pgs. B&W. Linus #7 (July, 1973) to #10 (Oct., 1973). Re: Il Giornale d’Italia #147 to #186 (1975). Comix #101 to #108 (1994). Hachette #27 (2018), color. “Johnny Peppe”.

Story #323. “Gionni Lupara”. 60 pgs. B&W. Linus #7 (July, 1974) to #12 (Dec., 1974). Re: Il Giornale d’Italia #187 to #216 (1975). Hachette #32 (2018), color, part 1, 30 pgs (Linus #7 to #9). Hachette #33 (2018), color, part 2, 30 pgs (Linus #10 to 12). “Johnny Shawnoffshotgun”. “Lupara” is load for hunting rifles, consisting of buckshot or pieces of blunt material, used for hunting wolves and wild boars and, traditionally, in executions between members of the Sicilian underworld.

“Gionni Peppe”. 4 pgs. Color. [JAC73] [SYNOPSIS]. Appeared originally (B&W) in Linus #7/73 to #10/73. Reprinted in Gionni Peppe & Gionni Lupara.

“Gionni Lupara”. 60 pgs. Color. [JAC74] [SYNOPSIS]. Appeared originally (B&W) in Linus #7/74 to #12/74. Reprinted in Gionni Peppe & Gionni Lupara.