Raul speaks Spanish. interesting book, written by Norman Fernandez
and published in the Semana Negra Gijonesa
2002. This is actually the catalog of the original exhibition of English artists who have given their version of the character, it gives us ample information on the origins and development of this popular hero of the west over 50 years and what matters most to us: a splendid review of the English authors who have drawn their adventures.
Tex is the work of
Gianluigi Bonelli and Aurelio
Galleppini (Galep) , and is one of the most long-lived global cartoon as published continuously since 1948.
Since then, there have been many artists who have given their version of this character, always within a rigid set of rules that prevent change its character and expressions that have brought fame to both the protagonist and their main effects.
As we say, start booklet published in 1948 in strip form in 1958 appears monthly collection as we know it today, called Giant despite its size (16x21) in contrast to the usual booklet, which coexists with kiosks for several years.
In January 1967 the number reached Ticci
Giovanni, who along with
Galep Letteri and form the trio of major artists of the character.
February 1969: No. 100 is published monthly series, the first color comic character. Since then, all multiples of a hundred will consist of a special issue to color.
January 1976, appears the first adventure Tex
not scripted by Gianluigi Bonelli , but by his son Sergio
.
In July 1983 the number reached Claudio Nizzi
, Screenwriter who has become the key writer of the series.
May 1986: Tex saw the first drawn by an author not Italian, it is Jesus Blasco
.
In June 1988, to mark the 40th anniversary of the character, appears the first Albo speciale or Texon, an album of 240 large format pages and written by
Nizzi and drawn by the Italian master Guido Buzzelli
.
June 1989. Given the success of Texon, Bonelli
creates a collection of annual cadence in which great artists from around the world give their version of the character.
The second album is drawn by Alberto Giolitti
, Italian author, popular especially for his work in North America (
Turok ). In the follow
Wales, Zaniboni, Victor de la Fuente, Jose Ortiz, Ticci, Capitano, Magnus, Bernet, Parlov, Font, Milazzo, Wilson, Kubert, Sommer, Brindisi ...
June 1992. Texon fifth appears first in the series work
Victor de la Fuente, and the first of these special albums drawn by an Italian author.
June 1993. Texon sixth and beginning of the collaboration of José Ortiz
the character.
November 1996. Texon
illustrated by Jordi Bernet .
November 1997. The first Tex appears
Antonio Segura; first and only non-Italian writer who has worked on the series.
June 1998. The Texon of
Alfonso Font.
July 2003. Texon of
appears Manfred Sommer.
is mentioned in the book and participate with their drawings in the exhibition to a little-known Argentine artist among us despite being a cartoonist veteranísimo even got to draw the Agent X9 USA: Miguel Angel Repetto, a real find. As you can see in these pages, is a great author who also performs a tribute to their stories to the teachers
José Luis Salinas and
Arturo del Castillo, weaknesses of this writer, as you know.
Chronology of English authors. Jordi Bernet : Speciale Tex 10. Jesus Blasco
: 307, 308, 309, 326, 327, 328, 351, 352, 353, 369, 370, 371, 397, 398, 399, 403, 404, 405.
Victor De La Fuente : 441, 442, 456, 457, 471, 472, 1995 West Almanac, Special Tex 5.
Alfonso Font : 523, 524, 525, 538, 539, 556, 557, 573, 574, 593, 594, 595, West Almanac 2000, 2001 Maxi Tex, Tex Special 12.
José Ortiz : 449, 450, 458, 459, 460, 478, 479, 494, 495, 496, 515, 516, 517, 540, 541, 550, 551, 558, 559, 596, 597, Almanac 2006 West, Tex 1997 Maxi, Maxi 1999 Tex, Tex Maxi 2004, Maxi Tex No. 13, Special Tex 6.
Manfred Sommer : 546, 547, 17 Special Tex, Almanac West 2009 (Sommer dies and leaves the story unfinished, hers are just the first 90 pages).
Antonio Segura, hyphens: Tex Maxi 1997, Maxi Tex 1999, 2000 Maxi Tex, Tex Maxi 2004, Maxi Tex No 13.
addition of English authors, I would also highlight the following: Guido Buzzelli
: Speciale Tex 1. Joe Kubert
: Speciale Tex 15. Ivo Milazzo
: Speciale Tex 13.
Roberto Raviola (Magnus) : Speciale Tex 9. Miguel Angel
Repetto : 504, 505, 526, 527, 544, 565, 566, Almanacco the West 1999, West Almanacco 2002, Tex Maxi 2000, Maxi Tex 2002 Tex Maxi 2005. Ernesto Garcia Seijas
: 571, 572, West Almanacco 2007. Colin Wilson
: Speciale Tex 14.
The vast majority of the texts of this post comes logically from the book itself herewith written by Norman Fernandez
except data concerning the chronology of artists who come from within the web of Bonelli
: http://www.sergiobonellieditore.it/index.html because of the lag between the publication of this book (2002) and the present, as Alfonso Font
and Jose Ortiz have continued to work over the years and produce new stories.