Cocco Bill
Created in 1957 by Benito Jacovitti, Cocco Bill is a
larger-than-life cowboy engaged in humorous and surreal adventures, a poignant
parody of the Western genre. At his side is his faithful horse Trottalemme, a
sentient co-protagonist in every sense of the word. The character made his
debut on March 28, 1957, in the pages of Il Giorno dei ragazzi (Società
Editrice Lombarda, 1957), a supplement to the newspaper Il Giorno, and
was republished in the Album de il giorno series (Segisa, 1961). A few
years later, he appeared in Corriere di piccoli in issues 19/31 and
48/35 (Corriere della Sera, 1967/1969) and Corriere dei ragazi (Corriere
della Sera, 1972/1976). It was then the turn of Il Giornalino (San
Paolo, 1978); and of Eureka (Corno, 1986). Cocco Bill also
appears in issue no. 7 of the Humour Pocket series (Glénat, 1986), in
issue no. 1 of the I Grandi comici del fumetto series (Bonelli, 1997)
and in the pages of Achab (Barilletti, 1997).
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