The comic feature Bilbolbul was published in the children's magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli from 1908 to 1933.[1] It is commonly considered Italy's first comic.[1][2] Its main character, Bilbolbul, is an African kid who interprets everything literally—including the most common metaphors and expressions—with bizarre and surreal effects.[1][3]
References
^ abcLuigi F. Bona. Fumetto - characters e disegnatori. Electa, 2005.
^Claudio Gallo, Giuseppe Bonomi. Tutto cominciò con Bilbolbul: per una storia del fumetto italiano. Perosini, 2006.
^B.P. Boschesi, Manuale dei fumetti, Mondadori, 1976, pp.27-28.
