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Info About Claudio Nizzi:

Claudio Nizzi (born September 9, 1938 in Sétif, Algeria) is an Italian comic author.
He started his career as comic scriptwriter in 1963, writing for the "Vittorioso", a comic newspaper. During 1969 he started to work for Il Giornalino creating many characters (Larry Yuma - in collaboration with Carlo Boscarato, Capitan Erik and Rosco & Sonny). His partnership with Sergio Bonelli Editore started in 1981, writing some stories for Mister No. In 1983 he started writing stories for Tex Willer. In 1988 he created Nick Raider, the first detective story published by Sergio Bonelli Editore.
Nizzi appointed Renato Queirolo as the supervisor of the Nick Raider series in 1992, and continue to write for Tex Willer. In 2001 Nizzi created Leo Pulp.

Extract Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Nizzi


Info About Jordi Bernet:

Jordi Bernet Cussó (born June 14, 1944) is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster comics series Torpedo and Jonah Hex.

Career

He was born in Barcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book artist, Miguel Bernet.
He made his debut in comics at fifteen, continuing his father's humorous series Doña Urraca (Mrs. Magpie) after his death in 1960, under the pseudonym "Jordi". While this could support his family, it did not satisfy his artistic ambitions that were inspired by artists such as Hal Foster, Alex Raymond and Milton Caniff.^[1] From 1962, Bernet developed a more realistic style, and took on smaller assignments from Italian and British publishers, until he started illustrating for the Belgian comics magazine Spirou in 1965. He drew the series Dan Lacombe with his uncle Miguel Cussó as writer, and created a similar series Paul Foran with writer José Larraz, but due to disagreements over editing decisions by Dupuis, Bernet ended the relationship with Spirou.^[2] Turning to the German market, in the 1970s he collaborated with Cussó to create Wat 69, a sexy and humouristic heroine for the magazine Pip, and Andrax, a science fiction series for Primo, which both became successful in Germany.^[3]

Later work

After the fall of Franco, Bernet returned to Catalonia and Spain and worked for several Spanish comics magazines such as Creepy, Metropol and Cimoc, eventually meeting three writers with whom he would form productive partnerships. With Antonio Segura he created the amazone fantasy series Sarvan, and the series Kraken, depicting a sewer monster terrorizing a futuristic fascist society.^[1]
Bernet first collaborated with Enrique Sánchez Abulí on several short stories, collected in Historietas negras. When Alex Toth, after producing two stories of Torpedo 1936 in 1981, decided he did not share Abulí's darkly humorous view of mankind and parted with the project, Bernet was asked to continue the work.^[4] This became the beginning of a long-lasting series, which became a popular success and was awarded at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. It eventually formed the basis of its own magazine, Luca Torelli es Torpedo in 1992.^[3] Later collaborations with Abulí include De vuelta a casa, La naturaleza de la bestia: Ab Irato and Snake: por un puñado de dolares.
Bernet also formed a creative partnership with the Argentine writer Carlos Trillo, resulting in the sexually explicit series Cicca Dum-Dum, the less lewd and more comical series Clara de Noche, and several one-shots, including Custer, Light and Bold and Ivánpiire.
Bernet's more recent publications include several albums for the Italian western character Tex Willer, and a run of work for the U.S. comics market, including a Batman story, and a trilogy detailing "the shocking origin" of Jonah Hex.^[5] Bernet has later continued to work with Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray on Jonah Hex.
American artist Will Eisner described his impression of Bernet's work in an anthology preface:^[6]

Here was a man who was producing pure story-telling art. That is art that uses the kind of minimalism so singular to his draftsmanship that is actually a narrative device in itself. This fit into my own philosophy of sequential narrative art. I pursued the progress of his work with great interest.

Extracts Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi_Bernet

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Info About Tex Willer:

Tex Willer is the main fictional character of the Italian comics series Tex, created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on 30 September 1948. It is among the most popular characters of Italian comics, with translations to numerous languages all around the world. The fan base in Brazil is especially large, but it is very popular also in Finland, Norway, Turkey, former Yugoslavia and Israel.^{[1][unreliable source?]}
The Tex Willer series is an Italian-made interpretation of the American Old West, inspired by the classical characters and stories of old American Western movies. The drawing of Tex Willer himself was directly inspired by actor Gary Cooper.^{[2][unreliable source?]}
Tex is depicted as a tough guy with a strong own sense of justice, and he is a ranger (even if living in Arizona). Native Americans are portrayed in a complex way, emphasizing positive and negative aspects of their culture. The same can be said of the American authorities, like the US Army, the politicians, the business-men, the sheriffs or the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Tex had a son, named Kit Willer (who would become a ranger too), with a Native American woman, named Lilyth, the daughter of a Navajo Chief (she would later die of smallpox). Later, Tex himself went on to become the Chief of the Navajo tribe.

Tex is not only featured in a monthly comic book series, but also in a special series called Tex Albo Speciale (sometimes called Texone, meaning big Tex, because of their bigger size). The Texone have around 240 pages and some artists known outside the Tex universe have been involved, like Jordi Bernet, Joe Kubert and Ivo Milazzo.

Fictional character background

The first Tex Willer's adventure appeared on 30 September 1948, as a comic strip. The "first" Tex is an unwillingly outlawed man with a strong code of honour: to kill only for self-defence. Almost immediately, however, Tex becomes a ranger. Thanks to the marriage with the beautiful Navajo girl Lilyth, he becomes Chief of the Navajos, known as Eagle of the Night, and a defender of Native American rights. Tough, loyal, infallible with guns, enemy of prejudice and discrimination, Tex is very quick and smart, and has a marked disregard for strict rules; on the other side, he has no pity for criminals, of every race and census, nor regard for their rights, if they do not immediately cooperate with the law.
Tex's closest friend in almost every adventure, since he became a ranger, is Kit Carson, loosely inspired to the historic figure of the same name. A main role has been held by Tex Willer's son, Kit Willer, and by the Navajo warrior Tiger Jack; though importance of last two has been diminishing in recent stories. Other recurring characters include El Morisco (a kind of warlock-scientist of Egyptian origin, living in the north-east of Mexico), the Mexican Montales (originally a bandido that fought against a corrupted government, and after a successful politician), the Canadian trapper Gros-Jean, the Irish boxer Pat Mac Ryan, the Mounties Colonel Jim Brandon, San Francisco Police Department Captain Tom Devlin, the Apache chief Cochise, and the Navajo wizard Red Cloud.
Tex Willer's nemesis is Mefisto, an evil magician and illusionist. Other enemies include Yama (Mefisto's son), The Black Tiger (a Malay prince who hates the white race and wants its annihilation in the USA), and Proteus (able to shapeshift his own face, and impersonate other people).

During the American Civil War Tex fought for the Union, although his home state, Texas, sided with the Confederacy. He participated in the battle of Glorieta Pass and briefly served in the 7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.


Characters

Main characters

• Tex Willer, the protagonist, Texas ranger and chief of the Navajo tribe
• Kit Carson, Tex's best friend and pard ranger (he is not the same historical Kit Carson)
• Kit Willer, Tex's son
• Tiger Jack, Navajo warrior

Recurring friends and allies

• Montales, former Mexican bandido and current governor of the state of Chihuahua and vice-president of Mexico
• El Morisco (Ahmed Jamal), a warlock, scientist, naturalist and doctor from Memphis, Egypt, who lives in Pilares, Mexico
• Gros-Jean, Canadian metis, former outlaw and current trapper working in Canada
• Jim Brandon, Colonel of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada
• Cochise, chief of the Apache Chiricahua tribe
• Tom Devlin, Police captain in San Francisco, California
• Pat MacRyan, an Irish boxer
• Lefty Potrero, owner of a gym and health club in San Francisco
• Nat MacKennet, sheriff in New Orleans
• Ely Parker, head of the Federal Commission on Indian Affairs from 1869 to 1871
• Ulysses S. Grant, General of the US Army and President of the United States from 1869 to 1877
• Red Cloud, Navajo shaman

Recurring enemies

• Mefisto (Steve Dickart), a powerful and evil warlock and illusionist, Tex's arch nemesis
• Yama (Blacky Dickart), a powerful warlock, son of Mefisto. Seen three times so far.
• Proteus (Perry Drayton), a man who can camouflage himself and change appearance with ease.
• El Muerto (Paco Ordoñez), a Mexican pistolero, one of three brothers, who were killed by Tex.
• The Black Tiger (Prince Sumankan), a malay prince from Borneo. Killed by Tom Devlin.
• The Master (Andrew Liddell), a mad scientist

Foreign versions

In Argentina, Tex was published in the 50s by Editorial Abril in his weekly magazine Rayo Rojo, with the name of Colt Miller.
In Brazil, Tex has been published uninterruptedly since 1971.^[3] Currently, it is being published by Mythos Editora.
In Finland, Tex Willer was published 1953–1965. After a break of five years, Tex Willer has been published continuously since 1971. The series is still popular and 16 numbers are published a year.^[4]
In India, Tex was published in the 80s by the South Indian Tamil Comics publisher, Lion comics. The series is still regularly being published in Lion Comics, latest being "Sikappai oru Soppanam" (சிகப்பாய் ஒரு சொப்பனம் - meaning Bloody Dreams) released this January 2013, due to its wide popularity among the generations.
In Israel, Tex was published in 70s, reprinted several times since in limited editions, latest one in 2007.
In Norway, Tex Willer has also run continuously since 1971, with from 11 to 17 numbers (each on 114 pages) issued a year.
In former Yugoslavia, Tex was published in the late 60s, 70s, and 80s, and was very popular among other Bonelli characters such as Zagor. In 90s after the break-up of Yugoslavia Tex Willer starts publishing in Croatia with various publishers in different forms. In Serbia, Tex is published by Veseli četvrtak as of 2008.
In the United States, Tex Willer appeared in an original book called The Four Killers, written by Claudio Nizzi and illustrated by legendary comic author Joe Kubert. It was published by Dark Horse Comics.

Other media


In 1985 Tex became a movie directed by Duccio Tessari: Tex e il signore degli abissi (Tex And The Lord Of The Abysses),^{[5][unreliable source?]} the story depicted in the movie is a transposition from the comic books n. 101-103 of the collection, written by Gian Luigi Bonelli.^{[citation needed]} The movie was meant to be the pilot of a TV Series but had very little success.


All Extracts Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Willer

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Duccio Tessari Movie - With Giuliano Gemma: Tex And The Lord Of The Abysses (Tex e Il Signore Degli Abissi - Tex e o Senhor Dos Abismos) From YouTube:

Tex Willer as he appeared in Lion Comics