>>152373990
I forgot to add: NO British comics.

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>>152373998
The Italian comic book industry has no legs outside of the country, aside from Corto Maltese and maybe Manara, or these days Zerocalcare.

Bonvi, Silver, Magnus, Altan, Ortolani, Andrea Pazienza, they are all unknown nobodies.
Tex, Zagor, Diabolik, Dylan Dog, Martin Mystère, La Pimpa, nobody knows who they are.

What's worse, nobody younger than 50 knows who they are.
I went to /int/ and not one of them knows who this is.

In other words, if there IS a "Euro" industry (and I'm not sure it even exists) it's probably just French/Belgian comics.

>>152375442
To be fair, Italy as a whole has been pretty culturally irrelevant outside of the country since the spaghetti westerns of the 70s and Ecco's 2 big books in the 80s. People just go there on holiday and like the food, and that's it.

>>152375442
Bonelli's comics are of a different age and a different culture. They're pulps where American comics became daytime soap operas with masks and powers.

>>152375442
bonelli characters are only know in italy and brazil

>>152375442
People know Ranxerox.

>>152373990
>that aren't for kids?
As in aren't directly targeted at kids, or as in "probably shouldn't be in the kids section of your local library"?

>>152375776
Dylan Dog is very popular in ex-Yu countries as well, loads of other Bonelli comics too like Nathan Never, Zagor, Mister No, Martin Mystere. I've even seen recent Croatian scanlations of DD on the hubs.

Disingenuous american faggot thread.

>>152373998
zagor is for kids though

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>>152373990
That is kinda hard. Most Euro comic characters cover a wide range. Or can be relevant for a time period.
For example Asterix is for all ages and newer comics tend to focus on the older fans who grew older with the comic.
Tintin for example is a classic adventure story that can be described as teens and older when you adapt it 100% as a Netflix series.

>>152373998
w2c this shirt?

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Them

>>152378394
Wait
>aren't for kids
Well then I'm unsure... define "for kids"

>>152376160
Nope

>>152373990
Corto Maltese is famous, but he's ultimately Curious George tier, or like a less iconic Popeye. Not exactly standing the test of time. Europeans are just trying to pretend this shit was even popular back in the day because they're envious and like pretending they've been culturally relevant at some point since WWII.
Scoff and move on!

>>152375442
>outside of the country
Surprisingly, a lot of their Fumetti Neri guro porn got translated to French.

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>>152373990
>>152373998
Search your heart.

>>152378821
>main hero is a tarzan/phantom pastiche
>violence is ok but nudity and swearing are not
>aliens, vampires, indians
that's for 12-year-old boys, cope and seethe

>>152375876
Quit being a salty bitch.

>>152375442
Wrong. Liberatore, Crepax, Serpieri are beloved and sell. A lot.

>>152373990
Who knows

>>152375512
JJBA is huge in animu culture (at least it was 10 years ago) and is basically 90% influenced by italians and italian fashion mags.

Daft Punk was big in the 2010s and their inspiration came from the Italian chromecore band Rondo Veneziano in the 1980s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4FrnrD7jCA

>>152375876
Keep being a salty bitch

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>>152375905
and perhaps even better known, also by Moers: The Little Asshole. A whole series of comics, and
two full animated movies. Pretty much unknown outside of german speaking areas, far as I know. Only one comic has been translated to english.
Walter Moers is also the author of the Zamonia novels, one of Germany's most well-known adn acclaimed fantasy series.

>>152378426
Honestly, Tintins stories are stuff you regularly see and saw in adventure stories for adults. There is a reason why Indiana Jones is Tintin but as a movie.

>>152381907
>influenced by
They're Japs and Frogs, you are irrelevant, Mario.

>>152382939
Araki loves Italian shit, though.

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Blueberry

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>>152373990
Barbarella, although most people probably don't know it's based on a comic

>>152373990
Does Thorgal count? It's designed more towards 16+ I think with nudity and violence
I recall also something called Yans and there is Shnikiel as well.

>>152373990
Fudge Dredd

>>152373990
badass sculpture

>>152373990
Zerocalcare

>>152376775
Even the new stuff from Asterix never fails to get a chuckle out of me.

>>152385134
Thanks!

>>152375442
comics have always been niche. if US comic characters are better known its only becuase of the television and toys. it sells better because the economy is stronger and the culture promotes collecting goods far more than in europe. the most well known characters adult or for children are the ones with cartoons and movies. the comics rarely matter.