Jonny Logan

{{Other uses|Johnny Logan (disambiguation){{!}}Johnny Logan}}

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|genre= humor, adventure

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|date= 1971-1978

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|writers= Romano Garofalo

|artists= Leone Cimpellin

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Jonny Logan is an Italian humorous comic book series, created in 1971{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cimpellin_l.htm|title=Leone Cimpellin|date=1 January 1970|work=lambiek.net}} by Romano Garofalo as writer and by Leone Cimpellin (under the pen name "Ghilbert") as artist and was published monthly by Edizioni Dardo.{{cite book|last=Gianni Bono|title=Guida al fumetto italiano|publisher=Epierre, 2003}}

Background

The comic series, similar in its structure to Alan Ford, featured a Milanese crackpot team of bounty hunters grappling with topical problems of the Italy of the time, such as terrorism, mafia infiltration in politics, abrogative referendum about divorce, taxes, internal emigration. The comics achieved a large commercial success, with a circulation of over 100,000 copies per month and a number of fan clubs all over Italy. The series was also published in France, Greece and Jugoslavia.{{cite news|title=Torna Jonny Logan eroe tutto da ridere|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Bergamo%20citt%C3%A0/713827/|accessdate=27 October 2013|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|date=3 October 2012}}

The title character was inspired in his traits by the actor and comedian Lando Buzzanca, at the time at the peak of his popularity.Paolo Guiducci, "Da Jonny Logan a Martin Mystère", in Vv.Aa, Zoom. L'invenzione del mare. Guaraldi, 2012.

{{ISBN|8880493701}}.

In the second half of seventies the success start to decline, and the series was interrupted in December 1978; seventy-seven issues were released in total.

In 2012, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the comic series, a special issue was published in digital form.{{cite news|title=Fumetti: il ritorno di Jonny Logan|url=http://cultura.panorama.it/libri/jonny-logan|accessdate=27 October 2013|newspaper=Panorama|date=25 August 2012}}

A series of animation shorts was produced for the RAI TV-series Supergulp.

Jonny Logan

Background

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