Poem Strip
{{short description|1969 comic book by Dino Buzzati}}
{{Infobox graphic novel
| title = Poem Strip
| foreigntitle = Poema a fumetti
| image = Poema-a-fumetti.png
| imagesize = 220
| alt =
| caption = First edition cover
| publisher = Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
| date = 1969
| creator = Dino Buzzati
| transdate = 6 October 2009
| pages = 222
| translator = Marina Harss
}}
Poem Strip ({{Langx|it|Poema a fumetti}}) is a 1969 comic book by the Italian writer and illustrator Dino Buzzati. It retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Milan in the 1960s. The aesthetics are influenced by 1960s pop culture. An English translation by Marina Harss was published in 2009.{{Cite book|title=Poem strip|via=WorldCat|oclc = 299708098}}
Reception
Richard Rayner of Los Angeles Times wrote in 2009: "The images are surreal, sexy and frightening, and the text (translated here for the first time into English by Marina Harss, with lettering by Rich Tommaso) is both compelling and poetic. There are shades of Fellini, shades of Dickens, shades of the great Italian horror director Mario Bava. A beautiful book."{{Cite web|last=Rayner|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Rayner|date=2009-11-15|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-caw-paperback-writers15-2009nov15-story.html|title=Paperback Writers: Greek myth is hip, so is Richard Milward's new novel|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2015-05-09}} Publishers Weekly wrote: "The text might have lost some of its lyricism in the translation from the Italian, as it occasionally seems stiff. The artwork retains its bold, sensual power, however."{{Cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59017-323-7|title=Fiction Book Review: Poem Strip by Dino Buzzati|work=Publishers Weekly|date=2009-08-10|accessdate=2015-10-26}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.librimondadori.it/libri/poema-a-fumetti-dino-buzzati Publicity page] at the Italian publisher's website {{in lang|it}}
- [https://www.nyrb.com/products/poem-strip?_pos=1&_sid=f84996201&_ss=r&variant=1094930797 Publicity page] at the American publisher's website
{{Orpheus and Eurydice}}
{{Dino Buzzati}}
Category:Classical mythology in comics
Category:Italian comics titles
Category:Italian graphic novels
Category:Works by Dino Buzzati
Category:Arnoldo Mondadori Editore books
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