Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The 40th Anniversary of Alack Sinner

Comics scholarship is sorely missing positive data about lots of things... For instance, where and when do you think that "Alack Sinner," by José Muñoz and Carlos Sampayo, was published for the first time? I asked the question myself and I found the answer, but I would love to see a complete bibliography of the series complex publishing history.


José Muñoz (a), Carlos Sampayo (w), "Il caso Webster" [the Webster case], Alterlinus year 2, # 1, January 1975. Yup! The very first Alack Sinner page was published in Italy exactly forty years ago. The above page was signed by Carlos Sampayo for yours truly. 1974 is the year in which Carlos wrote the script (...and José drew the story, of course). 


José Muñoz (a), Carlos Sampayo (w), Perché lo fai, Alack Sinner? [why do you do it, Alack Sinner?], Milano Libri, 1976. The first book, also signed by Carlos Sampayo (below: "1 er libro" [first book]). The authors are (left: José Muñoz; right: Carlos Sampayo) behind their character.



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3 comments:

  1. André AzevedoFebruary 3, 2015 at 7:53 AM

    Because i have the same curiosity, i'm working on a brief bibliography of Alack Sinner published stories in italian, spanish and french magazines.

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  2. IsabelinhoFebruary 8, 2015 at 1:58 AM

    Obrigado pelo comentário, André! Não respondi logo porque tenho andado com gripe. Em francês é fácil encontrar tudo o que se quiser em BD Oubliées Nas outras línguas já não sei... Talvez a Tebeosfera ajude para o espanhol, mas tenho as minhas dúvidas...O GCD deu-me só isto.

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  3. André AzevedoFebruary 9, 2015 at 4:21 AM

    BD Oubliées claro e a http://www.bedetheque.com/ para completar as(a suivre).
    A Tabeosfera tem quase tudo em espanhol mas para a El Vibora tive de procurar mais.
    A http://www.slumberland.it/ tem muito do que foi publicado em italiano, mas ainda faltam algumas alteralter dos anos 80.
    Está quase...

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