Buzzelli Collected Works Vol. 1

The Labyrinth

Guido Buzzelli, Jamie Richards

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English

Floating World Comics
13 March 2024

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Graphic novels

Series: Buzzelli Collected Works

Hailed in Europe, Guido Buzzelli has been called ""the Michaelangelo of monsters,"" ""the Goya of comics,"" and ""the patron saint of all Italian cartoonists.""

A pioneer active from the 1950s-1980s, today virtually unknown in English, Buzzelli horrifies, fascinates, and provokes with his unique blend of surrealism and dynamism. Displaying a range of influences from Westerns and science fiction to Rennaisance art and futurism, Buzzelli's stories are a delightful, quasi-postmodern mishmash of high and low, showing an intricate hand and stylish narrative skill.

The first of three volumes collecting Guido Buzzelli's stories in English for the first time, includes The Labyrinth and Zil Zelub, two of the earliest Italian avant-garde graphic novels ever published. These fantastic and grotesque stories are the perfect introduction to Buzzelli's work.

Nominated for a 2024 Ignatz award for Best Collected Edition.

Translated by Jamie Richards. Introduction by Domingos Isabelinho.

By: Guido Buzzelli
Translated by: Jamie Richards
Imprint: Floating World Comics
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 215mm, Spine: 5mm
ISBN: 9781942801429
ISBN 10: 1942801424
Series: Buzzelli Collected Works
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 13 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guido Buzzelli (1927-1992) was an Italian cartoonist, writer, illustrator and painter. His career started at age 19, and his comics werepublished in the Daily Mirror, Metal Hurlant,Charlie Hebdo.In 1973 he received the Yellow Kid Award as best illustrator and author in Italy, and in 1979 won the Crayon d'Or in France. Trained as a classic illustrator, he is considered one of the masters of European comics and inventor of the Italian graphic novel.

Reviews for Buzzelli Collected Works Vol. 1: The Labyrinth

"""The first self-conscious author in comics."" - Domingos Isabelinho ""A cornerstone of Italian auteur comics."" - Fabio Donalisio ""Buzzelli is a grand master of comics, whose art is equally effective and powerful both in his realistic representations and in his grotesque caricatures."" - Alias cultural supplement of Il manifesto ""Buzzelli's work manages to vividly convey the visionary energy and the unmistakable style of those roaring and extraordinary years in which it was made."" - Emanuele Trevi ""Pungent, defiant, derisive; Buzzelli's art is loaded with a grotesque strength and shows a decadent and vulgar world."" - Robinson, cultural supplement of La Repubblica"