Police detective ginko, determined to arrest diabolik at any cost, hatches a new plan. The dreaded thief diabolik law wreaks havoc in europe for his own financial gain and amusement. Kidnapped as a child and raised to learn a number of criminal skills, diabolik has dedicated his life to being a master thief with his targets being other criminals. Bissette, creator of dc comic book character the swamp thing and cocreator of the comic character constantine teaches film appreciation and the art of comic book illustration in rural vermont. Having just completed a major heist, our coolasliquidnitrogen antihero, diabolik, returns to his sprawling, spaceage underground lair full of cool pop art furnishings, where he. John phillip law plays a flesh and blood version of diabolik.
Eight years later, there is now a sensational paramount dvd of danger. Diabolik is a 1968 italianfrench action film directed by mario. Simply put, a comic book inker renders another artists pencil drawings in india ink. Written by the sibling tandem of angela and luciana giussoni and initially drawn by gino marchesi, the diabolik fumetti the italian term for comic books was first published in november, 1962. Film expert dr leon hunt examines the fanatic following behind popart classic, danger. Diabolik is a 1968 action film directed and cowritten by mario bava, based on the italian comic series diabolik by angela and luciana giussani. Diabolik 1968 was adapted from a comic that has been a social.
The comic is famed for its adult themes and lurid depiction of violence and sex. There is a comic, but it is more based on the movie. An expert marksman and scholar of ancient civilizations, abbey chase is recruited into danger girl, a team of female operatives from around the world assembled to battle the fourth reich, a union of bizarre, yet dangerous, wouldbe world conquerors. Danger girl is an american comic book series created by j. The englishspeaking actors law, terrythomas and mell.
I do have some copies that were translated into english. With john phillip law, marisa mell, michel piccoli, adolfo celi. This week, our artists paired sonic the hedgehog and sonicrelated characters with other comic book characters. If you were to look up comic book scripting styles youd find a spectrum of techniques. As the solers and mads end their 10year mission, they watch diabolik, a crimeintriguethriller movie based on a popular comic book or graphic novel, as some prefer. The film is about a criminal named diabolik john phillip law who plans largescale heists for his girlfriend eva marisa mell. Diabolik is also the focus of a longrunning italian comic and more memorably for those outside italy the headliner in danger. As the legend goes, sister angela lived near a busy train station in their native milan and noticed how much reading the passengers did on their. In this cutting edge anthology an international roster of contributors offer original research and writing on the contemporary comic book superhero, with occasional journeys into.
It has even had an animated series and a video game based on it. A master thief, diabolik can steal absolutely anything and often pushes himself to take on new, seemingly impossible. Diabolik, propelled by an outrageous electric guitar and sitarladen score by ennio morricone, is a glorious, superstylish experience, accompanied on dvd by a documentary and commentary. Scott campbell and andy hartnell that started in march 1998 and is still published as new series.
Diabolik was a cynical antihero based on a graphic novel before batman, deadpool, and logan. Diabolik is as willfully garish and tongueincheek implausible as you might hope from a comic book. As a child he grew up on an island run and lived on by a criminal syndicate who raised and taught him their trade. Clad in a black bodysuit and wearing a mask, diabolik stole and killed, always managing to escape the law and the traps set by detective inspector ginko, his rival the name came from angelas husband, gino, with a k added. This lavishly colorful and thoroughly enjoyable comic book romp features what is without a doubt one of the most wonderful moments in all of cinema, if not the most wonderful. Diabolik is everything ive ever wanted a 60s spy flick to be groovy, sexy, and fucking ridiculous, with silly death traps and sillier evil schemes plays 100% seriously. Diabolik delves into the films status as a comicbook movie, plus its links to the original comic and to its sister film, barbarella. His films have screened in several film festivals including fantasia film festival, miami short film festival, and the brooklyn short film festival. International man of mystery diabolik and his sensuous lover eva kant pull off heist after heist, all while european cops led by inspector ginko and envious mobsters led by ralph valmont are closing in on them. From beyond comics tales of science fiction, horror and. He and his splendid looking sidekick eva kant carry out spectacular holdups and robberies all for the fun of it.
Lembos jewels in bavas film were directly inspired by the rich necklaces diabolik stole in the comic book. Donate comic books from the platinum age, golden age, silver age, bronze age, or modern age to charity and take back some closet space. Home danger diabolik danger diabolik there is 1 product. His stories appear in monthly black and white digestsized booklets. Since their heyday, comics or fumetti as they are called in italy had a vital part in italys culture and morality, even helping break boundaries. Diabolik is pursued by inspector ginco michel piccoli who blackmails the gangster ralph valmont adolfo celi into. One of the most popular series in the history of italian comics, diabolik was created in 1962 and consists of more than 800 volumes, leading to the birth of the fumetti neri comics subgenre.
See more ideas about diabolik lovers, diabolik and comic strips. Movie by mario bava based on italian antihero diabolik. The main character is a the lycramasked diabolik, abetted by his lover eva kant, as the ultimate master criminal, ripping off the law and. Diabolik is the eponymous antihero of a longrunning series of italian comics, created by sisters angela and luciana giussani in 1962. Diabolik is regarded by many comic book writers as one of the best and most loyal comic to film transitions. Abbey stops donavin and reclaims a priceless skull from him. Fantomex is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Diabolik blew up the financial institutions and wiped out debt before fight club. A 1993 panscanned vhs was released only in sixhour mode. This study examines its status as a comicbook movie, including its relation both to. Abbey chase chases after donavin in a borrowed jeep. This study examines its status as a comicbook movie, including its relation both to the original fumetto and to its sisterfilm, barbarella. Diabolik john philip law is a smart, slick superthief who.
Watch sabans diabolik episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. A penciller, who renders the original drawing in pencil. Diabolik is a film version of the diabolik comic books created by angela and luciana giusanni. The character was inspired by several previous characters from. Diabolik diabolik, 1968 consisted in a series of loosely connected episodes taken from angela and luciana giussanis. Supercriminals, superheroes and the comic book universe in italian cinema. The film is about a criminal named diabolik john phillip law, who plans largescale heists for his girlfriend eva kant marisa mell.
Typically, in comics, there are two artists who work on any book. That was the case with the socalled fumetti neri, such as diabolik, kriminal, satanik, and many. Its a short run, though the characters have continued on in miniseries and oneshots still to this day. It was a massive week for television trailers and promos, with all of the biggest assembled right here. Diabolik, the film follows the comic antihero the perfect john phillip law, as he embarks upon on a series of criminal adventures with his lady love, eva kant the equally perfect marisa mell, by his side.
He shares an extravagant underground lair and a giant bed of money with his curvaceous. Best dark fantasy comicbook or graphic novel series 7 books. The character is commonly associated with the xmen titles. He clambers up walls, zaps a press conference with exhilaration gas, smacks a confession out of a crime lord while freefalling with him from an airplane, and pulls off the heist of a twentyton gold ingot. Ginkos girlfriend in the comic book is altea, a character inspired by french actress germaine lefebvre, better known. Diabolik s soundtrack may not be remembered as fondly or with as much passion as the decades classic contributions, but it was the perfect companion for the mod culture. Superman and batman fight crime while diabolik is an outlaw. Diabolik corrects the odd decisions and unfortunate compromises of earlier video versions. Thief in profession, his speciality is to steal especially valuable jewelry or large sums of money. The elusive scoundrel finds plenty of ways to live up to his name in this tongueincheek, liveaction caper inspired by europes popular diabolik comics.
See more ideas about diabolik, pop art and comic art. Diabolik from comic book to cult movie brunel university. Mar 05, 2015 the master thief diabolik is a comic book created by sisters angela and luciana giussani that started back in 1962 and has been in syndication in one form or another ever since. Danger diabolik proves that a well crafted film from a comic book series can be done with no cgi, stay loyal to the lore, and do it on a budget. The series is named after its protagonist, an antiheroic thief, inspired by several previous pulp fiction characters from italy and other countries. It traces its production and boxoffice reception in italy, france, the us and the uk, and its cult afterlife as both a classic and a campy bad film. Diabolik 1968 possibly the best comic book movie ever. Diabolik and it does a nice job of setting the stage for the filmespecially since he is a character from italian comic books and probably unknown to most viewers. The plot, adapted from a popular fumetti italian comic book, is zen in its simplicity. Comic books are an ideal medium to adapt to the silver screen. Influenced by fantomas, but very much part of the james bond world, diabolik was also an italian comic book. The tax deduction rewards far outweigh having to sell the comic book collection yourself, and the proceeds benefit families in need across america. The true lives of the fabulous killjoys is a 20 comic book limited series written by gerard way and shaun simon, illustrated by becky cloonan and published by dark horse comics.
Since 1997 a series of annual books with more complex stories has been. The film partially reinvents the character as a countercultural prankster, subverting public officials and the national economy, and places him in a luxurious and. This project is supported with trade and house ads and a minisite at danger girl. For the film based on this comics character, see danger. Diabolik is a criminal mastermind and antihero who has appeared in italian comic books since 1962, in the film danger. Diabolik and evas costumes contrast with the classic and traditional style characterised by long, lean and sculpted lines favoured by the police and by inspector ginko. There is no better time capsule for the outlandish, postbond action cinema of the 60s than the camp comic book romp danger. See more ideas about diabolik, comics and comic art. Danger diabolik, 1968, is italian director mario bavas stylish, psychedelic adaptation of comic book antihero, diabolik. Savants obsession with a classy comic book movie gets a web workout. A surefire contender for the greatest nonmanga comic book movie made by human hands, danger.
The contemporary comic book superhero by angela ndalianis. Danger girl was the first title with the cliffhanger. The 2nd through 4th printings contain a brief statement on the inside front cover, and these printings are considered to be indistinguishable from each other. This francoitalian heist thriller was matt helm meets batman, all lavish modernist sets and nearnudity, fake blood, fake voices its almost all looped, even when were hearing the actual actors and um, good clean fun.
Note, you may need to make the wayback machine fetch each page, which takes a little while. Renowned composer ennio morricone brought the comic book landscape to life with a set of songs that enforced perpetual coolness on a smaller scale. The film partially reinvents the character as a countercultural prankster, subverting public officials and the national economy, and places him in a luxurious and futuristic. The character of diabolik was created in the winter of 1962 by the milanese sisters during a time in italian history where the people where growing weary of government rule. Best dark fantasy comicbook or graphic novel series what are the best examples of graphic storyteling that take place in fantastic realms and deal with themes and content that might be considered. Over the last several decades, comic book superheroes have multiplied and, in the process, become more complicated. They got hold of three or four issues of diabolik and bam they had a first draft of the script. A guilty pleasure of sorts, but on the other hand, morricones scoreincidental music for the film is fun.
Langit is a 1968 action film directed by mario bava based on the italian comic character diabolik. The comic stars an eponymous group of three sexy female secret agentsabbey chase, sydney savage and sonya savagewho engage in adventures in the vein of other fictional characters like charlies angels, james bond and indiana jones. Apr 06, 2004 all teenagers go through a lot of difficult changes. This title, along with battle chasers and crimson, the three starting titles of the cliffhanger. Diabolik, a 1968 cult film thats survived the years surprisingly well. There have also been italian radio series 2000, 2002 and novels 196771. On one end of the spectrum would be what is often referred to as the marvel method, which sees the artist and writer agree to a general outline of a story that the artist then plots and illustrates on their own. See more ideas about diabolik, best comic books and vintage movies. Angel volume 1, the opening parts of yukiru sugisakis solid little fantasycomedy manga. Danger girls are right behind, hot on the trail of abbey. Scott campbell plot and andy hartnell script, pencils by j. Nothing is known about who diabolik s parents are or what his real name is, even to diabolik himself. Known to italian audiences as diabolik and to the englishlanguage market as danger. Danger girl is a comic i have read through many times.
This short piece is included with the dvd for danger. The 1st printing does not include a statement anywhere in the comic book. Legendary comics creator nicola cuti, creator of eman and moonchild the starbabe, has passed away at the age of 75. Diabolik is pursued by inspector ginko michel piccoli, who blackmails the gangster.
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