Marmittone

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Creator(s) Bruno Angoletta

Marmittone is an Italian comic strip series created by Bruno Angoletta.

Background[edit | edit source]

Started in 1928, Marmittone ("rooky") is derived from the "marmitta", the huge pot in which the military rations are cooked.[1] The main character is a simple-minded soldier and of good will who, for his gaffes or simply for misfortune, goes to prison at the end of any adventure.[1] The comic strip was published by Il Corriere dei Piccoli until 1940, a few weeks before the outbreak of World War II.[1]

Marmittone is considered a parody of Fascist values of militarism and virility[2] and was referred as "the most coherent and irreducible underhand antagonist of the soldierly stereotypes of any dictatorship".[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 B.P. Boschesi, Manuale dei fumetti, Mondadori, 1976, pp. 32-33.
  2. Maurice Horn, The World encyclopedia of comics, Volume 4, Chelsea House Publishers, 1983, pp.478-479.
  3. Antonio Faeti, "L'ombra di Marmittone in una piazza metafisica", La Metafisica: gli Anni Venti, vol. II, Grafis, 1980, p. 257, cited in Kate Ferris, Everyday Life in Fascist Venice, 1929-40, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.