Gallery

Visual guide for Jacovitti stories.

Benito Jacovitti (March 19, 1923 - December 3, 1997) was born in Termoli, Italy. In 1939 Jacovitti started working for Il Vittorioso. Starting from 1949, he went on in I Diari Vitt published by A.V.E.In 1956 he began working for the newspaper Il Giorno dei Ragazzi, where Cocco Bill and Tom Ficcanaso were born. Ten years later he join Il Corriere dei Piccoli for which he created Cip l'Arcipoliziotto, Zorry Kid, and Tarallino Tarallà. In 1973 he published Gionni Peppe on the magazine Linus, followed in 1981 by Joe Balordo.

Synopsis of:

Chicchirino [a funny animal story]
Cip l'arcipoliziotto [Detecteive against Zagar the villan]
Jak Mandolino [a Pocketthief with a devil helper Pop Corn]
Tom Ficcanaso [a Reporter]
Joe Balordo [a Private eye]
Cocco Bill [a Western hero with a horse]
Occhio di pollo [a little Indian boy called Chicken-Eye]
Tarallino [a kind wood elf]
Tex Revolver [pre-Cocco Bill Western hero]
Zorry Kid [Zorry parody]

Tex Revolver (1955)
Occhio di pollo (1957)
Chicchirino (1963, 18 pgs)
Cocco Bill #23: "Coccoùgh!" (1969) [Occhio di Pollo story]
Cocco Bill #25: "Occhio di Pollo e... i polli con l'occhio" (1969) [Occhio di Pollo story]
Tarallino (1970, 10 pgs)
Occhio di pollo (1972, 2 pgs)
Occhio per Occhio, Occhio di pollo (1972, 2 pgs)
Tarallino (1972, 2 pgs)
TarallinPuffo (1972, 2 pgs)
Joe Balordo (1981, 24 pgs)
Joe Balordo (1982, 30 pgs)

"Quando il giallo è nero, il verde, ahimè, è rosso!" (CdP #1/1972, 2 pgs)
"Non regge la legge contro legge" (CdP #2/1972, 2 pgs)
"Tanto va Zagatto al lardo..." (CdP #3/1972, 2 pgs)
"Ruba l'arte e mettila da parte" (CdP #?, 2 pgs)
"Scippar baffi di visone" (CdP #?, 2 pgs)
"Quando bara Zagarò, tutti gli altri fanno ohibò!" (CdR #7/1972, 2 pgs)

Jak Mandolino (1968-A, 8 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1970-A, 12 pgs): "Mandolino Mandoli'"
Jak Mandolino (1973-A, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-B, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-C, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-D, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-E, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-F, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-G, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-H, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-I, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (1973-J, 4 pgs)
Jak Mandolino (Undefined, 2+ pgs)

#1: "Tom Ficcanaso" (1957)
#2: "Ficcanaso Cercaguai" (1959)
#3: "Tom e Gionni" (1961)
#4: "Tom Ficcanaso e l'Effebiài" (1961)
#5: "Tomasito Figuenariz" (1962)
#6: "Tom Safari" (1962)
#7: "Supertom" (1964)
#8: "Ficcanaso dappertutto" (1964)
#9: "Ficcanaso scansaguai" (1964)
#10: "Ficcanaso zerosette in Operazione Tonno" (1965)
#11: "Little Tom" (1966)

#01: "Cocco Bill [#1]" (1957)
#02: "Cocco Bill e gli Apaciones" (1958)
#03: "Cocco Bill e la revolución" (1959)
#04: "Cocco Bill in Canada" (1959)
#05: "Il sergente Cocco Bill" (1960)
#06: "Cocco Bill contro Cocco Bill" (1961)
#07: "Kamumilla Kokobì" (1961)
#08: "Il cosacco Cocco Bill" (1962)
#09: "Cocco Bill nella foresta" (1962)
#10: "Cocco Cocco Cocco Bill" (1962)
#11: "Cocco Bill nell'Arizona" (1963)
#12: "Cocco Bill nell'aldiquà" (1964)
#13: "Il corsaro Cocco Bill" (1964)
#14: "Lo sceriffo Cocco Bill" (1965)
#15: "Ugh-Ugh Cocco Bill" (1965)
#16: "Cocco Bill così e cosà" (1966)
#17: "Il Cocco bello il brutto e il cattivo" (1967)
#18: "Coccobillevolissimevolmente" (1967)
#19: "Calendario 1968" (1967)
#20: "Cocco Bill fa sette più" aka "Cocco Bill fa 7+" (1968)
#21: "Cocco Bill sulle rotaie" (1969)
#22: "Coccobrillo" (1969)
#23: "Coccoùgh!" (1969)
#24: "Cocco Bill contro corrente" (1969)
#25: "Occhio di Pollo e... i polli con l'occhio" (1969)
#26: "Cocco driinn!" (1970)
#27: "Cocco Bill contro chissà?" (1970)
#28: "Coccobilliput" (1970)
#29: "Cocco Bill sette per due" (1971)
#30: "Cocco Bill quasi per niente" (1972)
#31: "Cocco Bill fa bim bam bum" (1972)
#32: "Cocco Bill a Bob City" (1972)
#33: "Cocco Bill per un po' di camomilla" (1973)
#34: "Scioscioscioni Cocco Bill!" (1976)
#35: "Jacovittevolissimevolmente CoccoBill" (1978)
#36: "Saloon" (1978)
#37: "Cicci e Cocco" (1978)
#38: "Mondo pistola!" (1978)
#39: "Cocco Ugh!" (1978)
#40: "Cocco Patata" (1978)
#41: "Cocco Siù" (1978)
#42: "Ciccicoccomac" (1978)
#43: "Coccopepite" (1978)
#44: "Cocco Bill [#44]" (1981)
#45: "Cocco Biilll" (1982)
#46: "Camomilla al Trotto" (1982)
#60: "Cocco Bill contro se stesso" (1986)
#63: "Gags" (1979)
#90: "E'Natale Cocco Bill" aka "Buon Natale Cocco Bill" (1982)

#01: "Jacovittùmpetezicchezacche!" (1968)
#02: "Zorry Kid all'arrembaggio!" (1968)
#03: "Zorry contro Zorry" (1969)
#04: "Zorry Zumparappappà!" (1969)
#05: "Zorry Chicchirikid!" (1969)
#06: "Zorry olè!" (1970)
#07: "Zorry-ugh!" (1970)
#08: "Zorry Zeta" (1970)
#09: "Zorrypuft!" (1971)
#10: "Zorry Kid zic zac" (1972)
#11: "Zorry Kid tuttazeta" (1972)
#12: "Zorry Kid, W la cosa, la California!" (1973)
Cocco Bill #26: "Cocco driinn!" (1970) [a brief visit of Zorry Kid]

Benito Jacovitti

Misc stories

Cip l'arcipoliziotto

Jak Mandolino

Tom Ficcanaso

Cocco Bill

Zorry Kid