Benito Jacovitti

Benito Jacovitti (March 19, 1923 - December 3, 1997) was born in Termoli, Italy. In 1956 he began working for the newspaper Il Giormo, where Cocco Bill was born. Ten years later he join Il Corriere dei Piccoli.

Cocco Bill #26:
"Cocco driinn!"

Format:
© 1970. Signature at the end of each page [JAC 70]. No page numbering. 14 pgs.

Reprint changes (page altering):
NL: The first big frame on first page redrawn radically bigger (extra artwork on top and bottom)!

Prints:

• Corriere dei Piccoli #12 (1970)
• Jacovitti Magazine #9 (1996). B&W.
• [FIN*]: Cocco Driini: "Lännenjuttu cis-mollissa". 14 pgs. Color.
• [NL]: "Wild West Side Story: Western in bis mol" 14 pgs. Color.
• [YSL1]: "Simfonija s zahoda" 14 pgs.
• [YSL2]: "Vestern u B-molu" 14 pgs. B&W.

Synopsis:
Villians are using musical instruments as guns. Zorry Kid and a bull make a visit.

Characters:
Cocco Bill; Trottalemme; Sceriffo Bell Rokfella; Gnak la Kamorra; Pianista Biss Kroma; Dringt Drangt; Tam Burr; Riccarda; Zorry Kid.

[* Opening page excerpt from the Finnish edition]

Jacovitti prints

• The original Cocco Bill
• The original Zorro Kid
• The other originals
• Jacovitti in Brazil
• Jacovitti in Finland
• Jacovitti in France
• Jacovitti in Germany
• Jacovitti in Greece
• Jacovitti in Hungary
• Jacovitti in the Netherlands
• Jacovitti in Norway
• Jacovitti in Spain
• Jacovitti in Sweden
• Jacovitti in Yugoslavia

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Created: October 17, 2009. Modified: April 28, 2012.