Poem Strip
Poem Strip (Poema a fumetti) is a 1969 comic book by the Italian writer and illustrator Dino Buzzati. It retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Milan in the 1960s. The aesthetics are influenced by 1960s pop culture.
Poem Strip
- Creator
- Dino Buzzati
- Date
- 1969
- Language
- Italian
- Genre
- speculative fiction
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Poem Strip (Poema a fumetti) is a 1969 comic book by the Italian writer and illustrator Dino Buzzati. It retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Milan in the 1960s. The aesthetics are influenced by 1960s pop culture.
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An English translation by Marina Harss was published in 2009.
Key facts
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• Title — Poem Strip • Foreigntitle — Poema a fumetti • Publisher — Arnoldo Mondadori Editore • Date — 1969 • Creator — Dino Buzzati • Transdate — 6 October 2009 • Pages — 222 • Translator — Marina Harss
Adaptation
Adaptation
The comic was the basis for the 2025 film Orfeo (2025 film) directed by Virgilio Villoresi.
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Reception
Richard Rayner of Los Angeles Times wrote in 2009: "The images are surreal, sexy and frightening, and the text (translated here for the first time into English by Marina Harss, with lettering by Rich Tommaso) is both compelling and poetic. There are shades of Fellini, shades of Dickens, shades of the great Italian horror director Mario Bava. A beautiful book." Publishers Weekly wrote: "The text might have lost some of its lyricism in the translation from the Italian, as it occasionally seems stiff. The artwork retains its bold, sensual power, however."
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3906938: Poem Strip
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