Vartan is an Italian comic book created and drawn by Sandro Angiolini (1920-1985), and published in 200 issues between 1969 and 1977 by Furio Viano. Its genre was Western and its main concern was the erotic adventures of its heroine, describesd as "white Indian".[1] The title character's name and features were loosely inspired by French singer and actress Sylvie Vartan, at the time quite popular in Italy thanks to a number of hits and television appearences.[2][3]
Vartan is one of many such characters from the Italian fumetti tradition.[4] Other female figures from the same era, and with similarly erotic preoccupations, include Zora la Vampira, Maghella, Biancaneve, Lucifera, Jacula, Yra, Jolanda de Almaviva, and Sukia.
References
- ^ Peellaert, Guy (15 March 2011). "Pravda e Francoise Hardy". Nova (in Italian). Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Gianni Bono. Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre, 2003. p. 2037.
- ^ Antonio Bruschini, Federico De Zigno. Wild west gals: the classics, the bis, the nudies and the WAI. Gingko Press GmbH, 2008. p. 82. ISBN 8882750698.
- ^ Castaldi, Simone (2010). Drawn and Dangerous: Italian comics of the 1970s and 1980s. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 9781604737776.