History Creator / BenitoJacovitti

[[caption-width-right:261:Jacovitti with one of his [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many creations]], Pippo]]

Much like Creator/OsamuTezuka, Jac was a total workaholic: he created well over a hundred books and dozens of characters, his works spanned almost every possible genre (including western, adventure, fairy tales, sci-fi, pulp detective stories, adaptations of famous novels and even pornography) and never stopped drawing up to the day of his demise. In his youth he was influenced by E.C. Segar (creator of ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'')'s comics among others, and later he himself influenced other creators such as [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon Francisco Ibañez]].

* BadassGrandma: La signora Carlomagno ("Mrs. Charlemagne"), who is in her 80s or more but practices lots of sports, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower is super strong]] (always managing to break bones whenever she shakes hands with someone), possibly ImmuneToBullets and possesses a mean MegatonPunch. [[RuleOfFunny Oddly enough]] the only other character that can compete with her is another old woman, Granny Spaccabue.

'''Benito Franco Giuseppe Iacovitti''' (1923 - 1997), better known as '''Benito Jacovitti''' or simply '''Jac''', was an Italian comic book artist of Italian and Albanian/Slavic descent. His passion for art and drawing began when he was very young and drew little stories on the pavement. He started his career at 16 with satirical pictures about UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and later on went to art school and started to collaborate with the Catholic weekly comic magazine "Il Vittorioso", a collaboration that lasted for almost 30 years. But this is just one of the many, many things he did, including illustrated books, satirical comics, political advertising, ad campaigns and so on.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jacovitti already drew three comic book versions of ''Literature/{{Pinocchio}}'' and was working on a fourth one, tentatively named "Pinocchio di Falco" (something like "Hawk-Eye Pinocchio"). It was meant to be Pinocchio [[RecycledInSpace In The Wild Old West]], with the titular character as a native, the Fox and the Cat as Mexican bandits and so on. Unfortunately he passed away after making only a few sketches.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[http://muuta.net/CoccoBill/Picts/CoccoBill13JM08ita.jpg With all the things he puts in every single panel]], you are left wondering this.

'''Benito Franco Giuseppe Iacovitti''' (1923 - 1997), better known as '''Benito Jacovitti''' or simply '''Jac''', was an Italian comic book artist of Italian and Albanian/Slavic descent. His passion for art and drawing began when he was very young and drew little stories on the pavement. He started his career at 16 with satirical pictures about WorldWarII and later on went to art school and started to collaborate with the Catholic weekly comic magazine "Il Vittorioso", a collaboration that lasted for almost 30 years. But this is just one of the many, many things he did, including illustrated books, satirical comics, political advertising, ad campaigns and so on.

* PaintingTheMedium: One of the many methods that Jac used to make his readers laugh. One example is Bernardo, Zorry Kid's manservant based upon Zorro's mute manservant. Bernardo is not actually mute, but ''illiterate'': his balloons never have any words in them, because he never learned how to write! Zorry Kid can understand him just fine, making him also an example of IntelligibleUnintelligible.

'''Benito Franco Giuseppe Iacovitti''' (1923 - 1997), better known as '''Benito Jacovitti''' or simply '''Jac''', was an Italian comic book artist of Italian and Albanese/Slavic descent. His passion for art and drawing began when he was very young and drew little stories on the pavement. He started his career at 16 with satirical pictures about WorldWarII and later on went to art school and started to collaborate with the Catholic weekly comic magazine "Il Vittorioso", a collaboration that lasted for almost 30 years. But this is just one of the many, many things he did, including illustrated books, satirical comics, political advertising, ad campaigns and so on.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[https://imageshack.com/f/jccocco1j A typical panel from him]].

'''Benito Franco Giuseppe Iacovitti''' (1923 - 1997), better known as '''Benito Jacovitti''' or simply '''Jac''', was an Italian comic book artist of Italian and Albanese/Slavic descent. His passion for art and drawing began when he was very young and was influenced by E.C. Segar (creator of ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'')'s comics among others. He started his career at 16 with satirical pictures about WorldWarII and later on started to collaborate with the Catholic weekly comic magazine "Il Vittorioso" which lasted for almost 30 years. But this is just one of the many, many things he did, including illustrated books, satirical comics, political advertising, ad campaigns and so on.

Much like Creator/OsamuTezuka, Jac was a total workaholic: he created well over a hundred books and dozens of characters, his works spanned almost every possible genre (including western, adventure, fairy tales, sci-fi, pulp detective stories, adaptations of famous novels and even pornography) and never stopped drawing up to the day of his demise.

His most famous creation is ''Cocco Bill'', a hot-tempered but loyal and righteous cowboy who rides his talking horse Trottalemme (Slowtrot) and only drinks chamomile tea. Cocco Bill starred in a big number of comic books but also in a series of animated ads from TheSixties and two seasons of an animated series from 2001 that lasted 104 episodes.

* AffectionateParody: A few of his characters were parodies of well-known properties, such as ''Zorry Kid'' (Zorro), ''Mandrago'' (Mandrake) or ''L'onorevole Tarzan'' (Tarzan, duh).

* SublimeRhyme: The names of his characters often rhymed with what they were, some examples: Raimondo il Vagabondo (''R. the Tramp''), Elviro il Vampiro (''E. the Vampire''), Battista l'Ingenuo Fascista (''B. the Naive Fascist''), and so on.

* SublimeRhyme: The names of his characters often named with what they were, some examples: Raimondo il Vagabondo (''R. the Tramp''), Elviro il Vampiro (''E. the Vampire''), Battista l'Ingenuo Fascista (''B. the Naive Fascist''), and so on.

* IronicNickname: In his youth he was known as "Lisca di pesce" ("Fishbone") because he was extremely thin, so he started signing his works with "Jac" and a drawn fishbone beside the name. Later on he was not so thin anymore, but mantained the nickname and sometimes remarked on it.

'''Benito Franco Giuseppe Iacovitti''' (1923 - 1997), better known as '''Benito Jacovitti''' or simply '''Jac''', was an Italian comic book artist of Italian and Albanese/Slavic descent. His passion for art and drawing began when he was very young and was influenced by E.C. Segar (creator of ComicStrip/{{Popeye}})'s comics among others. He started his career at 16 with satirical pictures about WorldWarII and later on started to collaborate with the Catholic weekly comic magazine "Il Vittorioso" which lasted for almost 30 years. But this is just one of the many, many things he did, including illustrated books, satirical comics, political advertising, ad campaigns and so on.

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'''Benito Franco Giuseppe Iacovitti''' (1923 - 1997), better known as '''Benito Jacovitti''' or simply '''Jac''', was an Italian comic book artist of Italian and Albanese/Slavic descent. His passion for art and drawing began when he was very young and was influenced by E.C. Segar's comics among others. He started his career at 16 with satirical pictures about WorldWarII and later on started to collaborate with the Catholic weekly comic magazine "Il Vittorioso" which lasted for almost 30 years. But this is just one of the many, many things he did, including illustrated books, satirical comics, political advertising, ad campaigns and so on.