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Format | Text comics, Military comics |
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Created by | Bruno Angoletta |
Marmittone is an Italian comic strip series created by Bruno Angoletta.
Started in 1928[1] The main character is a simple-minded soldier and of good will who, for his gaffes or simply for misfortune, goes to prison at the end of any adventure.[1] The comic strip was published by Il Corriere dei Piccoli until 1940, a few weeks before the outbreak of World War II.[1]
, Marmittone ("rooky") is derived from the "marmitta", the huge pot in which the military rations are cooked.Marmittone is considered a parody of Fascist values of militarism and virility[2] and was referred as "the most coherent and irreducible underhand antagonist of the soldierly stereotypes of any dictatorship".[3]