Max bunker

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Max Bunker (real name: Luciano Massimiliano Secchi ; born August 24, 1939 in Milan , Italy ) is an Italian author, comic book writer and publisher.

life and work

After completing his studies, Secchi initially worked as an author and journalist for various newspapers. He made his comic debut in 1962 when he provided the texts for the western comic Maschera Nera drawn by Paolo Piffarerio and for the science fiction story Atomik drawn by Raffaele Cormio under the pseudonym Esselle . A short time later, he took on the pseudonym Max Bunker and, in collaboration with the comic artist Roberto Raviola alias Magnus, created several other characters, such as the comic series Satanik and Kriminal , both of which began in 1964. Bunker's most famous characters include the antihero Alan Ford , who he also created in collaboration with Raviola in 1969. In the mid-1980s he founded his own publishing house, Max Bunker Press. He was previously the founder and publisher of Eureka magazine .

In addition to his work in comics, Bunker also wrote several novels. His novel Agenzia investigativa Riccardo Finzi was filmed in 1979 under the title Agenzia Riccardo Finzi, praticamente detective . In addition, Bunker was the director, producer and screenwriter of the 1982 film Delitti, amore e gelosia . The comics Kriminal , Satanik and Alan Ford, which he wrote, served as the basis for several film adaptations.

Excerpts from Bunker's comic series Daniel , drawn by Frank Verola and published in the Italian-language original between 1975 and 1978, appeared in German in the paperback series Krimi-Comics published by Bastei-Verlag . The stories were published there in 1988 and 1989, alongside the stories of other draftsmen and authors, under the title Kommissar Daniel in volumes 3 to 5.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Andreas C. Knigge: Comic Lexikon . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 400.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Max Bunker on lfb.it (Italian) , accessed on August 10, 2013
  3. ↑ Magnus on lfb.it (Italian) , accessed August 10, 2013
  4. ↑ a b c Luciano Secchi in the Internet Movie Database (English), accessed on August 10, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Bunker, max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Secchi, Luciano (real name); Esselle (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian author, comic book writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan , Italy