#nerbini

The first issue of Topolino Magazine came out on December 31st, 1932! 89 years ago!

By the time in newspaper format, it was published by Giuseppe Nerbini for the first three years and then by Mondadori. It was not only the first magazine to publish Mickey Mouse's stories in Italy, but in the world since it anticipated by a month the American Mickey Mouse Magazine!

Mickey Mouse (and by extension Disney comics) was the only one to be spared by the fascist government's banishment of American comics in 1938. Looks like Mussolini himself added by hand at the end of the decree "eccetto Topolino" ("except for Mickey Mouse").

The newspaper ceased publication during the hardest years of the war from 1943 to 1945, it never stopped publication since then. In 1949 the newspaper got converted into a new pocket comic book (the one we know today) and started over from issue #1.

TOPOLINO SUPPLEMENTO E IL RICHIAMO DELL’AVVENTURA

All’editore Mario Nerbini, nei primi mesi del 1933, iniziano ad arrivare dall’americana King Features Syndicate gli arretrati delle tavole disneyane: sono oltre tre anni di produzione! Avendone acquistata l’esclusiva per il settimanale Topolino, l’editore fiorentino si trova in una situazione simile a quella della Saev di Lotario Vecchi, che per ospitare la produzione dell’inglese Amalgamated…