Five New Comics for Summer Reading: From Hugo Pratt's Ulysses to Tuono Pettinato's Corpicino

A selection of five new comic books for summer reading includes Hugo Pratt's 'Ulisse,' originally published in 1963 and now reissued by Cong SA with colors by Patrizia Zanotti and texts by Fabrizio Paladini and Marco Steiner. Tuono Pettinato's 'Corpicino,' a graphic novel masterpiece first published ten years ago by Grrrzetic, is now available from Coconino Press. 'Alessandro Manzoni' by Francesco Fioretti, Beatrice Sacchi, and Matteo Mancini, published by BeccoGiallo, focuses on the printing of Manzoni's definitive edition of 'I Promessi Sposi' (the 'quarantana'), which sold about 10,000 copies but was economically disastrous. 'Pasolini Speciale' from Barta Edizioni features seven short stories by eight cartoonists including Luca Ralli, Stefano Zattera, Cristina Gardumi, Cristina Ki Casini, Marco Corona, Guglielmo Manenti, Andy Prisney, R. Alemannuska, and Andro Malis, inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini. 'Hikikomori. Il re escluso' by Sara Mignolli and Alessandro Locati, published by Feltrinelli Comics, addresses the phenomenon of social withdrawal in Japan, with over 500,000 confirmed cases, and in other developed nations including Italy.