Edifumetto was an Italian publishing house of

comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...

, founded by

Renzo Barbieri Renzo Barbieri (10 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was an author and editor of Italian comics as well as the founder of the publishing house Edifumetto. In 1980 he wrote ''Il Manuale del Playboy'' (Manual for Playboys), a textbook about wher ...

. It was started in 1972 and folded in 1993. The majority of their publications were digest- or pocket-sized adult comics known in Italy as '' fumetti''. Popularity peaked in the mid 1970s when they were selling millions of comics each month.Castaldi, Simone. ''Drawn and Dangerous: Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s''; University Press of Mississippi; 2012; Their success was due in large part to the elaborate cover illustrations, rendered by classically trained painters such as

Alessandro Biffignandi Alessandro Biffignandi (8 October 1935 – 22 January 2017) was an Italian illustrator, mostly known for his covers for digest-sized, adult comics whose themes were sex, violence, and horror. Biography Alessandro Biffignandi was born in 1935 ...

Emanuele Taglietti Emanuele Taglietti (born 1943)''Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti'', Korero Press, 2015, is an Italian illustrator, mostly known for his covers for digest-sized, adult comics whose themes were sex, violence, and horror. Biogra ...

, Pino Dangelico,

Fernando Carcupino Fernando Carcupino (23 July 1922 – 22 March 2003) was an Italian painter, illustrator and comics artist. He was most widely known for his female nudes, but he also painted landscapes, still lifes, historical subjects, and portraits of mothers ...

, Roberto Molino, Carlo Jacono, Averardo Ciriello or Enzo Sciotti.''Sex And Horror - The Art of Alessandro Biffignandi'', Korero Press, 2016,

Publications

Here is a list of some of their notable series titles, the most successful being ''Biancaneve'' and

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-themed titles like ''Zora'' and ''Sukia''.''Sex and Horror - The Art of Emanuele Taglietti'', Korero Press, 2015, * ''44 Magnum'' (1984; 10 issues) * ''Attualita Flash'' (1984–89; 63 issues) * ''Attualita Nera'' * ''Belzeba'' (1972–77; 30 issues) * ''

Biancaneve ''Biancaneve'' is an Italian erotic comic book, created in 1972 by Renzo Barbieri and Rubino Ventura (pseudonym of Giuseppe Pederiali) and illustrated by Leone Frollo. The series, published by Edifumetto, was based on ''Snow White and the Seven ...

'' (

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) by Leone Frollo (1972–78; 94 issues) * ''Candida'' (1972–74; 22 issues) * ''Cenerentola'' (Cinderella) * ''Cimiteria'' (Of The Cemetery) (1977–84; 119 issues) * ''Cronaca Nuda'' (Naked Chronicles) (1987–90; 40 issues) * ''Doctor Barnard'' (1976–77; 12 issues) * ''Fasma'' (1985–86; 7 issues) * ''Fiabe Proibite'' (Prohibited Fairytales) * ''Fox'' (1986–87; 11 issues) * ''Frankenstein'' (1976–77; 16 issues) * ''Karzan'' (1975–78; 39 issues) * ''I Libri Della Luce Rossa'' (1981–85; 53 issues) * ''Mafia'' (1979–84; 77 issues) * ''Misteria'' (1984–85; 8 issues) * ''

Necron Necron may refer to: * ''Necron'' (comics), a 1981-1985 adult comic series * Necron (''Warhammer 40,000''), a fictional undead alien race * Necron (''Final Fantasy''), a villain from ''Final Fantasy IX'' * Nekron, a DC Comics supervillain * Nekr ...

'' by

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(1981) * ''Playcolt'' (1972–79; 128 issues) * ''La Poliziotta'' (The Policewoman) by

Sandro Angiolini Sandro Angiolini (6 June 1920 – 15 October 1985) was an Italian comics creator. Biography Angiolini was born in Milan. In 1966 he was the first to illustrate one of Italy's most important adult comics, '' Isabella'', written by Renzo Barbieri a ...

, Franco Tarantola, Pierluigi Lighezzolo,

Enrico Teodorani Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri ( French), Enr ...

and Silvano Calligari (1980–88; 88 issues) * ''I Sanguinari'' (The Bloodthirsty) * ''Scandali'' * ''Sbarre'' * ''Sexy Favole'' (Sexy Fables) * ''Strega'' (Witch) (1988–89; 14 issues) *'' Sukia'' by Nicola del Principe (1977–86; 153 issues) * ''Tabu'' (1973–78; 50 issues) * ''Top'' (1974–76; 19 issues) * ''Vampirissimo'' (1972–80; 98 issues) * ''Vipera Bionda'' (The Blonde Viper) * ''

Wallestein the Monster Wallestein the Monster was a central character in one of the pocket digests produced by the Italian publisher Edifumetto which appeared on Italian newsstands between 1972 and 1982. Wallestein's world was one in which the Gothic and the contemporary ...

'' (1972–80; 123 issues) * ''Ulula'' (Howls) (1981–84; 36 issues) * '' Yra'' by Leone Frollo and Rubino Ventura (1980–81) * ''

Zora la Vampira Zora (Italian: Zora la Vampira) is an Italian comics, Italian comic book erotic character from the 1970s. Zora la Vampira ("Zora the vampiress") is one of many such characters from the Italian ''Italian comics, fumetti'' tradition. Other figures f ...

'' by Giuseppe Pederiali and Balzano Biraghi (1972–85; 247 issues) * ''Zorro'' (1976; 13 issues)

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Selection of ''fumetti'' covers
Comic book publishing companies of Italy Italian illustrators Pulp fiction Publishing companies established in 1972 Publishing companies disestablished in 1993 Italian companies disestablished in 1992 Italian companies established in 1972