comic
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...
detective whose series was published from 1988 to 2005 by
Sergio Bonelli Editore
Sergio Bonelli Editore (formerly CEPIM and other names) is a publishing house of Italian comics founded in 1940 by Gian Luigi Bonelli (1908–2001). It takes its name from its former president, comic book writer Sergio Bonelli (1932–2011), son of ...
in
Italy
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. Graphically inspired by the American actor
Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for ''The Story of G.I. Joe'' (1945), followed by his starring in ...
, it was created by writer
Claudio Nizzi
Claudio Nizzi (born 9 September 1938 in Sétif, Algeria) is an Italian comic author.
He started his career as comic scriptwriter in 1963, writing for the comics magazine '' Il Vittorioso''. During 1969 he started working for ''Il Giornalino'' ...
and artist Giampiero Casertano. His partner Marvin Brown was inspired by
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy has als ...
. Nick Raider's stories are set in New York City.
Writers who worked on the regular series include
Gianfranco Manfredi
Gianfranco Manfredi (born 26 November 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter, actor and cartoonist.
Life and career
Born in Senigallia, Manfredi graduated in History of Philosophy at the University of Milan with a ...
, Stefano Piani, Tito Faraci and
Gino D'Antonio
Gino may refer to:
* Gino (given name)
* Gino (surname)
* ''Gino'' (film), a 1993 Australian film
* ''Gino the Chicken'', Italian TV series
See also
*
*Geno (disambiguation)
*Gino's (disambiguation), various restaurants and fast-food chains
*Gi ...
; artists include Gustavo Trigo,
Ivo Milazzo
Ivo Milazzo (born 20 June 1947) is an Italian comic book artist.
Born in Tortona, Milazzo worked mainly for Sergio Bonelli Editore. He debuted in 1971, drawing some ''Tarzan'' stories for the French market. Together with his friend, writer Gianc ...
,
Ferdinando Tacconi
Ferdinando Tacconi (December 27, 1922 – May 11, 2006) was an Italian comics artist.
Tacconi was born in Milan. He earned a degree in Applied Arts from Castello Sforzesco. After collaborating as an illustrator to the magazines ''Grazia'' and ''C ...
,
Sergio Toppi
Sergio Toppi (11 October 1932, Milan – 21 August 2012, Milan)
In 2006, IF Edizioni published a 4-issue Nick Raider miniseries, also written by Nizzi.
In India, Prakash Publishers regularly feature the Nick Raider stories in their Tamil Comics brand, Muthu Comics starting from 1990s. He is christened as Detective Robin in their storylines.