Nilus is an Italian comic strip created by Agostino and Franco Origone. It is considered among the most famous and successful comic strips ever created in Italy.
[Franco Fossati, ''Dizionario dei fumetti'', Vallardi, 1996, pp.187-188]
Nilus was created in 1976 for the magazine ''
Il Mago'', then it was published in many newspapers, magazines and collector books. In 1979 the comic book ''Nilus - tutti gli uomini del faraone'' (literally "Nilus, All the Pharaoh's Men") won the Dattero d'oro at the
International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera
The International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera was one of the main Festivals devoted to humor, satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-ficti ...
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The comic strip is set in ancient Egypt, and satirically parodies the modern society, showing a dull and fat pharaoh struggling with modern problems such as fiscal instability, inflation, unemployment, energy crisis.
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Italian comics titles
Italian comic strips
Italian comics characters
1976 comics debuts
Humor comics
Satirical comics
Fictional pharaohs
Comics set in ancient Egypt
Fictional ancient Egyptian people
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