Procopio is the title character of an eponymous Italian comic strip series created by

Lino Landolfi Lino Landolfi (6 April 1925 – 11 February 1988) was an Italian cartoonist. Born in Rome, Landolfi attended various art schools including the Accademia where he studied painting, sculpture, decorating and scenery. He debuted as a cartoonist in 19 ...

.Franco Fossati, ''I grandi eroi del fumetto'', Gramese, 1990, pp.190-191. The comic started in 1951 in the comics magazine ''

Il Vittorioso ''Il Vittorioso'' (Italian for "The Victorious") was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1937 to 1966. History and profile The magazine was born on the initiative of the Azione Cattolica association as a catholic response to the secu ...

'', where it was published until the close of the magazine in the late sixties. Procopio debuted as a squire of a medieval knight. The author was later able to make it a polyvalent character, who plays many different roles, with the artifice of a modern Procopio, which tells of the adventures of his ancestors (all called Procopio and all with the same characteristics and traits). In a 1958, in an Italian survey conducted by RAI TV, it resulted as the most popular character of the children's literature and comics. In 1966, Procopio was protagonist of a series of vinyl records titled ''Le fiabe di mago Procopio''; the same year he was subject of a novel, ''Procopio di Terracupa'', written by the same Landolfi. Procopio also appeared in a short-living series of B&W animated shorts.

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Italian comic strips Italian comics characters 1951 comics debuts 1968 comics endings Humor comics Historical comics Fictional Italian people Fictional swordfighters in comics Comics characters introduced in 1951 Comics adapted into animated series Comics adapted into television series {{comic-strip-stub