Comics & Children's Literature in the Centre of Rome

During my doctoral research on Corriere dei Piccoli, I became interested in the spread of American comics in Europe. I wrote on the imitations and inspiration of McCay's Little Nemo in Corriere dei Piccoli. When browsing the 1935 issues of Topolino at the Biblioteca Centrale Ragazzi,  I stumbled into re-serialised Little Nemo in black and white. This appearance is no surprise as the director of Topolino, at that time, was Antonio Rubino. As one of the most important comics artists who had worked for Corriere dei Piccoli, Rubino had adapted McCay's dreamy character on numerous occasions. The evident but innovative character of the iteration in Topolino is that these instalments are numbered, titled, and the panels are less monotonous while the balloons are maintained.