November 27, 2009

The Chess Set in the Mirror

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11 comments:

  1. Thanks Roberto. We were in contact with his son Gilberto when doing this book. I should write to him to see if he will do a "guest feature" on Tofano for my blog. I would love to see *a lot* more work (in high resolution) by him.

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  2. Great, I can send you some scansiones from my Tofano's book , if you want...
    I love Tofano|
    Time ago I was invited to partecipate to realisation of this antology about him.
    http://www.orecchioacerbo.com/editore/index.php?option=com_oa&vista=catalogo&id=74&Itemid=68

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  3. That would be wonderful. You can email me directly at ajourneyroundmyskull@gmail.com

    Will

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  4. this blog is MAGNIFIQUE - unended inspiration ! THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART :*

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  5. The highest literary award in Italy is the "Witch" prize - interesting.
    Bontempelli - almost sounds like "let the good times roll"
    My 9 year old daughter is learning chess and italian so this will be perfect reading for her.

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  6. Just to clarify, the "Witch" prize, established in 1947, is actually named after the Strega liquor company which has always sponsored it. The liquor is produced in Benevento, a legendary witches' stronghold, from a secret recipe mixing about 70 different herbs and spices, hence the name...

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  7. BTW, I love Sergio Tofano too! As a child, I used to have a huge book collecting all old the "Signor Bonaventura" stories -unfortunately long gone.

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  8. This blog is just delicious.
    many thanks & much love, all the way from Abu Dhabi
    XO

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  9. "Cornebuse et cie by Guy Sabran" - Amazing! Thank you for finding these.

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  10. Commented on the wrong post! Had meant to mention that the theme of chess and mirrors is very similar to Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass." Designer Reilly Stroope and I just released a shirt inspired by that book last Wednesday.

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