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Signor Bonaventura

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From that moment Bonaventura appeared continuously every week for 26 years, until 1943. After the war publications were resumed, only to be reduced gradually during the fifties and to be discontinued in the sixties.
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comes from "bona", which means "good", and "ventura", which (in this context) means "things to come"; see the page on the Italian Knowledge about the
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Signor Bonaventura was protagonist of several plays written and performed by Sergio Tofano between 1927 and 1953. The character was also adapted by
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for further details on the etymology. "Signor" simply refers to the male gender of the character, thus literally meaning "mister".
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Then, after the death of Tofano, the character was taken over by his son, Gilberto Tofano, and by cartoonist
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The character made his first appearance on October 28, 1917, in the issue 43 of the
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comic strip composed of eight vignettes, each accompanied by a text in verse
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is an Italian comic strip created in 1917 by actor and playwright
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end with him receiving a 1-million (and, later, 1-billion)
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Il Signor Bonaventura

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Sergio Tofano
Corriere dei Piccoli
Corriere della Sera
comic strip composed of eight vignettes, each accompanied by a text in verse
Carlo Peroni
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etymology
Bonaventura (given name)
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Princess Cinderella
Paolo Stoppa
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Humor comics
Italian comic strips
1917 comics debuts
Comics characters introduced in 1917
Fictional Italian people

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