In Denmark we were lucky to get the insane strip “Cocco Bill” by the original Italian loony, Benito Jacovitti. He is big in Finland, but it might be easier to learn Italian, I should think. Or see if there are any French translations of his madness. The Dutch were also treated to a lesser known Jacovitti strip, “Popjac”, but what are the chances of that ever seeing print again – in ANY language? So many lost treasures out there waiting to be reprinted… The first “Popjac” strip appeared in the January 30, 1968 issue of La Domenica del Corriere.
from http://www.allthingsger.blogspot.com/
Recently I have been rediscovering the work of Italian artist Benito Jacovitti. His very funny strip Cocco Bill in the Dutch comic weekly Pep, which I read with a lot of enthusiasm, but he did lot and lots more terrific work. In 1968 and 1969 he did a whole page feature for one of the Italian photo weeklies. It was called Popjac, which I can only assume is some sort of pun using his name and the words Fox Populi, meaning The Voice of the People (but I was wrong, see the comments). It had a different lay-out every week and always featured a lot of gags as well as something with an everyman character called Guiseppi.
And here is the article that accompanied the first “Popjac” in the January 30, 1968 issue of La Domenica del Corriere:
