Cucciolo.

About Cucciolo

Cucciolo and Beppe are Italian cartoon characters created by writer Giuseppe Caregaro and artist Rino Anzi in 1940 and later by Giorgio Rebuffi. They are one of the most recognizable characters created by the author. They are the title characters of an Italian long-lasting comic book series of the same name. Cucciolo, together with the inseparable friend Beppe, are a couple of comic characters created in 1940 by Giuseppe Caregaro as writer and Rino Anzi as artist as an imitation of Disney characters Mickey Mouse and Goofy. They were originally drawn as two cute anthropomorphic animals, specifically Dogs, and were protagonists of humorous-adventure stories in which they face the bad Bombarda, an imitation of Pete. Their stories were originally published in the comic magazine Gli Albi Del Scimiottino and in a number of other magazines, then Cucciolo named an eponym comic magazine, published by Edizioni Alpe from 1948 to 1986. Starting from post-war era in 1949, the cartoonist Giorgio Rebuffi revolutionized the comics, turning the two protagonists in two humans, giving them well-defined personalities and enhancing the satirical side of their stories. Several supporting characters, such as the superhero Tiramolla and the wolf Pugacioff, later became they themselves leading characters of successful spin-off series.