An anonymous setting for the adventure. Abstract space in the origins of the Italian western comic book (1935-1965)

Abstract

The essay deals with the first thirty years of Italian western comic book starting from the space representation analisys. In doing so, it it connects with other fields of re-elaboration of the genre (literature, cinema, lyric opera).

Keywords

• fumetto
• western
• Salgari
• fascismo
• Bonelli
• Stati Uniti d'America