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Il Quartetto Toscano
They know more than most on all sorts of comics; and, particularly in
the Disney field, you'll have a hard time finding someone who matches
their encyclopaedic knowledge. But when it comes to Italian
Disney comics, they are quite simply the most authoritative source of
information, period.
Meet the Quartetto Toscano: from left to right, Leonardo
Gori, Andrea Sani, Luca Boschi, Alberto
Becattini, appearing in this picture behind the great Carl Barks,
the Duck Man. This photo was taken on the 2nd of July 1994, during
Barks's famous European tour, at "U Giancu", a restaurant in Rapallo
owned by a comic lover.
The "Quartet" actually started out as a trio (Boschi-Gori-Sani) when
they wrote the Blue Book on Romano Scarpa. Someone mentioned the Three
Musketeers (who, as we all know, were in fact four) because
Becattini joined them as an external author to compile the
bibliography (a monumental appendix listing all of Scarpa's stories in
chronological order, together with their reprints).
Their most famous works are the richly illustrated Blue Book and
Yellow book.
The Blue Book is entirely dedicated to Romano Scarpa.
The Yellow Book (the book that Carl Barks is holding in the picture
above, and for which he wrote the introduction) is an extensive
treatise on all the Italian authors.
Luca BOSCHI, Leonardo GORI, Andrea SANI, I Disney Italiani,
Granata Press, 1990.
If you look carefully, you'll notice that the edges and corners of my
copy have been plastified. No wonder! I've consulted it so many times
that it would otherwise be in pieces by now! A great book, heartily
recommended.
The most recent addition to this series is Alberto Becattini's "solo"
Red Book, covering Disney comics from all over the world with a wealth
of detailed information on otherwise unknown authors. Seven years in
the making, and it shows! The original arrangement was for this book
to be published in English, but the British publisher went bust. :-(
This book is quite possibly the most accurate and complete reference
ever published on the subject; so much so that, for hard-core Disney
comics lovers who want to know all the secrets of who drew what and
when, it is almost worth learning Italian just so as to be able to
read this book...
But these three books are only the best known portion of an amazingly
extensive production. The following bibliography is an incomplete
attempt to catalogue all the Disney-related articles and books written
by our expert friends. I apologise in advance for any mistakes or
omissions, which I'll be pleased to put right if anyone mails me with
corrections. The links, where available, show a large (~50-80K jpg)
picture of the cover of the book or magazine containing the text. The
flags, of course, show the language in which the text is written.
BECATTINI, Alberto; BOSCHI, Luca, "The
Disney Comics Index: Mickey Mouse", Firenze, Al Fumetto, 1982.
BOSCHI, Luca; GORI,
Leonardo; SANI, Andrea, "Le Grandi Parodie di Walt Disney", in
"Exploit Comics" 28, febbraio 1983.
BECATTINI, Alberto; BOSCHI,
Luca, "Disney Index: La produzione sindacata", Firenze, Al
Fumetto, 1984.
BECATTINI, Alberto; BOSCHI,
Luca, "I fumetti disneyani", in "LG Argomenti" n. 1/2,
Comune di Genova, 1987.
BECATTINI, Alberto; BOSCHI,
Luca, "Giovan Battista Carpi e l'eredita' disneyana", et al.,
in "Capolavori Disney" n. 2, Roma, Comic Art, 1992.
BECATTINI, Alberto; BOSCHI,
Luca; GORI, Leonardo; SANI, Andrea, "I sessant'anni di Walt Disney
in Italia", in "Catalogo di Lucca '92", Lucca/Roma, Ente
Autonomo Max Massimino Garnier/Comic Art, ottobre 1992.
BOSCHI, Luca; GORI,
Leonardo, "Luciano Bottaro e la scuola di Rapallo" et al., in
"Capolavori Disney" 3, Roma, Comic Art, 1992.
BOSCHI, Luca; GORI, Leonardo;
SANI, Andrea, "Ciao, Minnotchka! Ovvero: Tempi duri per la
Scarpazia...", in "Comic Art" 100, febbraio 1993.
BECATTINI, Alberto; BOSCHI,
Luca, "Gottfredson e Barks in arte Mickey Mouse e Uncle Scrooge"
in "Topolino 60 anni insieme", Milano,
Electa, 1993.
BECATTINI, Alberto, GORI,
Leonardo, "The Man From Oola-Oola: A Fable About Friendship",
in "Uncle $crooge Adventures" n. 29,
November 1994.
Luca BOSCHI, Leonardo GORI, Andrea SANI,
Luca BOSCHI, Leonardo GORI, Andrea SANI,
Alberto BECATTINI,