Geppo


Geppo is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Giovan Battista Carpi.

The character

Geppo is a good-hearted devil, and his naive, shy, compassionate character creates the continuing problems with his "boss", Satan.

History

He officially debuted in 1955 in the comics magazine Volpetto, in the story "Vita nuova... all'inferno!", but an early version of Geppo appeared in December 1954, in the comic book Trottolino e la "Enne" Dimensione, in the story "Geppo il buon diavolo", with a different graphic design realized by Giulio Chierchini.
From 1961, Geppo became the leading character of an eponym comic book series, published for over thirty years by Edizioni Bianconi. Pier Luigi Sangalli and later Sandro Dossi alternated as authors of the comic.