About this item
An irreverent blend of Tom and Jerry, Ren and Stimpy, and Prison Pit, this collection of the '80s Italian underground comic series dials up the gory, raunchy hijinks to 11. An outrageously cruel cat versus a wily mouse: a rivalry as old as time, popularized by the beloved Tom and Jerry cartoons of the '40s and '50s. In the hands of renowned Italian cartoonist Massimo Mattioli, however, this classic premise is infused with a whole new perverse and anarchic energy. Laying full-on slasher horror onto wacky cartoon violence, Mattioli's characters embark on a sadistic bloodthirsty rampage, leaving a trail of mangled corpses and pools of blood in their wake. And the comic's gratuitous bloodshed is not to be overshadowed by its crude humor and over-the-top sexcapades.
About the Author
Massimo Mattioli debuted in 1965 in the periodic comic book with . He was also published in . In the early 1970s, he created for the newspaper . In 1973 he began his collaboration in the , for which he created the character Pinky. In 1977, in association with Stefano Tamburini, he founded the underground magazine . In 1978, published the first adventure of . In 1980, he was one of the founders of the underground magazine with Stefano Tamburini, Andrea Pazienza and Filippo Scòzzari. In 1982, he created the series , a parody of . Mattioli was awarded several prizes, including the French prize Phenix in 1971, the Yellow Kid in 1975 and the Romics d'Oro in 2009.
