Zagor

I was so inspired and influenced by this character that I started
to spend more and more time reading Zagor comics and draw comics and illustrations
of Zagor and many other comic book heroes.

These are some sequentials of my comic book Zagor. Story by Damjan Pejovic. Drawn by me.
Zagor is very popular among comic book fans,created by Guido Nolitta&Gallieno Ferri 
by italian publishing house "Sergio Bonelli Editore" in 1961.

His real name is Patrick Wilding, but the Indians call him Za-gor-te-nay,
"The Spirit with the Hatchet". On the old American frontier in the first half
of the last century,Zagor fights to maintain peace,protect the Indian tribes
and hunt down criminals.Son of an army official retiring to live as a pioneer
in the forests of the north-east, Patrick Wilding sees his parents die at the
hands of a band of Abenaki Indians, led by a certain Salomon Kinsky. 

Taken in by a strange vagabond, the boy grows up with only one thought on his 
mind: revenge. When he is old enough to fulfill this he finds out that his 
Father had himself slaughtered many Indians, and the boy's understanding of the 
relativity of the concepts of good , evil and justice compels him to transform 
himself (with his accomplices the Sullivans, a family of acrobats who are his 
image makers) into Za-Gor-Te-Nay. Better still, shortened, Zagor. He is a kind 
of avenger always ready to side with the weak and the oppressed, whether red, 
white or black, whoever they may be. Moving his shack to an island surrounded by 
quick-sand in a marshy area of Darkwood Forest, Zagor begins his work as a 
peacemaker.He becomes a veritable myth for the Indians, who believe he is an 
immortal spirit; he is also respected by the whites who know of his many skills. 

Dressed in his unmistakable Native American Super-Hero costume, with the symbol 
of a thunder bird on his chest, he maintains law and order, using a pistol, but 
mostly his rough stone hatchet that he handles so skillfully. Agile, strong and 
athletic, Zagor exploits these talents to make people believe that he is the 
messenger of peace from the Great Spirit. He is not a solitary and arrogant 
avenger: quite the contrary! Loyal and generous, as well as having a vagabond 
soul, Zagor has numerous friends and is ready to rush, accompanied by his 
faithful friend Cico, to wherever there is need of him. Woe betide the wicked 
man who hears the echo of his battle cry: the man's fate is already sealed! With 
these elements that are a clever mix of Tarzan, Robin Hood, Don Quixote, Davy 
Crockett and the Phantom, Sergio Bonelli, alias Guido Nolitta, started a saga in 
1961 that is still evolving today. It has successfully won the favor of a large 
section of the public, thanks to the variety of stories which, beginning with a 
Western backdrop, range from horror themes to science fiction, from magic to 
psychological tales. The character has been graphically created by the skillful 
hand of Gallieno Ferri.



                                                              
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