Forty years (and a month) later, Ben Bubbola Comes Back

[Luca Boschi]

Hi, all!

For all the Scarpa's fans... Well, the weekly "Topolino" that shall hit the
newsstands tomorrow publishes the story TOPOLINO SUPERBAGNINO, that I wrote
around an year ago. It brings back from the oblivion the Romano Scarpa's Ben
Bubbola character, created in 1961 for the memorable story "Topolino nel
favoloso regno di Shan-Grillà", printed in TL 288-289 and reprinted three
times in Italy (but only one in its original, uncut version; with a very
small print run, in b&w).

So, Ben Bubbola, a Frank Crapa's scholar and fan, now is a recurring
character. With him and Mickey,the story shows a comeback of Goofy's Uncle
Wombat (Sfrizzo De Pippis), created by F. Gottfredson in 1951.

Ben Bubbola is drawn by with a close resemblance to the Scarpa's model by
Giampaolo Soldati.

Luca Boschi