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Rizzo, Francesco. "Zanardi: Mass Superhero in the Post-ideological Age." The Last Forty Years of Italian Popular Culture. “Andare al Popolo”. Eds. Enrico Minardi and Paolo Desogus. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publ. 2020. 119–38. Added by: joachim (10/09/2025, 11:09) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English BibTeX citation key: Rizzo2020 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Zanardi", Italy, Pazienza. Andrea, Postmodernism, Superhero Creators: Desogus, Minardi, Rizzo Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publ. (Newcastle upon Tyne) Collection: The Last Forty Years of Italian Popular Culture. “Andare al Popolo” |
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Francesco Rizzo, in “Zanardi Superhero in the Post-ideological Age” discusses the most relevant character (Zanardi) created by the artist who has supposedly inaugurated the modern Italian comic, Andrea Pazienza. Appearing at the beginning of the eighties, in Rizzo’s interpretation, Zanardi represents the post-ideological hero because he puts his individual pleasure and interest above all. The author then examines some of Zanardi’s stories, stressing his rather manipulative interaction with the other two members of his gang, Petrilli and Colasanti. Zanardi’s achievements epitomize therefore (maybe in a parodic manner as well) the behavior of the average postmodern citizen, singled-out in the mass-society as egotistic and in pursuit of rather narcissistic forms of gratification. The essay also contains the reproduction of several tables from the referenced stories, easing the readers’ task.
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