Sergio Toppi ROBINSON CRUSOE

In the landscape of Italian and international comics, the signature of Sergio Toppi (1932-2012) is undoubtedly one of the most famous. His style is unmistakable, his layout original.
RRD, which has been publishing works dedicated to the sea for years, with this volume pays tribute to a great artist whose works are the very essence of adventure. Toppi’s long career is presented in a biographical essay by Federico Canaccini, introducing the reissue of one of his masterpieces, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, initially published in Il Giornalino and later republished by Edizioni San Paolo.
Defoe’s novel, perhaps the progenitor of the adventure genre, is told through Toppi’s skillful pencil, following the 28 years of the most famous castaway in modern literature, with shots worthy of a cinematic blockbuster. Remaining in the world of comics and celluloid, Frank Miller, American cartoonist and screenwriter (Batman, The Dark Knight Returns) has never hidden his admiration for Toppi’s panels, which “make the impossible look easy.”