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Cartoon charts Italy’s mafia past and present

Cartoon charts Italy’s mafia past and present

The Local flicks through the pages of Salvo e le mafie, a new graphic novel by Riccardo Guido which looks at the dark side of Italy’s criminal past and present.

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Salvo e le mafie tells the story of an Italian boy's family history, starting in 1920s Sicily.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
Guido charts how mafia men became richer and more powerful as they became directly involved in politics.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
Followed by the government's anti-mafia fight, starting with a law in the 1950s and the first Parliamentary Anti-mafia Commission in 1962.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
But a mafia bomb in 1963 in Palermo, Sicily, proved how strong the mafia had already grown.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
Violence was stepped up and hundreds of people were killed in Sicily alone.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
One of the many victims was Giovanni Spampinato, a journalist in Sicily.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
A group of anti-mafia magistrates was drawn up in the 1980s, to crack down on the Cosa Nostra criminal organization.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
A number of important investigations were launched and gradually Italians began to stand together to take collective action against the mafia.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
These included mass protests and the creation of associations to support businesses that refused to pay protection money.Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi
Even people connected to the mafia, such as Salvo's father, realized the need to "change everything!"Photo: Salvo e le mafie/Riccardo Guido/Sergio Riccardi


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