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INTRODUCTION OF THE COLLECTIONIn the main overview of the comic strip shows up “Karmando”, a skilled defective however very distracted.He has an unconventional and eccentric image.A beautiful Clara co-operates with him, his inevitable dog Frank and a rol-ling, wrecked car branded Opel Ascona.Karmando is that kind of character a bit inspired by Fellini and a bit Peter Falk and he’s persistently engaged in finding out solutions to shady cases; floating from page to page with an hesitating though authoritative manners.All attentive readers will realize how many details and reminders of Kar-man’s universe, made of lighting and irony with a special attention to de-sign field.

A bright preview …

The mysTery of The black boxThe character of Karmando has been created byDAVIDE DIAMANTINIMATTEO UGOLINIEDMONDO TESTAGUZZA

KARMANDO COMIC STRIP N. 1 - TRICKS Of ShADOwdecember 2014 four-monthly publication

Supervision: Davide Diamantini, Matteo Ugo-lini, Edmondo Testaguzza e Camilla RossiStoryboard: Davide Diamantini, Matteo Ugolini, Edmondo Testaguzza e Camilla RossiScript: Giacomo RinaldiCover: Giacomo Rinaldihttp://jackrinaldi.wordpress.com/

Translation: Vitaliano Mancino

Design:Arti Grafiche StibuPress:Arti Grafiche Stibu

KARMAN srlvia Grandi, 10/SZona Industriale San Martino del Piano61034 Fossombrone PU - Italyphone +39 0721 715042 r.a.fax +39 0721 716640 info@karmanitalia.itwww.karmanitalia.it

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OF COURSE, I DO REMEMBER!

…AND THAT DAY WITH THE

BASKET BALL?

HAHAHA!! IT WAS

CLARA’S FAULT

AH! YOU WERE THAT TIME WHEN MY SOCCER BALL HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM ME, THEN?!

OF COURSE! YOU KEPT ON KICKING IT TOWARS US GIRLS, AS IF YOU SAW US AS WEIRD ALIENS…

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AHAHAAND, BY THE WAY, IT WAS THE CONTEST-DAY. CAN YOU REMEMBER?

SURE! YEAH!

LIGHT JUNIOR DESIGN FOR YOUNG CREATIVES

EDMONDO, VERY GOODS NOT TO SAY

A WORD. YOU KNOW, I REALLY CAN’T FORGET WHAT YOU DID TO MY

RUCKSACK THAT DAY! I ADORED

IT!

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I PLEASE MY LORD, DON’T LET HER FIND

OUT IT WAS ME!

LOOK, SEE: IT WAS KARMANDO’S

FAULT…

JUST ONE THING YOU

WERE

SUPPOSED TO DO: KEEP SHUT

YOUR MOUTH!..JUST

ONE…

WHAT?!?

HEY, WAIT! I’LL TELL EVERYTHING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. IT WAS WORTH DOING THAT

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HEY TEACHER! EDMONDO IS PICKING ON ME WITH SMALL PIECES OF WOOD

EARTHQUAKES ARE AROUSED

BY…

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I WASEXPLAINING

….

THAT EARTH-QUAKES

ARE AROUSED

BY..

MY GOD!

HE LOOK

REALLY PISSED

OFF!

SO WHAT?

HOW DO WE MANAGE FOR

THE CONTEST?

DUNNO…

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CLARA WAS SUPPOSED TO INFORM KARMAN-DO THAT WE MET

TODAY…

NO, I DON’T THINK HE’S THAT KIND OF GUY!

BUT HE’S

NOT HERE. I HOPE HE

DOESN’T DO GREAT HARM,

HE’S FINE

HAVE YOU BEEN TO HIS PLACE?

AND DID YOU TELL

HIM?

YES

YES, INDEED! I’M

SURE HE STAYED HOME TO TAKE

SOME ADVANTAGE

LET’S WAIT THE END OF

ALL LESSONS, AND LET’S GO TO

HIS PLACE!

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YES, OK. HOW CAN WE GO BACK TO LES-SON?

THE BREAK WILL BE OVER ..SOON…

WE’RE LUCKY THAT WE’RE STILL ALIVE! HE WANTED TO KILL US!!!

C’MON! HE’S A TEACHER HE CAN-

NOT DO US ANY HARM

THE BREAK WILL BE...

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A FEW HOURS LATER…

THEY TOLD US: MAKE THE TEACHER ANGRY! THEY SAID IT WAS HILARIOUS…

SHH…

THAT’S KARMANDO’S

PLACE

TOC TOCTOC

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EHI FELLOWS!

HI EVERYBODY

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I WAS TAKING SOME ADVAN-TAGE (ON YOU)!

AND WHY DIDN’T

YOU COME TO SCHOOL TODAY,

THEN?

WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT ARE

YOU DOING?

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YOU COULD’VE TOLD US, ANY-

WAY… THE TEACHER KILLED

US WHILE YOU WERE HAVING

YOUR OWN PRI-VATE PARTY!

HEY! WAIT! THOSE ARE PRO-TECTIVE PANELS. I WORK

SAFELY YOU KNOW…

AND FINALLY THAT MORNING I’VE BEEN DISPLAYING THE ROOM

AND WHAT DO YOU NEED THAT UM-BRELLA FOR?

IT’S FOR PAINT EXPLOSIONS..

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PAINT EXPLOSIONS” ?

WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO WITH LAMPS?

C’MON IN GUYS! THERE’S STILL A LOT TO DO…

I HAVE A BAD

FEELING

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LOOK HERE: IT’S QUITE SIMPLE. YOU JUST AD-JUST THE TIMER OF THE BOMB, SO THAT AS SOON AS IT CLICKS THEN AIR IS BLOWN INTO BALLOONS FILLED WITH PAINT…

LETTING THEM BLOW

BUT WHY, THEN?

CONTEMPO-RARY ART, BABY!

TAKE ON THE UMBRELLA

NO, CHEERS! I’M GOING OUT OF THE PLACE.

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KAMANDO, WHAT’S THAT NOISE?

OH MY GODDD…..

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AND THEN.. AND I GUESS IT BLEW OFF INTO MY RUCK-SACK

NO WITH YOUR SCHOOLBAG HE COVERED HIS LAMP IN THE FLIGHT PATH

WHAT A COWARD!

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I CAN GUARANTEE THE RESULT WAS EXCELLENT!

ABSOLUTELY! WE WON THE FIRST PRIZE!FUCK THAT GUY WHO INVITED ME TO KEEP SILENCE BE-CAUSE HIS LAMP WAS THE BEST ONE!

AHAHAHAH! YES, I DO REMEMBER: HE

WAS ATTENDING OUR SCHOOL. HE ARRIVED

AND SAID HE WAS BORN TO WIN, CHAL-

LENGING DAVIDE AND ALL OTHERS..AHAHAH

CRAZY GUY INDEED!

MAYBE WE IN-SISTED TOO MUCH

AGAINST HIM . CAN YOU REMEMBER

HOW MUCH WE DID MOCK HIM? HE HAD

BLIND RAGE..

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A WARM WELCOME TO ALL PARENTS ATTENDING

AND A SATIS-FIED “GOODBYE”

TO THEIR CHIL-DREN, SINCE I

WILL REJECT THEM

I’M “GLAD” TO ANNOUNCE EDI-TION 8th OF ”LIGHTING JUNIOR DESIGN CONTEST”! IN A FEW MINUTES YOU WILL ENJOY ADMIRING “PIECES OF ART” DESIGNED BY OUR STUDENTS, HERE BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

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THEY WILL SHOW THEIR

PROTOTYPES TO BE

AWARDED WITH 1st

PRIZE! I RE-ALLY WISH YOU’LL EN-

JOY THE SHOW!

AND IN CASE YOU’LL BE SICK AND NEEDING TO THROW UP, TOILETS ARE CLOSE TO HOT-

DOGS HUT, CLOSE TO CAROU-SELS. GOOD LUCK!

OH MY GOD MY GOD MY GOD I’M SO ANXIOUSSS…

SPARE YOUR TONGUE, MATTEO

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BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED SOME BREATH

WHEN YOU’LL SEE MY LAMP!

I’M SO CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT YOU’RE

ABLE TO DO…

DAVIDE, THAT GUY IS OUT OF MIND!

HOW DID HE COME UP AROUND?

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HOW STRESS-FUL! GIVE IT A

REST!

SO LET’S START WITH DAVIDE DIAMAN-TINI’S LAMP

KEEP ON SMILING KEEP ON SMILING KEEP ON SMILING

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TO GO AFTER

WITH THE ONE DE-

SIGNED BY MAT-

TEO UGOLINI

OUCH! WHO THE HELL IS THAT..

KARMANDO. NO FAMILY NAME.

KARMANDO?

TSE’

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HEY CLARA! ANYWAY IT WAS ED-MONDO’S FAULT IN BLOWING OFF

YOUR LAMP!

YOU SIGNED YOUR CON-DEMNATION EDMONDO

AND NOW IT’S THE TURN OF…

DAMNED AERO-

PLANES THEY’RE SO

TERRIBLY LOUD

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I DEFEAT YOU FROM THE VERY START, YOU

SLOUCH!

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FEEL FREE TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT..HOWEVER I THINK IT WAS TOO MUCH

C’MON WE WERE JUST KIDS, IT’S QUITE

NORMAL

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A TOAST…

TO OUR COMPANY! WHO COULD EVER EXPECT THAT?

TO KARMAN! TO US ALL!

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THE NIGHT AFTER

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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING

ON?!?

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WOF WOF FRANK SHUT UP!

CLICKHELLO?

HELLO, IS IT INSPECTOR KARMANDO SPEAKING?

YES

A VERY WEIRD

THEFT JUST HAPPENED

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C’MON FRANK! WE HAVE A NEW CASE

TO SOLVE

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C’MON FRANK: JUMPIN!

OUFF C’MON, YOU WERE ABLE TO DO

THAT ONCE! C’MON!

HEY FRANK..

WHEN WE’LL BE THERE DO NOT BE-

HAVE LIKE LAST TIME: YOU SALI-

VATED ONTO THE

TRACKS

BECAUSE BESIDES IT’S DISGUSTING

YOU MAKE THINGS

TRICKY…

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HERE WE ARE!TLAK

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I CANNOT REALLY REAL-IZE, IN REAL OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE!

THE SAME

LET’S GO AND CLEAR UP THEIR MINDS, FRANK!

I SWEAR: I DIDN’T REALIZE!

NOTHING AT ALL..

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HERE YOU ARE! KARMANDO, THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT

TELL ME EVERY

SINGLE THING!

ALL LAMPS HAVE DISAPPEARED

NO FINGER PRINTS, NO MESS AROUND!

AND I’LL TELL YOU ONE MORE THING: THE DIRECTOR WAS AT HIS OFFICE WHEN THE THEFT

OCCURRED!!

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I CAME HERE SINCE I WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK ON IM-PORTANT FILES WHICH OBLIGED ME TO REMAIN ON THE PLACE THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG.

I CAME IN AND LOCKED THE MAIN

DOOR, AS USUAL AND THEN I KEPT THE

KEY IN MY POCKET THEN I WORKED SO

HARD THAT I FELT ASLEEP.

LOOK…

THE FACT IS I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THAT KEYS AND…I

STILL HAD IT IN MY POCKET.

WHOEVER ENTERED, IT DIDN’T FORCE THE DOOR…IT WAS ALL THE TIME LOCKED! BEFORE AND AFTER.

IT LOOKS, AS IF LAMPS DIS-APPEARED INTO NOTHING. NO WINDOWS AROUND. NO WAY OUT, BUT THAT DOOR!

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HE JUST LEFT THESE ONES...AND A FEW OTHERS.

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SO..

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EDMONDO IS RIGHT, FRANK WE ARE DEALING WITH A..GHOST

ARRR… FRANK, STOP IT: THAT WAY YOU’LL TEAR UP MY TROUSE…

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ET VOILÀ!

BRAVO FRANK!

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LOOK THERE, YOU TORN UP TROUSERS..KEYS RE-

MAINED ...

STICKED…

..TO A THREAD!

ARE WE THINKING THE SAME?

I BELIEVE SO CLARA!

HAVE YOU GOT A WARE-HOUSE HERE?

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT,

IMMEDIATELY!

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LOOK THERE! THAT’S THE WAREHOUSE

A FEW MINUTES LATER…

SO DIG..DIG..DIG..HERE’S THE VERY LAST ONE!

CLARA ..

YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT I

FOUND!

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SO..

YOU COULDN’T SEE ANYTHING, NOBODY OUT THERE, SOMEBODY WHO COULD’VE FOLLOWED YOUR STEPS UNTIL YOUR OWN OFFICE, LET YOU FALL ASLEEP OR…SOMETHING SIMILAR MR. DIRECTOR?

IF ANYBODY WAS OUT THERE WE ARE AT A STICKING POINT

I WAS ALL ALONE IN HERE! I SAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.. ALONE! I’M SURE OF THAT!

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PLEASE EX-PLAIN TO ME, KARMANDO: WHY DO YOU HAVE TO FORCE AND BREAK DOORS?

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…

THAT DOGFOUND OUT THE TRUTH AND FILED THE CASE..

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!.. IN WHICH EXTENT?

HE FILED THE CASE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN

BY THAT?

EXACTLY!

AND BE-SIDES IT’S UNBELIEV-ABLE HOW MUCH HIS

PROFILE IS SIMILAR TO..

A RABBIT!

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SO .. NOW I’LL EXPLAIN… IT CAME UP TO MY MIND WHEN HE TORN UP MY TROUSERS

LET’S FOCUS ON FOL-LOWING: THAT ROOM HAS NO WINDOWS. THE ONLY WAY TO COME IN IS THROUGH THAT DOOR WHICH IS LOCKED UP

AND EVEN IF IT SEEMS IM-

POSSIBLE TO STEAL SUCH A BIG QUANTITY OF LAMPS AND

THEN FLOW AWAY FROM A DOOR WHICH IS SEALED OFF,

LOCKED, WELL THERE IS A WAY OUT!

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IS THERE? WHICH ONE?

THAT ONE OVER THERE..

THE ONE BE-NEATH..

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AHAHAH! YES, OKAY:

“KARMANDO AND THE

ANTS STEAL-ING LAMPS”

IN THE CIN-EMAS, SOON

THERE’S ONE TRICK, MAKING THAT POSSIBLE.

YOU JUST NEED SOME SCOTCH-TAPE, A NEEDLE AND THREAD MADE IN NYLON. ALL THINGS WHICH KAR-MANDO AND I FOUND IN THE WAREHOUSE.

THE THIEF WAS SUP-POSED TO BE ALREADY IN THE ROOM AND THEN RELEASED A SOPO-RIFIC GAS LETTING HIM FALL ASLEEP, AS SOON AS THE DIRECTOR SAT DOWN .. SO THAT HE WAS CONVINCED IT WAS JUST A SLEEP SUDDENLY.

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AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT HE TOOK

THE KEYS FROM DIRECTOR’S TROU-

SERS BUT THAT WAS NOT SO DIFFICULT,

SINCE DEAR DIREC-TOR, YOU WERE AL-

READY IN FAIRY’S WORLD.

HE TOOK THEN A NYLON THREAD AND SET ITS

TOP ON A NEEDLE WHILE THE OTHER ONE, WAS CONNECTED TO KEY’S

HOLDER BY MEANS OF A PIECE OF

SCOTCH TAPE.

HE TOOK THE NEEDLE-AND-THREAD

AND LET IT THROUGH THE TROUSERS FAB-RIC, FROM THE INNER PART OF THE POCKET

OUT TO THE EXTERIOR.

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AT THAT POINTTHE

GUILTY GAVE BIG ATTENTION IN

GOING OUT LETTING THREADS RUN UNDER

THE DOOR…

AND THEN…

HE LOCKED UP THE DOOR

AT THE MO-MENT HE JUST NEED-ED TO PUT ON THE FLOOR THE KEY

AND PULL..

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UNTIL THE KEY RETURNED ONTO DIRECTOR’S POCKET

NOW YOU NEED TO PULL WITH DECISION, REWIND IT AND HIDE IT

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I CAN’T EXPLAIN TO MYSELF NOW IS IT POSSIBLE, THAT SOME-ONE PLANS SUCH SMART PLAN AND BE DISTRACTED TO FOR-

GET THAT THE SCOTCH-BAND WAS CONNECTED TO KEY-HOLDER

I DON’T KNOW

I WOULD RATHER SUPPOSE THAT THE THIEF IS LEAVING FIN-GERPRINTS BEHIND HIM..

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

MATTEO SENT ME AN SMS, HE SAID HE FOUND A TEARED PART

OF A PHOTO IN HIS POST

BOX..

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THAT ONE!

DAMN! SOMEBODY DECLARED WAR TO US!

I AGREE WITH YOU AND LOOK

WHAT IS AT THE BACK OF IT

HE DOESN’’T HAVE ANY-

THING TO DO WITH THIS

CASE.

“SHADOW”

AND I ALREADY HEARD THAT NAME

AND I HOPE…

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HE ALREADY WORKED IN ONE OF YOUR POINTS OF SALE..

HE WAS NEVER CAUGHT, NOBODY CAN TELL HOW DOES HE LOOK LIKE?

HE’S A THIEF!

HE’S A COSTUME DESIGNER

A REAL BALL AND CHAIN FOR

THE POLICE!

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THERE ARE RUMORS ...HE DOESN’T STEAL SPECIFIC MODELS. IF HE ARRIVES ..

ALL LAMPS DISAPPEAR ...

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IN THE SAME WAY.

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AUCKLAND

BARCELONA

MUNICH

HE’S THE WORST ENEMY OF THE COMPANY. IT SEAMS HE RE-ALLY LOVES YOUR LAMPS HE HAS A WEAKNESS FOR IT.

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THE THING IS: I CAN’T UNDERSTAND THE CONNEC-TION WITH THE PICTURE

HE’S DOWN WITH US, THAT’S FOR SUREI WOULD SAY: LET’S GO HUNT-ING ANYWAY. CHECKPOINTS ON MAIN HIGH-WAYS AND LET ALL KINDS OF TRUCK BE INSPECTED. THAT EVIL PERSON CAN’T GO TOO FAR, THEN!

YOU’RE A MULTITASKING-DOG, ANYWAY!

VERY GOOD FRANK! LET’S GO

BACK HOME

AND WHEN THAT

STORY COMES TO AN END, WE‘LL GO FOR

TRUFFLES…

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THE MORNING AFTER

DISAPPEARED!

I DON’T BELIEVE THAT!

IN JUST ONE NIGHT HE STOLE A WHOLE STUDIO AND THEN FLEW AWAY

..AND DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS MY MIND?

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IT’S EXACTLY LIKE THE MAGICAL TRICK OF KEYS. YOU BELIEVE IT COULD BE AN IMPOSSIBLE, UNREASONABLE EXPLANATION.. WHEREAS AT THE BACKGROUND OF IT IT’S JUST A FAILED, POOR MAGICIAN

IF IT’S LIKE YOU SUPPOSE, THEN HE COULD ALSO BE IN THAT BAR, HAVING A COFFEE, LISTENING TO OUR ROUGH GUESS-ES, SINCE NOBODY KNOWS HOW DOES HE LOOKS LIKE…

AND WAITING FOR THE RIGHT MO-MENT TO STEAL THOSE LAMPS.. AS A “MATTER OF FACT”!

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EXACTLY! THE POINT IS: HE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE AWAY THAT ARSENAL OF TOOLS..

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING’S AT ITS RIGHT PLACE.

AND HE’S JUST WAITING THE PO-

LICE TO GO THE MOST FARAWAY OUT OF HERE, IN

ORDER TO STEAL EVERYTHING IN

PEACE AND QUIET.

MAYBE STUFFED IN ONE OF THE COMPA-NY’S TRUCK (THE ONES PARKED ON THE BACK-SIDE..) USED FOR PICK UP DELIVERY OF GOODS.IN THIS WAY HE WOULDN’T FOR SURE, DRAW ANYONE’S AT-TENTION ON HIM-SELF!

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CLARA’S RIGHT! .. WHAT IF ALL LAMPS HAVE LIED THERE ALL THE TIME?

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WHY DIDN’T WE THINK THAT BEFORE??!

THERE’S A TRUCK LEAVING

TONIGHT: WE HAVE

TO INTER-CEPT IT

I HAVE TO REACH THE PLACE, THEN: BEFORE THAT TRUCK LEAVES; HE SHOULD NOT IM-AGINE ANYTHING, AND YOU’LL BE OUT WITH ME.

I AGREE. IT’S BETTER TO HAVE

BODYGUARDS, THEN

WE CAN’T EVEN IM-AGINE WHAT HE’LL

BE ABLE TO DOWE DON’T

KNOW ANY-THING

WHAT WOULD YOU DO.. WITHOUT ME?!?

AND NOW, PLEASE TELL ME..

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THE SAME EVENING..

WE’VE ARRIVED! NOW LET’S WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN

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YES, BUT PLEASE. TAKE AWAY THAT PIGEON’S SHIT

OUT OF THE FRONT WINDSCREEN..

CLARA, YOU’RE SO DE-

MANDING..

A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHILE DRIVING WE

LOST ONE WINDSCREEN

WIPER..

AND THAT ONE IS NOT

ARRIVING

WHAT A BAD LUCK!

ISN’T IT?

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HOW CAN YOU ACTUALLY MANAGE TO SEE? IT’S

HUGE!

YOU KNOW WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? CLACK

I GO OUTSIDE AND SCRATCH IT OUT WITH A SNOW TOOL

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KARMANDO GET ON

THE CAR! HE’S

LEAVING!!!!!

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GO..GO..GO..GO..

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IT LOOKS GREAT NOW!

I CAN SEE EVEN LESS AND LESS..

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OH MY GOD! THE IRON BAR IS GOING

UP! C’MON, GO!

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I CANNOT SEEEE!!!

WATCH OUT!

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GOT IT, I GUESS

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AND YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

NOW THE ONLY THING TO DO IS HOPING HE’S THE GUILTY ONE!

C’MON, SHADOW, GET OFF, WE

KNOW WHAT’S STUFFED IN THAT

TRUCK AND WE KNOW YOU AND

WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID!

C’MON ..MY DOG WOULD’VE BEEN MUCH

FASTER…

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WHY DID IT TAKE SO

LONG TO YOU?IS THE BULB

STILL WORKING, OR IS IT ENERGY-

SAVER?

IT FLASHES

IF MY BULB IS

ABLE TO ENLIGHTEN A GAME LIKE YOURS,

THEN.. YOU CHOSE THE WRONG SPORT

AND ..I WAS QUITE FORGETTING.. I TOOK SOME FRIENDS WHO

WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO PLAY “OFFICERS AND

ROBBERS” WITH YOU.

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WHAT TALENT!

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IT’S HIM!

OK, GENTLEMEN YOU GOT ME AS YOUR PRISONER!

KARMANDO, I WOULD ADVISE TO WATCH OUT YOUR BACK. I DON’T BE-LIEVE THAT NEXT TIME WILL GO IN THE SAME WAY.

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NEST TIME IT’LL BE IN

20 YEARS, HONEY!

ARE YOU SURE?

C’MON WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH SHADOW AND YOU ARE GLUM?

NAH!

NO

YES

I GUESS YOU ARE!...

IT’S MY BUSI-NESS.. DEEP THOUGHTS ON EXISTENCE AND THE UNIVERSE

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

LET’S GO AND SEE HOW MUCH GOODS IS

IN THERE INDEED?!

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WOW UNBELIEVABLE

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AND WHAT

IS THAT?

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HEY SHADOW, ARE YOU HAVING FUN IN THERE?

MR. DIRECTOR!

OH! HI MATTEO

COME AND LOOK WHAT

WE FOUND IN THE TRUCK

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WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

IT’S A CUBE…IT DOESN’T SEEM HAV-ING A SPECIAL TASK, BUT THAT’S SO HEALTHY!IT LOOKS MADE OF METAL, OR SIMILAR..

IT’S BETTER TO SENT IT TO A LABORATORY WHERE

IT CAN UNDERGO EXAMINA-TIONS AND TESTS

A BLACK CUBE FOUND IN A CRIMINAL’S TRUCK DOESN’T

AWE ME AT ALL

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SOME DAYS AFTER…

HARD PRISON BUILDING AT FOSSOMBRONE

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SEE YOU SOON…

NOW IT’S JUST A MATTER OF WAITING

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HEY, SHADOW!

SHHHH! SHADOW! HEY LONG

CHAP!

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME,

YOU IDIOT?!YOU FORGOT THE

AGREEMENT?WE DON’T KNOW

EACH OTHER!

WHAT THE HELL!... LOOK I WANT A WAY OUT OF HERE. YOU PROMISED YOU’D LET ME OUT OF HERE! LET ME GO OUT OF HERE

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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH

YOU?LOOK I DON’T WANT

TO TALK TO YOU AN-YMORE, I CAN’T BE-LIEVE YOU ALWAYS MANAGE TO MAKE

THINGS WORSE AND TRICKY?

I NO LONGER WANT TO PLAY WITH MICE .. I THOUGHT THEY COULD BE FRIENDS OF MINE, WHERE-AS ONE BE-TRAYED ME

LOOK AT HIM!HE SNAPPED AT ME. YOU CANNOT TRUST ANY-BODY NOW-ADAYS

THAT’S FOR IT, I MEANT!

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SHHH! IF THEY ONLY REALIZE THEY WILL CHEAT US!

I STRANGLE YOU!

KEEP SILENCE! SHUT UP!

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I REALLY WISH TO MYSELF THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO GET ME OUT OF HERE!

TAKE IT EASY, MAN

EVERYTHING IS GOING AS AC-CORDING TO PLANS

OF ACTION ...

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SoLUtionS:Spot the 8 differenceS 1. davide’s beard - 2. Karmando’s cigarette- 3. deer’s eye - 4. Kar-mando’s ear - 5. in the Karmando’s cartoon - 6. glass - 7. Matteo’s t-shirt - 8. Marnìn decoration

WoW number 1

OF COURSE, I DO REMEM-BER!

AND THAT DAY WITH THE

BASKET BALL?

AHAH!!IT WAS

CLARA’SFAULT

AHAH!!IT WAS

EDMONDO’SFAULT

OF COURSE, I DO REMEM-BER!

AND THAT DAY WITH THE

BASKET BALL?

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INTRODUCTION OF THE COLLECTIONIn the main overview of the comic strip shows up “Karmando”, a skilled defective however very distracted.He has an unconventional and eccentric image.A beautiful Clara co-operates with him, his inevitable dog Frank and a rol-ling, wrecked car branded Opel Ascona.Karmando is that kind of character a bit inspired by Fellini and a bit Peter Falk and he’s persistently engaged in finding out solutions to shady cases; floating from page to page with an hesitating though authoritative manners.All attentive readers will realize how many details and reminders of Kar-man’s universe, made of lighting and irony with a special attention to de-sign field.

A bright preview …

The mysTery of The black boxThe character of Karmando has been created byDAVIDE DIAMANTINIMATTEO UGOLINIEDMONDO TESTAGUZZA

KARMANDO COMIC STRIP N. 1 - TRICKS Of ShADOwdecember 2014 four-monthly publication

Supervision: Davide Diamantini, Matteo Ugo-lini, Edmondo Testaguzza e Camilla RossiStoryboard: Davide Diamantini, Matteo Ugolini, Edmondo Testaguzza e Camilla RossiScript: Giacomo RinaldiCover: Giacomo Rinaldihttp://jackrinaldi.wordpress.com/

Translation: Vitaliano Mancino

Design:Arti Grafiche StibuPress:Arti Grafiche Stibu

KARMAN srlvia Grandi, 10/SZona Industriale San Martino del Piano61034 Fossombrone PU - Italyphone +39 0721 715042 r.a.fax +39 0721 716640 info@karmanitalia.itwww.karmanitalia.it

© KARMAN COMIC STRIP 2014

next publication - April 2015

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