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The character of Karmando has been created by
DAVIDE DIAMANTINI
INTRODUCTION OF THE COLLECTION
MATTEO UGOLINI Karmando, a skilled yet very distracted detective, is back on the comic
EDMONDO TESTAGUZZA
strip scene. He has an unconventional and eccentric image.
KARMANDO COMIC STRIP N. 2 - Beautiful Clara co-operates with him, his inevitable dog Frank and a rol-
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLACK CUBE ling, wrecked car branded Opel Ascona.
april 2015
Karmando is that kind of character a bit inspired by Fellini and a bit by
Storyboard: Davide Diamantini, Matteo Ugo- Peter Falk and he’s persistently engaged in finding out solutions to sha-
lini, Edmondo Testaguzza and Camilla Rossi
Script: Giacomo Rinaldi dy cases; floating from page to page with hesitating though authoritative
Cover: Giacomo Rinaldi manners.
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 hi
there,
Frank

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I’ve had a bad day
today

one of those
days when you
get back home
and say: “oh, at
last! I’m fine now
and tomorrow can
only be better…”

…
now aren’t
you a fine
dog!

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 what do you
know about bad
days… all you do
is sleep, eat and
watch
thrillers
on TV!

but let me tell an egg Frank.

you something...
do you know A fried egg.
what you need
on days like
this?

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a little later on

…killed off
…on New the last
Year’s Eve, living panda
a wandering on earth.
bullet…

…and unwillingly
saving the famous
…determining Chinese recipe “chicken,
the end of the mushrooms and
species… bamboo” from
extinction…

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 This
but now morning
let’s move an inmate
on to escaped
something from Fos-
more sombrone
important.
Maximum
Security
Prison,
identified
as…

and
the that’s
burglar all for to-
known as day’s. from
the the eve-
“shadow”. ning news,
we wish
you all a
pleasant
evening.

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 the next morning

Frank, he
what do you think wouldn’t have
Dr. Vit has found out? been so keen to see us in
the lab if it had been so-
mething stupid…

actually, I’m a bit

worried.

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 come on, Frank, FRANK! WHAT A
get out. Come on… PAIN IN THE
come on… GET OUT, NECK!

FRANK…!

just a moment, I’m coming!

uuuu…
karmando!

please,
come on
in!

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 fine, but
how are
let’s get
you? straight to
the point.
What’s
going
on?

that thing…

that black cube…

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 do you know what it’s
made of?

concrete, doesn’t
that ring any
fibre-
bells?
glass,
porcelain,
aluminium,
metal,
glass…
those are the
same materials
we use for our
lamps…

exactly!

it looks like
the compression of a
set of our lamps.
I don’t understand
what he might need
them for.

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 we needn’t worry about and I think he’ll be staying the-
shadow any more… re for a while. We can take our
he’s in a maximum security time studying the cube.
prison now.

…even
if we’ve got
Shadow the case
remains unresolved.
There still are too
many doubts to shed
light on.

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and too many things oh, that’s right!
to organize… We have to leave for Milan,
the others are already
there, right?

yes, they …I don’t know why,

should have but this whole ‘cube’ story
already is bothering me.
built the
stand.

I’ve got a bad

feeling about it.

don’t worry,
I don’t think the stand
has anything
to worry about.

well, in this case,

you’re right.

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 we have all the time in the
it’s better if we leave wi- world to worry about the
thout any paranoia! cube once we get back.

and now…

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On the way to Milan!

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 come on, isn’t Milan
beautiful?
Taking a look round after a
week of preparations seems
like the least we could do.

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 but I swear I can’t
understand anything
in this map! Where on
earth is the Duomo?!

there

ah,
okay.

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 it’s so
beautiful
in real
life!

Karmando and that’s what

Dr. Vit said they they said…
would meet us there,
right?

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 meanwhile… there you are.

it’s
25.

let’s go and look for

the others, Frank!

I’m dying yes, me

to see how too.
they’ve
decorated
the stand.
woOf!

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 gosh, it took you forever
nice day, eh?
how did you get
here, on a
tricycle?

let’s go now, Edmondo’s

waiting for
us.

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 HOW MANY TIMES DO I
HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT
TO BARK
AT TRAMPS?!

sorry
about that,
Sir… sometimes,
all of a sudden,
he turns into
an animal.

…like I said,
I’m so sorry

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 no
problem...

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at the stand

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 …and the
owl is here.

looks like you’ve done

a great job! Miracles
can be done in a week!

come, I’ll show you the “writeonme”

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 ah, here it is! we’ve put it in the
centre of
the room.

anyone can write

whatever they
want on it…

usually
kids write
the funniest
things.

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 they always remind me
of when I used to write
under my desk at school
with correction fluid…
hey
Davide,
wait…

look at
this.

you’ll b
speech e
less
when yo
see u
my lamp

who could have

written something
like this?

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Dr. Vit suspected
there still was
something strange
about them capturing
Shadow…it could
only have
been him.

we’re talking about a maximum

security prison…I find it hard
to believe that he could have
escaped from there.

I’m not sure

about any of this. I’m going to get
something to drink.

OK Karmando, see you later.

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 your
coffee,
sir

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thank you.

bright,
sunny day,
eh? mMhH…

I just
have too
many
things on
my mind.

don’t
you
think?

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 yes,
everybody has but I’ve already
problems to solve. solved my problem.
It’s normal to get
hung up on them.

it just seems
as if it’s been
too easy.

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 …
well it
couldn’t
have been
a problem,
then.

…on such a
listen “bright day” as this one,
there’s no need to
to think about
me… anything el...

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 that’s all we needed..
a blackout during the
presentation of our lamps,
it just couldn’t have gone
any better.

that’s my eye! oh god, who’s I swear I can’t

that?
see a thing.

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 Davide you should go and
check the electricity
meter.

let me guess..
you’re not Davide.

no…

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 DAVIDE!
…cle-
arly
not…

okay,
I get it.
I’ll go myself.

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 but if it isn’t
the meter, what on
earth is it?

Matteo!
Someone’s
cut
the wires.

who could
it have
been?!

I don’t
know,
but I’ve got
a bad
feeling.

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CLICK...

not
again!
the lamps…

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 later…
it’s all dark people are
the lamps
leaving…
are gone
we have to find
a solution to
this disaster.

does anyone have

somebody’s
any ideas?
trying to
ruin us

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 maybe I
go on
have a
Cami,
backup spit it
plan! out!

we have a
prototype, in the
truck parked opposite
the building.
But as it still
doesn’t work…

brilliant
…we
could use Cami!
candles! Great
idea!

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 this should do. you bet I will, Frank
Karmando, in the and I never miss
meantime, try to find a shot
out who took
our lamps!

hey
gorgeous…
it’s showtime.

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shadow’s back.

let’s get
a move on.

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 I hope they both
know where
they’re going
because I don’t
have a clue!

oh, I trust yeah, OK.

him… Let’s think
he’s solved more about the
cases than prototype.
anybody else.

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 tell me
you know
where
we’re
going.

Clara, don’t be all…

silly. all
right…

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 SO WHERE
THE HELL
ARE WE
GOING??
if you shout
at me I’ll take
the hump and I
won’t answer.

look, we’re following

…so that truck!
where
the hell
are we
going?

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 and how
do you know
it’s the right
one?!

look,
can’t you see
how fast it’s
going?

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…I give
up.

OH GOD, OK!

pull up beside
the truck,
I’ll go and
take a look.

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 Frank, hand me my
walking stick.

What?
Since when do you
have a walking
stick?

mMhH? … I’ve always had we need it to hook up to

one. But I don’t use it for the truck.
walking.

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 thanks Frank.

pull over…pull over…

just a little
bit more…

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really?

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 nothing
personal.

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OK…
it’s
Sha-
dow.

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hello.

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 OUCH
my
arthritis!!

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meanwhile back at the stand…

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 I told you it would be
a great idea!

sure. …a great success!

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it’s much busier
than it was yeah.
before!!

in the end, even

something ancient,
like a candle, can be
amazing, in a
modern setting.

and I thought that neon

was the turning point of
humanity!

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 HELLO?
EH?

hello, Vit,
it’s
Clara.

…we got
him.

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fantastic!
I suppose you’ve
already told
Davide.

he’s
already left,
it won’t take him
long to get
there.

OK.

this is incredible…
you just escaped
from prison and
you’re already dying
to go back?

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 I’ll go and
check the truck.

WAIT! Clara,
wait.

First, there’s something

I need to understand.

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 …I want to know who we’re
dealing with.

because I think I’ve already seen him

befo…

AND WHAT’S HE
DOING HERE?!

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Karmando, this is I don’t understand
what’s going on.
our science
teacher from
primary school.

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hey guys!

SO?

look for
yourself.

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OH MY GOD!

you mean that no,

Shadow is our the thing is,
old teacher! please I don’t believe he’s
let me take
Shadow at all.
a photo!

no?
are you trying
to tell me you got
the wrong person?

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not that he’s the
wrong person. But
he’s not Shadow.

h e r e ’ s n o thing
!! T ck!
in the tru
KARMANDO

ok, he’s the

wrong person
too.

lIsten,
professor, I al-
most got myself kil-
led earlier on, you owe
me an explanation!

I ended up in jail

OK, and Shadow

promised that he
would set me free if
OK… I helped him create
his black cubes!

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 but I swear, I’m not in-
volved in any of this!

tell us more about

these black cubes.

I don’t know much.

I know he has hundreds
of them, he has lots.
But he needs more
to complete
his masterpiece.
This is all I know.

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 his masterpiece? he mentioned an
artefact.

and
Shadow…
where is
he now?

WHERE
THERE’S
LIGHT!
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 Connect the dots, you’ll find a nice lamp designed by

Tricks of light
Matteo Ugolini

match the lamp to the right designer

Mono Mek Le Trulle Life Domenica

EDMONDO MATTEO LUCA BIZZARRI GIOVANNA

TESTAGUZZA UGOLINI DE BONA DESIGN COLAPRISTI
DARIO SOTIRIOS
DE MEO PAPADOULOS

Edmondo Testaguzza (Le Trulle) - Matteo Ugolini (Life) - Luca De Bona e Dario De Meo (Domenica) - Bizzarri DESIGN (Mek) - Giovanna Colapristi e Sotirios Papadoulos (Mono).
SOLUTIONS - match the lamp to the right designer:
The character of Karmando has been created by
DAVIDE DIAMANTINI
INTRODUCTION OF THE COLLECTION
MATTEO UGOLINI Karmando, a skilled yet very distracted detective, is back on the comic
EDMONDO TESTAGUZZA
strip scene. He has an unconventional and eccentric image.
KARMANDO COMIC STRIP N. 2 - Beautiful Clara co-operates with him, his inevitable dog Frank and a rol-
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLACK CUBE ling, wrecked car branded Opel Ascona.
april 2015
Karmando is that kind of character a bit inspired by Fellini and a bit by
Storyboard: Davide Diamantini, Matteo Ugo- Peter Falk and he’s persistently engaged in finding out solutions to sha-
lini, Edmondo Testaguzza and Camilla Rossi
Script: Giacomo Rinaldi dy cases; floating from page to page with hesitating though authoritative
Cover: Giacomo Rinaldi manners.
http://jackrinaldi.wordpress.com/
All attentive readers will discover many details and reminders of Karman’s
Translation: Eurotrad snc
universe, made of lighting and irony with a special attention to the design
Design: field.
Arti Grafiche Stibu
Press:
Arti Grafiche Stibu

KARMAN srl
via Grandi, 10/S
Zona Industriale San Martino del Piano
61034 Fossombrone PU - Italy
phone +39 0721 715042 r.a.
fax +39 0721 716640
info@karmanitalia.it
www.karmanitalia.it

© KARMAN COMIC STRIP 2015

www.karmanitalia.it

www.karmanitalia.it
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