beware! ranxerox is back on the streets txo!?
Have you had enough of this society? Has everything become so politically correct that the only people who aren't PC are the current affairs commentators on the radio? Well, never fear, the most violent and unsuitable anti-hero, Ranxerox, is back. The above, nevertheless, are just a few of his praiseworthy characteristics; the first Cyberpunk reference in Europe, a script laden with irony, a cracking storyline and though some may say differently, scathing criticisms of society, politics and the economy. Ranxerox is back because publishers La Cupula have gathered together all his stories in a single volume. We first came across Ranx in the mythical mag also published by La Cupula, El Vibora. El Vibora may have since disappeared but the publisher, founded at the same time, is still publishing worthwhile comics, amongst which we find the stories of Ranxerox. Artist and writer Stefano Tamburini gave Ranx to the world in Rome in 1978. The figure was a histrionic futuristic representative of a society that was boiling over at the time. He appeared in the Tamburini’s Cannibale comic magazine for the first time. At first Tamburini drew him, and he in turn was followed by Andrea Pazienzia, but it was when Tanino Liberatore got his hands on him that he was finally given the touch that would earn him his place in history. Liberatore’s artwork grabs you by the lapels from the very beginning. The hyper-realistic marker-drawn style gives the character something special and is a fully appropriate way to reflect the stories and ambience created by author Tamburini: crowded futuristic metropolis, muscular bodies and crude
violence. Ranxerox had problems with the law outside the pages of his comic as well. Seeing as he was a cyborg made up of bits and pieces of a photocopier, they called him Rank Xerox, but the photocopier manufacturer Rank Xerox made Tamburini change the character’s name. Seemingly, the character wasn’t exactly what the company thought of as appropriate corporate image.
An outlaw student activist uses a university photocopier to create Ranxerox. The student is soon murdered by the police and Ranx finds himself alone on the rough streets of his home town. Streets brimming over with corruption and drug-dealing. That’s where he meets Lubna, the most unsuitable of characters. Barely a teenager, Lubna is a rabid drug and sex addict and uses Ranx as a sex toy. What is the character like? Let’s just say that in this couple Ranx is beauty and Lubna is the beast. That said, they don’t really stand out in the society they find themselves in. The group Kortatu brought us news of Tamburini’s death and spoke of him and his character in the song "Nivel 30". Tamburini apparently died of an overdose at the age of 31. He left behind his last half-finished Ranxerox story. Liberatore’s friend Alain Chabat stepped in and, along with Liberatore, finished that last story.
violence. Ranxerox had problems with the law outside the pages of his comic as well. Seeing as he was a cyborg made up of bits and pieces of a photocopier, they called him Rank Xerox, but the photocopier manufacturer Rank Xerox made Tamburini change the character’s name. Seemingly, the character wasn’t exactly what the company thought of as appropriate corporate image.
An outlaw student activist uses a university photocopier to create Ranxerox. The student is soon murdered by the police and Ranx finds himself alone on the rough streets of his home town. Streets brimming over with corruption and drug-dealing. That’s where he meets Lubna, the most unsuitable of characters. Barely a teenager, Lubna is a rabid drug and sex addict and uses Ranx as a sex toy. What is the character like? Let’s just say that in this couple Ranx is beauty and Lubna is the beast. That said, they don’t really stand out in the society they find themselves in. The group Kortatu brought us news of Tamburini’s death and spoke of him and his character in the song "Nivel 30". Tamburini apparently died of an overdose at the age of 31. He left behind his last half-finished Ranxerox story. Liberatore’s friend Alain Chabat stepped in and, along with Liberatore, finished that last story.
