Cattivik

Cattivik is a Italian humoristic comic book character created by Bonvi (Franco Bonvicini).

The character first appeared in the magazine "Tiramolla" on 19 July 1970. Later, the development of the character was given to one of his assistants, Silver (creator of Lupo Alberto, another successful comic strip in Italy), because Bonvi was too busy with his other works (among them, the famous Sturmtruppen). The character is a more or less declared parody of another successful series in Italy, "Diabolik", created by the Giussani Sisters. The character quickly became popular in Italy because of his anti-heroic nature (he is a burglar and general criminal, lives in sewers, takes showers with toxic waste and hates everything "good natured") and politically incorrect humour (fart and burp jokes, italian politicians caricatures and social commentary).

The two main characteristics of Cattivik are the pear-shaped form (which is an evolution of the original form designed by Bonvi, which was shaped more like a giant pepperoni) and the North-Italian accent (he omits the final vowels of most words).

A magazine called "Cattivik" was published in Italy. It ceased to be published in mid-1990s.