GULP! 100 years of comics
A century of drawings, adventures and fantasies

If you are curious, you can give a look at the Guest Book of the GULP! Exhibition, and have an idea on how many people visited this page from the access statistics for the Show.

This show wants to celebrate the centenary of comics, that was born in the United States in 1896 with Yellow Kid, through its myths. With a chronological path through all the century, the visitor will meet all the best comics strips of every period.

The exhibition is set by 11 stations, though as boxes/islands, each of which will show the themes and feelings of each decade.

The most significant characters, about 400, will be shown by original drawings. It has been very difficult to find these works, because comics strips were not considered valuable, therefore they were destroyed after their use.

It is impossible to cite all the characters on exhibition, but among them there are Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, Tintin in the 20s. Then there is the Adventure season with Dick Tracy, Secret Agent X-9, Mandrake, The Phantom, Flash Gordon, Superman, Batman.

In the 40s we have Steve Canyon and Captain America from the States. Lucky Luke and Black & Mortimer from Belgium, and Gim Toro, l'Asso di Picche, Tex Willer, Amok, Pecos Bill, Kinowa, Pantera Bionda from Italy.

Then we have all the characters we well know, as Blek and Miki, Dan Cooper and Michel Vailant, Dan Dare and Jeff Hawke, the Peanuts and Andy Capp, The Smurfs and Asterix, Cocco Bill and Tiramolla, the Marvel's SuperHeroes like Spider Man, Valentina and Corto Maltese, Barbarella and Diabolik, Mafalda and Sturmtruppen, Zagor and Mister No, Arzach and Conan, Doonesbury and Garfield, Lupo Alberto and La Pimpa, Mazinga and Lady Oscar.

The Exhibition

• Schedule: The show will be open every day from 9:30 to 18:30 (sundays included!).
• Catalog: It costs 65,000 lit at the ticket counter. There is also a Kid Guide at 15,000 lit.
• Tickets: The show entrance costs 10,000 lit. The discount ticket is 8,000 lit.
  
• Discounts: For groups greater than 20 people, one ticket is free every 20 people. For student groups the ticket costs 7,000 lit. Discount ticket by showing a train ticket with Ferrara as destination.

Phone Numbers:

• Castello Estense: +39 (0)532 23 94 82 / +39 (0)532 23 92 90
  Fax: +39 (0)532 21 22 66
  
• Booking: +39 (0)532 29 92 79
• Tourist Information: +39 (0)532 20 93 70
  Fax: +39 (0)532 21 22 66

How to reach the Exhibition

• From the Railway Station:
  Take bus n.9 passing every 15 minutes.
  On foot in about 15 minutes. You can walk through Viale Costituzione, Viale Cavour.
• By Car:
  HighWay A13, exit Ferrara Sud. Go straight to the (toll) parking lot in Piazzale Kennedy.

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