It was crucial for the different cartoonists to keep to the Tex standard. This meant getting the hats right. There was also an amusing homage on the part of Sergio Bonelli to one of Sergio Leone's "spaghetti westerns."
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Caption 17 [it]: agli autori che arrivano che bisogna seguire Caption 17 [en]: to the authors who come that one must follow
Gianluigi and Sergio Bonelli both wrote Tex stories, but they had different approaches, and their relationship was complex on a personal level. We learn about what inspired the images of the countryside where Tex and Carson would roam.
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Caption 46 [it]: come un signore anziano, ma che ancora fa il galletto. Caption 46 [en]: like an old gentleman, but who is still cocky.