Dondi
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Dondi was a daily comic strip about a large-eyed, Italian war orphan of the same name. It was created by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen, and ran from September 25, 1955 until June 8, 1986. Irwin Hasen received the National Cartoonist Society Award for Story Comic Strip for 1961 and 1962 for his work on the strip.
Dondi's backstory describes him as a five year old, WW2 war orphan of Italian descent. A soldier who was to be his future adoptive father (and who knew no Italian) found the child wandering in a war-torn village repeating the word "Donde" ("where") as he was looking for his slain parents.
[edit] Film
Dondi was eventually made into a family oriented film, released on 26 March 1961. It featured David Kory as Dondi, with costars David Janssen and Patti Page. The movie, and especially Kory's performance, have been negatively received by critics. Film writer Leonard Maltin asserted: “Watch this film and you'll know why Janssen became a fugitive!”
[edit] Reprints
Classic Comics Press will be publishing 4-5 collections of classic story lines of the strip. http://www.classiccomicspress.com/dondi.htm
