Monster Allergy Explained

Monster Allergy is an Italian comic book series created by Alessandro Barbucci, Katja Centomo, Francesco Artibani and Barbara Canepa of Sky Doll. Barbucci and Canepa had previously co-created the W.I.T.C.H. comic series.^[1] Monster Allergy lasted 29 issues; however, it is still in the course of reprints in newspaper stands on the 13th of every month.^[2] In 2008, Barbara Canepa stated that she and her co-creators gained back the copyright to Monster Allergy after its first publishing run.^[3]

On 24 May 2015, Tunué announced the new edition of the complete comic book, in two volumes of over 700 pages each, including a final unpublished episode.^[4]

A sequel series titled Monster Allergy Evolution began in 2016.

Plot

Monster Allergy details the adventures of Elena Potato, who moves with her family to Old Mill Village, and Ezekiel Zick, whose father is missing and is affected by all sorts of allergies including one that allows him to see monsters. Together, they uncover the secrets of the world of monsters. Zick and Elena face terrible danger and enemies, which they are usually able to overcome. They are aided by Timothy-Moth, Zick's "cat", who is actually a kind of monster called a Tutor. Timothy oversees the monsters who live in Zick's house which is an oasis for criminal monsters.^{[5] [6]}

Monster Allergy Evolution follows the adventures of Zick and Elena in college, where they eventually enter into a romantic relationship.

Characters

See main article: List of Monster Allergy characters.

Chapters

In the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and other countries, Monster Allergy was published as a comic magazine last September 2004. However, Summit Media (the publisher of Monster Allergy in the Philippines) stopped publishing Monster Allergy at the 14th issue.^[7] In Malaysia, it stopped publishing it at the 27th issue. Chuang Yi Singapore finished publishing it until the 29th issue, the last of the comic book series. The comic book titles are quite different from the television series titles. Every issue contains a 44-page Monster Allergy story except the 30th issue that has 30 pages.^[8]

The Beginning

• 1. The House of Monsters

Magnacat

• 2. The Pyramid of the Invulnerable / The Pyramid of Invulnerability
• 3. The Mystery of Mister Magnacat
• 4. The Suspended City

The Monster Thrills

• 5. The Stellar Tutor
• 6. Here Comes Charlie Schuster
• 7. Pickled Monsters
• 8. The Keeper of the Lighthouse
• 9. The Return of Zob
• 10. Inside the Hollow Tree
• 11. The Anguanas of Er

Meet the Thaurs

• 12. The Other Tamer
• 13. The Mask of Fire
• 14. Together Again

Deep in the Monster World

• 15. The Ancient Armoury
• 16. Stormy Weather
• 17. The Last Anchor
• 18. The Lost Monsters
• 19. The Great Escape
• 20. Mushrooms and Chestnuts

New Adventures

• 21. A Trip to Kalamaludu-Si
• 22. The Two Sisters
• 23. The Form of the Shadow
• 24. Sinistro's Circus
• 25. The Invaders
• 26. The Fall of the Barrymore House
• 27. The Eye of Maggoth
• 28. The 101st Door / The Hundredth and First Door
• 29. Only for Elena

The Ending

• 30. The Tamer Cemetery

Monster Allergy Evolution

• 31. Domolacrum
• 32. The Valley of the Bombos
• 33. Do Not Kill
• 34. Ariadne's Thread
• 35. The Voice of the Shadow

Merchandises and other media

Trading card game

A trading card game based on the same name was created by Upper Deck Company.^[9] It contains 110 collectible cards to play.^{[10] [11]} Art was done by Blason Studio.

Video game

A 3D action adventure PC game was developed Artematica Entertainment in 2006. Copies of the game were given away in cereal boxes in Italy ^[12]

Television series

See main article: Monster Allergy (TV series). An animated series based on the comics was jointly produced by Futurikon, Rainbow, M6, Rai Fiction and ZDF. ^[13] It was broadcast on Rai 2 in Italy, on Nickelodeon in The Netherlands and Belgium,^[14] on KiKa in Germany, on M6 in France, on YTV in Canada, and on Kids' WB in the United States.

External links

• Monster Allergy at Disney Comic Worldwide
• Monster Allergy in SOLEILPROD
• Monster Allergy at komix.it

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alessandro Barbucci in inducks.org . 2009-01-09 . 2008-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080604105218/http://coa.inducks.org/creator.php/x/ABb . live .
2. Web site: The Creators of Monster Allergy in Newsarama.com . 2008-12-08 . 2009-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090516011956/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080715-SkyDoll.html . live .
3. Web site: Monster Allergy, Sky Doll and me... - Barbara Canepa . April 2008 . 2019-11-01 . 2019-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101003340/http://canepabarbara.blogspot.com/2008/04/monster-allergy-and-sky-doll.html . live .
4. Web site: Tutto Monster Allergy, in due volumi di oltre 700 pagine . 25 May 2015 . 2015-07-14 . 2015-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703061552/http://www.fumettologica.it/2015/05/tutto-monster-allergy-tunue/ . live .
5. Web site: Monster Allergy - Television Tropes and Idioms . 2008-11-25 . 2008-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020080605/http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonsterAllergy . live .
6. Web site: Monster Allergy in Toonarific.com . 2008-12-07 . 2006-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061121154803/http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=7812 . dead .
7. http://www.summitmedia.com.ph/magazines/monsterallergy.php Monster Allergy in Summitmedia.ph
8. Web site: Listing issues of the comic book series . 2007-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070710112342/http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/monster/issue.html . 2007-07-10 . dead .
9. Web site: Upper Deck to Launch 'Monster Allergy TCG' . 2009-03-29 . 2007-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070707081333/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10193.html . live .
10. http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/monsterallergy/en/ Monster Allergy Trading Card Game Website
11. Web site: Monster Allergy Trading Card Game Screen shots . 2009-03-29 . 2009-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090613004248/http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39239 . live .
12. http://www.vazcomics.org/mamend/gamend/pc/monsterall.htm Monster Allergy on vazcomics.org
13. Web site: Monster Allergy: 26-teilige italienisch-deutsche 2-D-Zeichentrickserie 2006. KiKa. German. 2019-11-01. 2019-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030000050/https://programm.ard.de/TV/Programm/Alle-Sender/?sendung=280087778634518. live.
14. Web site: Nieuw bij Nickelodeon: 'Monster Allergy'. 2021-09-25. 2016-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20161114234209/http://www.tvvisie.be/inhoud/nederland/nieuw-bij-nickelodeon-monster-allergy_10632/. live.