List of PKNA short stories

PKNA is an Italian comic from the end of the 90's, featuring Paperinik and his adventures.

PKNA is famous for its short side-stories that follow the main story in most issues. All of those short stories are more artistic than the regular main story.

Angus Tales

The first series of seven short 8-page stories are Angus Tales and the main character is Angus Fangus. All of those stories where mostly colored with yellow, orange, brown, gray and black ink, giving it a little "vanishing" atmosphere. The plot of those stories is usually AbOUT how Angus gets into trouble (there is usually a gangster or more involved), and how he gets out of it. All of the stories are drawn by Silvia Ziche.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #8 AT

Colonne Infami

Paola Mulazzi

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #9 AT

Rumori di fondo

Tito Faraci

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #10 AT

Senza benza

Tito Faraci

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #11 AT

Cani

Tito Faraci

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #12 AT

Il posto sbagliato

Tito Faraci

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #13 AT

Il grande scoop

Silvia Ziche

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #48 AT

Visite inattese

Tito Faraci

Silvia Ziche

Arriva Trip (Here's Trip)

The second series of the short 8-page stories are about Trip, Razziatore's son. This is the first of two series about Trip. The plot of this series is to introduce Trip.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #14 TR

Padri e figli

Francesco Artibani

Alessandro Barbucci

PKNA #15 TR

Ennesima potenza

Francesco Artibani

Alessandro Barbucci

PKNA #16 TR

Ultimo minuto

Francesco Artibani

Alessandro Barbucci

Starring the great Burton La Valle

The third series is of 8-page short stories is "Starring the great Burton La Valle". Burton La Valle is an actor from the 23rd century, and those stories is about Burton and what he does at work. This series is also experimenting with different styles of art. This series is one of the more artistic/expremential of all the short story series.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #18 BLV

Techno gorilloidi mutanti del pianeta Zontar

Rudy Salvagnini

Paolo Mottura

PKNA #19 BLV

Questa calma non mi piace

Rudy Salvagnini

Paolo Mottura

PKNA #20 BLV

La minaccia dei sub-paperoidi auto-reverse

Rudy Salvagnini

Paolo Mottura

PKNA #21 BLV

Prigionieri degli psico-funghi mutronici

Rudy Salvagnini

Paolo Mottura

Vedi alla voce Evron

The fourth series (each story is still 8 pages) is about evronians, and it is named "Evron - Extracts from the infoguide". There is not really a story or plot in this series, but the series gives information about the evronian empire in an illustrated way.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #22 VE

Vedi alla voce Evron - estratti dall'infoguida S.U.P.E.R. (sapienza universale per entità ragionanti) 1

Augusto Macchetto

Stefano Intini

PKNA #23 VE

Vedi alla voce Evron - estratti dall'infoguida S.U.P.E.R. (sapienza universale per entità ragionanti) 2

Augusto Macchetto

Stefano Intini

PKNA #24 VE

Vedi alla voce Evron - estratti dall'infoguida S.U.P.E.R. (sapienza universale per entità ragionanti) 3

Augusto Macchetto

Stefano Intini

5Y

The fifth series of the 8 page stories is about the Class 5Y Droid; Lyla Lay. Some of the stories are about some of her minor problems, and the rest of them is about her normal life.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #26 ??

Sale quanto basta

Francesco Artibani

Corrado Mastantuono

PKNA #27 ??

Indice d'ascolto

Francesco Artibani

Corrado Mastantuono

PKNA #28 ??

L'albero di Jacob

Francesco Artibani

Corrado Mastantuono

PKNA #29 ??

Strettamente personale

Francesco Artibani

Corrado Mastantuono

PKNA #30 ??

Ossigeno

Francesco Artibani

Corrado Mastantuono

Io sono Xadhoom

The sixth series of short stories somewhat differ from the other series (except the third one) with the fact that there is no black outlines between different colored objects. Those short stories are about short happenings in Xadhooms life.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #31 ??

Linea piatta

Tito Faraci

Fabio Celoni

PKNA #32 ??

Arena

Tito Faraci

Fabio Celoni

PKNA #33 ??

Abisso

Tito Faraci

Fabio Celoni

Fuori... onda

The seventh series of short stories is about "Behind the screens" at Chanel 00.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #36 ??

Il trucco c'è

Diego Fasano

Paolo Mottura

PKNA #37 ??

La notizia è servita

Diego Fasano

Paolo Mottura

PKNA #38 ??

Pat & Bob

Diego Fasano

Paolo Mottura

PKNA #39 ??

...per una giusta causa

Diego Fasano

Paolo Mottura

Trip's strip

The eighth series of short stories is the second series about Trip. This series is introduced by the short story of issue #34, what is a side story of the main story in I PKNA #34. In this series, Trip has to draw its own super-hero comic, and he ends up with a character named "Time-Boy". Time-Boy is Trips Alter-Ego.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #34 ??

Trip's strip

Bruno Enna

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #40 ??

Un'ameba sul collo

Bruno Enna

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #41 ??

Un ego in un pagliaio

Bruno Enna

Silvia Ziche

PKNA #42 ??

Quell'io non è il mio

Bruno Enna

Silvia Ziche

Lo Zen e la fisica dei quanti

The ninth series is the last series of 8 page stories. This series is about Everett Ducklair's normal life at a monastery in Siberia.

Issue #

Title

Writer

Art

PKNA #43 ED

Il sonno del drago

Alessandro Sisti

Stefano Turconi

PKNA #44 ED

La porta della comprensione

Alessandro Sisti

Stefano Turconi

PKNA #45 ED

Mistico aforisma

Alessandro Sisti

Stefano Turconi

PKNA #46 ED

Canne al vento

Alessandro Sisti

Stefano Turconi

PKNA #47 ED

La sillaba volante

Alessandro Sisti

Stefano Turconi