Monster Allergy Comics

"Monster Allergy is a magical saga about a pasty-faced kid Zick who is allergic to many things including MONSTERS and has the ability to see them! And as luck would have it, his house is overflowing with these cute creatures! Zick befriends lively new neighbor Elena Potato and together they tell a tale of friendship, adventure, humor and thrills"

-Monster Allergy #1

Monster Allergy is a comic by Disney Italy. It was created by Katja Centomo, Francesco Artibani, Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa, written by Franscesco Artibani, Inked by Cristina Giorgilliand and Daniela Vetro, and colored by Pamela Brughera and Barbara Canepa.

Production History[]

Monster Allergy was created for Disney Italy. Circa 2001, Centomo and Artibani approached Barbucci and Canepa to collaborate in the creation of Monster Allergy.

Previously Artibani had worked on W.I.T.C.H. with Barbucci and Canepa. Barbucci and Canepa created W.I.T.C.H. but never obtained the copyright.This lead to a court battle over creator's rights over the series with Disney. Disney was so determined to cover up the true creators of W.I.T.C.H. they had hired people to act as the creators of W.I.T.C.H. on tours. Unfortunately, Barbucci and Canepa lost the court case.^[1]

Monster Allergy was spared this treatment as the creators bought the copyright before Disney could. Disney bought the cartoon rights and they were returned in 2007^[2].