Mission Impossible: How Tex Willer Saved the West in Italian Imagery
About this Event
First published in 1948, Tex Willer is one of the most popular and enduring comic book series in Italy. Tex introduced generations of Italian readers, young and old alike, to a Western hero who challenged many conventions of the genre. A former outlaw turned Texas Ranger and Navajo chief, Tex is known as the Aquila della Notte (Eagle of the Night). Faithful to the memory of his late Navajo wife, Lilyth, he is fiercely committed to defending Native American rights and often finds himself at odds with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Tex proudly devotes himself to fighting injustice, from confronting corrupt officials and hunting bandits to battling the evil magician Mefisto.
Event Details
Join ICCC Houston in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Houston for a screening of Come Tex nessuno mai (Italian with English subtitles), followed by a presentation by Professor Alessandro Carrera. This documentary from award-winning Italian director Giancarlo Soldi recounts the adventures of Tex Willer and the comic book's editor, Sergio Bonelli.
📅 Wednesday, July 22, 2026
⏰ 7:00 - 9:00 pm
📍 Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford St.
🎟 Free event | Limited seating, registration highly encouraged
About the Presenter
Alessandro Carrera is Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston. He has published extensively in many fields, including philosophy, Italian and Comparative Literature, Music, Cinema, journalism, and the arts. He has been awarded the Montale Prize for poetry (1993), the Loria prize for short fiction (1999), the Bertolucci Prize for literary criticism (2006), the Flaiano Prize for Italian Studies abroad (2019, and the Fondazione Marazza Prize for translation (2023). He has edited the English edition of Italian contemporary philosophers (Massimo Cacciari, Emanuele Severino, Carlo Sini) and has translated into Italian six novels of Graham Greene and all the songs and prose of Bob Dylan. Recently, he has published an anthology of his poems (Il vagoncino rosso, Crocetti, 2026).
This event is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
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