Magic Wind Vol. 1: Fort Ghost

After barely surviving a horrific train crash, and a shard of metal lodged in his brain, Ned Ellis wakes up with no memory. Who is he? Where did he come from? And whose side is he supposed to be on? The Sioux who find him and nurse him back to health, name him Magic Wind, the white shaman.

Gianfranco Manfredi was born in Senigallia and lives in Milan, where he earned a degree in History of Philosophy. He published an essay L'amore e gli amori in J. J. Rousseau (1978) and made his debut as a fiction writer with Magia rossa; (1983). He subsequently wrote several other novels, also published by Feltrinelli: Cromantica (1985), Ultimi vampiri (1987) and Trainspotter (1989). Mondadori published his novel Il peggio deve venire (1991), while La fuga del cavallo morto (1992) was published by Anabasi. A multimedia figure par excellence, Gianfranco Manfredi has also written over three hundred songs, numerous cinema and television scripts, and is also a music critic.

His debut in the field of comic books came with the creation of Gordon Link, an irreverent ghost hunter, written for the publisher Dardo. Since 1994, Manfredi has been a contributor to the publishing house Sergio Bonelli, writing numerous scripts for Dylan Dog and Nick Raider.

In 1997, again for Bonelli, he created the unique, monthly, western series Magico Vento (Magic Wind), in which there is a blend of elements from horror stories and the world of magic. Magic Wind proved to be a great commercial success and sold in excess of ten million copies in Italy. It was published for 15 years, from 1997 until the end of 2010. The series featured some of the Europe's foremost artists such as José Ortiz (2000 AD) and Ivo Milazzo (Ken Parker) and has brought the spotlight on the new amazing talents such as Goran Parlov (Punisher MAX, Fury MAX) and Pasquale Frisenda (Ken Parker, Tex). Magico Vento found success in other countries of the world as well: France, Brazil, Croatia, Turkey, to name a few. In early 2013, series received a brand new color edition by Panini, as the original series was in black and white. Concurrently, for the first time ever Magic Wind (as the title is translated in English) started coming out for the first time in English language. This edition, published by American publishing company Epicenter Comics from San Diego is also in color, but in a larger format, like that of a typical American comic books (10.2 x 6.6 inches), with the brand new epic covers by renowned Serbian artist Bane Kerac. In the late 2000's Gianfranco Manfredi creted two more mini series for Bonelli, Volto Nascosto (Hidden Face) and Shanghai Devil. In summer of 2000, Manfredi also published the novel Una fortuna dannata.