Did Russ Manning's Star Wars Comic Strip Inspire the Italian Big Bang Comic Title?

The logo for the Italian Big Bang title published by Fabbri Editori in 1979 is taken from art drawn by Russ Manning for the Star Wars Sunday newspaper strip.

The same logo is used on all 13 issues of the Big Bang comic.

Big Bang Logo

The Star Wars Sunday newspaper comic strip the logo was lifted from was originally published on March 19, 1979.

Star Wars Sunday Strip: The Constancia Affair - Los Angeles Times Syndicate, U.S.
(March 19, 1979)

The specific panel used to create the logo is the one with the explosion.

Star Wars Sunday Strip: The Constancia Affair - Los Angeles Times Syndicate, U.S.
(March 19, 1979)
Russ Manning explosion

Here is the side-by-side comparison of the logo to the artwork it is derived from:

Big Bang collects American newspaper comic strips, including the Star Wars Sunday strip it borrowed it's logo from.  Was the title of the Big Bang magazine created first and it was just convenient and coincidental that a comic strip published inside the title contained artwork that could be used for the logo?  Or was the Russ Manning drawn Star Wars comic strip inspiration for the title of the comic book?