Alarico Gattia (9 December 1927 – 3 September 2022) was an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
Alarico Gattia | |
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| Born | 9 December 1927 |
| Died | 3 September 2022 (aged 94) Genoa, Italy |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
Life and career
editBorn in Genoa, Gattia started his career in Milan as an illustrator for advertising and for several Mondadori publications, notably Epoca.[1][2] He made his debut as a comic artist in the late 1960s, collaborating with comics magazines such as Corriere dei Piccoli, Il Giornalino, and Comic Art, and illustrating some Diabolik and Tex Willer stories.[1][2] He illustrated some volumes of Storia d’Italia a fumetti ("History of Italy in comics"), with texts of Enzo Biagi, and collaborated with the French publishing house Éditions Larousse, illustrating the volumes Histoire du Far West and A la découverte du monde.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Franco Fossati. "Gattia, Alarico". Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto. Mondadori, 1992. ISBN 8804355441.
- ^ a b Patrizia Ricci (10 September 2022). "Addio ad Alarico Gattia: era il disegnatore di "Storia d'Italia a fumetti" e di Diabolik e Tex". 7Colli (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Redazione (5 September 2022). "È morto il fumettista Alarico Gattia". Fumettologica (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2022.