Gino Gavioli

Gino Gavioli (9 May 1923 – 19 November 2016) was an Italian comics artist, animator and occasional comic writer.

Gino Gavioli
Born(1923-05-09)9 May 1923
Milan, Italy
Died19 November 2016(2016-11-19) (aged 93)
OccupationComics artist

Biography

Born in Milan, after graduating from the Brera Academy Gavioli debuted illustrating some comic series for the publisher Alberto Traini in collaboration with his fellow Paolo Piffarerio. During the World War II he served as a soldier, and he reprised the activity of illustrator only in 1948, drawing the series Nonno Bigio for Edizioni Alpe.[1]

In 1952 Gavioli started collaborating with the magazine Il Monello, and the same year he co-founded with Piffarerio and his brother Roberto "Gamma Film", a company considered a pioneer in the field of Italian animation which soon specialized in animation shorts for Carosello. In 1960 he collaborated with Corriere dei Piccoli, also illustrating many covers and taking care of the games column of the magazine, and in 1961 he started a fifty years long collaboration with Il Giornalino.[1][2]

Among Gavioli's best known comics series, Vita da cani (with Tiziano Sclavi as writer), Paco y Monolito, Sempronio, Il Lupo e l'Agnello and Orlando lo strambo of which he was also author of the stories.[1][2][3]

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References
  1. Luciano Secchi. "Gavioli, Gino". Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto. Editoriale Corno, 1978. pp.421-2.
  2. "Gavioli compie 90 anni". Famiglia Cristiana. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. Luca Boschi (20 November 2016). "Un ricordo di Gino Gavioli". Il Sole 24 Ore. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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