Sergio Staino (born 8 June 1940) is an Italian comics author, satirist and film director.

Biography

Staino was born at

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, in the

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. After graduating in architecture, he moved to

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. His comics debut was with Bobo, an autobiographical character, published in the magazine '' Linus'' starting from 1979. In the 1980s he collaborated with the newspapers ''

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'' and ''

L'Unità ''l'Unità'' (, lit. 'the Unity') was an Italian newspaper, founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It was supportive of that party's successor parties, the Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of ...

'', for which he still works. In 1986 he founded the satirical magazine ''

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''. From 1987 to 1993, he also directed satirical TV shows for

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, such as ''Teletango'' and ''Cielito Lindo''; in this period he also directed two movies, ''Cavalli si nasce'' (1989) and ''Non chiamarmi Omar'' (1992). Staino is a member of the

Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics The Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti, UAAR) is the only nationwide association of atheists and agnostics in Italy. It is independent from political parties or lobbies and numbers around ...

. In 2016 he published his autobiography ''Io sono Bobo'' (Della Porta) written with journalists Fabio Galati and Laura Montanari. On 8 September of the same year he becomes the new editor of

References

External links

Official website

1940 births Living people People from the Province of Siena Italian comics artists Italian film directors Italian comics writers Italian magazine editors Italian magazine founders Italian newspaper editors Italian cartoonists Italian satirists L'Unità editors {{Europe-comics-creator-stub