Francesco Tullio Altan (born 30 September 1942) is an Italian comics artist and satirist.
He was born in
Treviso, the son of
Friulan anthropologist
Carlo Tullio Altan. He studied at the
University IUAV of Venice, but halted his studies to work for cinema and TV as a
scenographer and writer. In 1970 he moved to
Rio de Janeiro
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, where he created his first comics series for children, published in a local newspaper. In 1974 he began collaborating with Italian publishers.
In 1974, for the comics magazine
''Linus'', he created Trino, an unprepared god who has to create the world. In 1975, the year he returned to Italy, Altan created one of his most famous characters,
Pimpa, initially published in ''
Corriere dei Piccoli''.
Pimpa, a female puppy with red polka dots, later became a cartoon for Italian television, under the direction of
Enzo D'Alò.
His other characters for adult readers include Cipputi, a communist industrial worker who was the subject of numerous daily
panels for newspapers such as ''
L'Unità'' and ''
La Repubblica
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'', Christopher Columbus, Casanova and Franz (a parody of
St. Francis of Assisi).
Altan's satirical panels were also published in magazines such as ''
Panorama'' and, more recently, ''
L'Espresso''.
References
External links
Pimpa official website
1942 births
Living people
People from Treviso
Italian comics writers
Italian comics artists
Italian satirical comics writers
Italian satirical comics artists
Italian satirists
La Repubblica people
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