Leone Cimpellin (6 June 1926 – 27 March 2017) was an Italian comic artist. He was sometimes credited under the pen name Ghilbert.

Life and career

Born in

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, Cimpellin spent his childhood in

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and at very young age he started his career as assistant of

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, with whom in 1942 he created his first comic strip, ''Petto di Pollo'', published by

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; Luciano Secchi. ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. pp. 215, 256. After the war, Cimpellin started an autonomous career illustrating the Italo-produced comic books of ''

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'' (''Red Carson'' in Italy) with scripts of

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and then drawing

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's ''Plutos''. In 1953, after collaborating with

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for the series ''

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'' and ''Oklahoma'', he became part of the permanent staff of the children magazine ''

Corriere dei Piccoli The ''Corriere dei Piccoli'' ( Italian for "Courier of the Little Ones"), later nicknamed ''Corrierino'' ("Little Courier"), was a weekly magazine for children published in Italy from 1908 to 1995. It was the first Italian periodical to make a ...

'', for which he created dozens of series, notably ''Codinzolo'', ''Gibernetta'', ''Tribunzio'', ''Charlie Sprint'', ''Gigi Buzz''. In 1971, Cimpellin co-created with Romano Garofalo his best known work, the satirical comic series ''

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'', which run until 1978. After the series closed, he collaborated with several publications, including ''Corriere dei Piccoli'', ''

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'', ''Più''.

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