Lino Landolfi (6 April 1925 – 11 February 1988) was an Italian cartoonist. Born in

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, Landolfi attended various art schools including the Accademia where he studied painting, sculpture, decorating and scenery. He debuted as a cartoonist in 1947 with the character of "Joe", published by ''

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''. In 1951 he created his most popular character, Procopio, realized for the magazine ''

Il Vittorioso ''Il Vittorioso'' (Italian for "The Victorious") was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1937 to 1966. History and profile The magazine was born on the initiative of the Azione Cattolica association as a catholic response to the secu ...

'' until 1968. In 1968, he changed his usual graphic style for a critically appreciated grotesque-realistic version of ''

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'' published by ''Vitt''. In 1969 he started a collaboration with the children magazine ''

Il Giornalino ''Il Giornalino'' is an Italian comics magazine published in Italy. History and profile ''Il Giornalino'' was founded by the Catholic publisher Edizioni San Paolo of Alba (CN), Alba in 1924. During its history, the magazine has published the It ...

'', for which Landolfi, in addition to having made several comic adaptations from literary such as ''

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', originally titled ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'', is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clerg ...

'' and ''

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'', co-created with writer

Claudio Nizzi Claudio Nizzi (born 9 September 1938 in Sétif, Algeria) is an Italian comic author. He started his career as comic scriptwriter in 1963, writing for the comics magazine '' Il Vittorioso''. During 1969 he started working for ''Il Giornalino'' cre ...

the popular " Piccolo Dente", leading character of a long lasting eponym comic strip.

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Italian comics artists Italian comics writers Italian magazine illustrators 1925 births 1988 deaths Writers from Rome {{Europe-comics-creator-stub