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Luca Novelli (born 7 October 1947) is an Italian cartoonist and writer. Born in
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, Novelli graduated in
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and started drawing his first strips in 1967 for some university publications. He made his professional debut in 1971 with the comics series ''Historiettes'', published in the magazine ''
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'', and shortly later he created the successful comic strip ''Gli Edenisti'', published in the newspapers ''
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'' and in the magazine ''Pardon''. In 1974 he created his best known work, the comic strip ''Il Laureato'', published in the newspapers '' Il Giorno'' and ''Il Messaggero'' and in the magazine ''
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''. In 1976 he started collaborating with the German magazine ''Pardon''.Luciano Secchi. "Novelli, Luca". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. p.596. In 1978 Novelli released ''Viaggio al centro della cellula'', a biology comic textbook, and following its success he specialized in popular science books for children, published in Italy by
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and often translated in foreign languages.


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'' 1947 births Living people Writers from Milan Italian comics artists Italian comics writers Artists from Milan {{Italy-cartoonist-stub