Rino Albertarelli (8 June 1908 – 21 September 1974) was an Italian comics artist and illustrator.
He was born in
Cesena
Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...
. He moved to
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
in 1928, debuting in 1935 for the comics magazines ''ArgentoVivo!'' and ''
L'Audace
''L'Audace'' (Italian language, Italian for "The Bold") was a weekly children and comic magazine published in Italy from 1934 to 1944.
History and profile
Founded by Lotario Vecchi in January 1934, the magazine was published by S.A.E.V, except f ...
''. Two years later he moved to
Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 19 ...
, for which he created his most famous character, Kit Carson, as well as the series ''Dottor Faust'' and ''Gino e Gianni''. He also worked on "Il Corsaro Nero" for ''
Donald Duck and Other Adventures
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'' (''Paperino e altre avventure''). After the war he slowed his activities as a comic artist, only making a few
Emilio Salgari
Emilio Salgari (, but often erroneously ; 21 August 1862 – 25 April 1911) was an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction.
In Italy, his extensive body of work was more widely read than that of Dante ...
's adaptations for the magazine ''Salgari'' and collaborating with some French magazines.
In the 1950s Albertarelli abandoned comics to focus on his activity as illustrator. In the UK, a few issues of Fleetway's Battle Picture Library, illustrated by Albertarelli, appeared in 1963 and 1964. After a long hiatus, he returned to comics in 1973 with Daim Press' series ''I protagonisti del West'' (also known just as ''I protagonisti''), with which he collaborated until his death in Milan in 1974. The series was eventually completed by
Sergio Toppi
Sergio Toppi (11 October 1932 – 21 August 2012)