Vincenzo Gallo (30 May 1946 – 21 August 2018), best known as Vincino, was an Italian editorial cartoonist and illustrator.

Life and career

Born in

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, after graduating in architecture at the Palermo University Vincino made his professional debut in the newspaper ''

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''. After moving to Rome to collaborate with the newspaper ''

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'', he was among the founding members of the satirical magazine '' Il Male'', which he also directed for four years. In the 1980s he collaborated with numerous publications, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and founded the ''

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'' satirical insert ''Il Clandestino''. In 1995, he started a long collaboration with ''

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'', where he worked until his death. In his later years he also collaborated with

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and '' Vanity Fair''. His inspirations were Jean-Marc Reiser and ''

L'Asino ''L'Asino'' (English: "The Donkey") was an Italian magazine of political satire founded in Rome in 1892, by Guido Podrecca (1865–1923) and Gabriele Galantara (1867–1937), a former mathematics student, designer and cartoonist, both with a soci ...

''.

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* {{Authority control 1946 births 2018 deaths People from Palermo Italian illustrators Italian editorial cartoonists University of Palermo alumni