Franco Caprioli | |
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Born | 5 April 1912
Mompeo, Italy |
Died | 8 February 1974
Rome, Italy | (aged 61)
Occupation | Cartoonist |
Franco Caprioli (5 April 1912 – 8 February 1974) was an Italian comics artist, comics writer, illustrator and painter.
Born in Mompeo, Caprioli began his career as a fresco painter, before making his professional debut as an illustrator in 1937, in the comics magazine Argentovivo. [1] [2] In 1939 he started collaborating with Il Vittorioso, for which he created the popular series Gino e Piero and Piero il mozzo del sommergibile. [1] [2] He later collaborated with other important publications, notably Topolino, in which he created the critically acclaimed series La tigre del Bengala, L'Audace and Corriere dei Piccoli. [1] [2] [3] In the early 1970s he realized comic adaptations of classic adventure novels for Il Giornalino. [1] [2] He also collaborated with international publishers, including Fleetway Publications and Éditions Aventures et Voyages. [3] He died of heart attack on 8 February 1974, aged 61. [1]