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Leone Cimpellin

Leone Cimpellin (1926) began his career as an assistant of Lina Buffolente in 1947. In 1949 he teamed up with Gianluigi Bonelli to create ‘Plutos’. At the same time, he took over the artwork of the western ‘Red Carson’ from

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Jean Cézard

Cézard (1924-1977) is considered one of the masters of French post-war comics. He was both a scriptwriter and an outstanding illustrator and colourist, while also flexible enough in terms of style to be able to produce humorous and realistic comics.

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Franco Caprioli

Franco Caprioli (1912-1974) started his career as a painter, but very soon dedicated himself to comics. In 1937 he began working for Il Vittorioso and remained a contributor to this magazine for the next three decades. His specialty was adventure

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Renzo Calegari

Renzo Calegari (1933) started his professional career in the art studios of Roy d’Ami in 1954. A year later, he drew ‘El Kid’ and ‘I Tre Bill’, both written by Gianluigi Bonelli. From 1957 to 1966 he also worked for

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Geoff Campion

Geoff Campion (1916-1987) was a tax inspector, but when he was serving in the War as a staff officer in the East India Command, he started drawing cartoons for army magazine Jambo. In 1948 he started working as a comic

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Reg Bunn

Reg Bunn (1905-1971) began his career with the Amalgamated Press in 1949, drawing a western strip called ‘Buck Jones’ in Comet. His ‘Robin Hood’ comics for Comet are among his best known work. Besides his extensive work for the Thriller

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Radivoj Bogičević

Radivoj Bogičević studied at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade where he graduated at the Department of Graphic art. In early 1960s he began to collaborate with the Dečje novine publishing house. He was an animator in Zastava film

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Posted in Serbia

Jesús Blasco

Considered one of the most important comics artists in Spain, Blasco was born in Barcelona in 1919. His first illustrations were published in 1935 in the Spanish edition of Mickey. In the same year, he created ‘Cuto’, his most popular

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Michel Blanc-Dumont

After having successfully completed his studies in applied art, Michel Blanc-Dumont (1949) worked with his father for three years as a restorer, improving his knowledge of old fine arts techniques and styles. During this period, he became increasingly interested in

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Edvin Biuković

Edvin Biuković made his debut in 1987 with the comic ‘Dokaz’. He worked on several comic projects in Croatia (Modra Lasta), until he began to work for the American market together with Darko Macan in 1993. He cooperated on ‘Grendel

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Posted in Croatia