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Luciano Bottaro




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He is considered as the most important italian humoristic cartoonist. His characteristic style is appreciated in all , Germany , Spain , Portugal , ex- Yugoslavia , but also Argentina , Australia , Brazil .

Influenced by effects.


BIOGRAPHY


He began his career for ''Lo Scolaro'', an italian Magazine , in 1949 , with the character Arcibaldo il Bucaniere .

He has collaborated with ''La e le onorificenze'' written by Alberto Testa and published in 1952 .

In the same year he began to collaborate with Guido Scala and Franco Aloisi , to which Carlo Chendi , scriptwriter, joined subsequently: it born the un-official Rapallo's School, antechamber to the birth of the '''Bierrecì Studios'''.


BIERRECì STUDIOS


Besides the work on Disney's Characters , he worked on other Magazine s, creating a lot of characters (Baldo, '''Pepito''', '''Pon Pon''', '''Giò Polpetta''', '''Maramao'''), and in 1958 he founded the '''Bierrecì Studios''' with Carlo Chendi and Giorgio Rebuffi .

The first Studios' publications was ''Redipicche'', a Comic Book that published the adventures of the King of the Card s, a pitiless and Blood -thirsty Parody of military world, inspired by '' Alice's Adventures In Wonderland ''.

A lot of cartoonists began to collaborate with them: Maria Luisa Uggetti , Tiberio Colantuoni , Ivo Milazzo , Giancarlo Berardi . They worked on several characters, including Mickey Mouse , Uncle Scrooge , Warner Bros characters. They also produced the comics version of ''Carosello'', an Italian Television program that, during 1950s and 1960s , piped the first italian Spot s.


BOTTARO'S CHARACTERS

  • ''Witch Hazel''



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