Born today Alberico Motta

Born today Alberico Motta

Alberico Motta (6 October 1937 – 23 May 2019)  was fifteen years old, when he showed his first comics work to the publisher Caregaro. Two years later, he cancelled his tenchical studies to get a job at the publishing house Dardo. There, he worked at the editorial office, where he also illustrated some stories for the magazines Chicchirichi and Cri Cri. He took over the title comic of Chicchirichi from Sandro Angiolini and worked as a cover artist for Il Grande Blek, Buffalo Bill and El Coyote. His final work for Dardo was ‘Stanlio e Ollio’, a comics version of ‘Laurel & Hardy’. Between 1957 and 1962, he drew for Edizione Alpe, drawing stories with ‘Cucciolo’ and ‘Tiramolla’.

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