Born today Renzo Calegari
Renzo Calegari (5 September 1933 – 5 November 2017, Italy)
Renzo Calegari was an Italian comic book artist, who has mainly worked on western comics for several incarnations of the publishing house Bonelli. He is especially known for his highly detailed drawings of the American prairies in Gino D’Antonio’s ‘Storia del West’ (1967). Calegari was also known for his political consciousness and engagement.
He was born in 1933 in the Bolzaneto quarter of Genoa. He studied arts in Milan, and began his professional career with the art studio of Roy d’Ami in 1954.