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Emilio Uberti (2 November 1933 – 29 December 2016) was an Italian illustrator, film director and documentary maker. He has worked on a variety of comic books for Italian and French publishers, including Bonelli, Cino Del Duca, Dardo and Lug.

Uberti was born in Rome, but has spent most of his life in Milan. He enrolled at the Castello Art School, but never finished the course because he was already working for the publishing industry. He was introduced to comics by Augusto Pedrazza and made his first illustrations for the magazine La Vispa Teresa in 1951. In 1952 and 1953 he was illustrating romance comic stories in halftone for Torelli’s teenager’s title Mignon, in alternation with Ferdinando Tacconi.

He also drew stories like ‘Pugno di Ferro’ for the Torelli publication Piccola Freccia. He made the final two episodes of the western comic book series ‘Stormy Red’ for the publishing house Dardo in 1954. This comic was written by Andrea Lavezzolo, and previously drawn by EsseGesse.

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Ottobre 25, 2020Aprile 17, 2025

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Ottobre 24, 2020Aprile 17, 2025

Born today Pietro Gamba

Pietro Gamba (24 October 1925 – 23 December 2008) was born in Varedo. He started his career in comics in 1948 when he collaborated with the publishers Agostino Della Casa and Giuseppe Caregaro (his first story was ‘Kabor’). In 1950, he took over ‘Kinowa’, a series created by writer Andrea Lavezzolo and the EsseGesse collective. In 1954, he drew ‘Zà La Mort’ written by Gianluigi Bonelli, and two years later he came up with another version of ‘Pecos Bill’ with writer Cesare Solini.

For the publishing house Dardo, he illustrated serials like ‘Timbergek’ (with Renzo Barbieri), ‘Ray Fox’ and ‘Dick Cheyenne’, as well as covers for ‘Stormy Red’.

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Ottobre 23, 2020Aprile 17, 2025

Born today Edgardo Dell’Acqua

Edgardo Dell’Acqua (23 October 1912 – 1986) was one of the classic artists of Italian adventure serials, which came to blossom in comic magazines like L’Audace and Il Vittorioso in the 1930s and 1940s. He was at the top of his production with the action comic book ‘Gim Toro’ in the second half of the 1940s. As the market changed, he worked on small-format western comic books in the 1950s, and on adult-oriented erotic comic books in the 1960s and 1970s. He has mainly worked for publishing houses from his hometown Milan.

Dell’Acqua studied painting at art school, and was initially an assistant for painter Alberto Vassallo on the production of film posters. Dell’Acqua made his first comic story at the age of 20 under the guidance of Antonio Rubino. This story, ‘Mario e Furio nell’Africa misteriosa’ was published in I Tre Porcellini in 1936. Around the same period, he was one of the illustrators of the children’s magazine II Cartoccino dei Piccoli. He also made several stories for the children’s magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli, such as ‘Storia di Francesco Matteo Maciò’, ‘Fiamme sul Polo’ and ‘L” Invasione di Milano’.

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Ottobre 15, 2020Aprile 17, 2025

Born today Francesco Gamba

Born in La Spezia, Francesco Gamba (15 October 1926 – 13 February 2012) came from an artistic family. His cousin was the comic artist Pietro Gamba. He began his career in 1947, drawing ‘Razzo Bill’ for Edizioni Alpe. In 1949, he drew ‘Musetta’ for Edizini Ippocampo’, and he took over ‘Yorga’, a series previously created by Gianluigi Bonelli and Antonio Canale. Between 1950 and 1954, he was one of the regular artists of ‘Pecos Bill’ stories, scripted by Guido Marina, and published by Mondadori. He additionally made illustrations for fairytale books for Editrice Bosschi, as well as adventure books.

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Agosto 28, 2020Aprile 17, 2025

Born today Aurelio Galep Galleppini

Aurelio Galleppini (17 August 1917 – 10 March 1994, Italy)

Aurelio Galleppini, who used the pseudonym of Galep, was the artists that first brought to life the well-known Italian comic character Tex Willer. Born in Casal di Pari, Galleppini was a self-taught artist who gave up his technical studies to pursue an artistic career. He published his first professional drawings in Mundos Fanciulla. He was active in comics since the mid-1930s, starting with the creation of ‘Il Segreto del Mohore’ with Lavezzolo. With Federico Pedrocchi, he made ‘Pino il Mozzo’ and ‘Le Perle del Mar d’Oman’ for the publishing house Mondadori.

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Agosto 6, 2019Aprile 18, 2025