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Dicembre 22, 2020Aprile 17, 2025

Born today Gian Luigi Bonelli

Giovanni Luigi Bonelli (22 December 1908 – 12 January 2001) made his professional debut in 1926, when his first poems and articles were published in several Italian magazines. During the 1930s, he shifted his focus to comics, and became one of the editors at the publishing house Editrice Vecchi S.A. In 1945 he collaborated with publisher Giovanni De Leo on ‘Il Cow Boy’, and with Antonio Canale on ‘Yorga’. In 1946 and 1947, he edited ‘La Perla Nera’ for Franco Caprioli. After many more collaborations, in 1948 he created the famous ‘Tex Willer’, originally drawn by Aurelio Galleppini.

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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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Luglio 25, 2017Aprile 20, 2025

Galep incontra lo Hobbit Bilbo Baggins

Forse non tutti sanno che…

Negli anni ’40 – prima di Tex – Galep ha insegnato disegno in un istituto d’arte in Sardegna e tra i suoi allievi ha avuto Vittorio Congia, attore e doppiatore che ha prestato la voce allo Hobbit Bilbo Baggins.