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Italian artist and cartoonist (1943?2019)
Massimo Mattioli
(25 September 1943 ? 23 August 2019)
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was an Italian artist and cartoonist.
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He was known for his humorous children's work and adult comic book series. He's also a person who designed Om Nom from the first-three seasons of
Om Nom Stories
.
Biography
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Mattioli was born in 1943.
Mattioli debuted in 1965 in the periodic comic book
Il Vittorioso
with
Vermetto Sigh
. He was also published in
Corto Maltese
and
Frigidaire
.
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In fact, he was one of the founders of
Frigidaire
.
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Later he moved to London, where he made comics for the
Mayfair
magazine. In the early 1970s, he created Pasquino for the
Paese Sera
newspaper. In 1973 he began his collaboration in the
Il Giornalino
, creating the character
Pinky
. In 1977, in association with
Stefano Tamburini
, he created the underground magazine
Cannibale
. In 1978,
Cannibale
published the first adventure of
Joe Galaxy
. In 1982, he created the
Squeak the Mouse
series, a parody of
Tom and Jerry
.
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Mattioli collaborated with
Italo disco
duo
Righeira
and created the cover artwork for their debut single, "Tanzen mit Righeira", released in 1983.
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Mattioli was recognized with many prizes, including the French prize Phenix in 1971, the
Yellow Kid
in 1975 and
Romics d'Oro
in 2009.
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