Antonio Lupatelli (1930 – 18 May 2018) was an Italian illustrator, comics artist and writer who worked under the pseudonym of Tony Wolf. Lupatelli is best known for his illustrations of children's books, including his work in: * ''Pinocchio'', Dami Editore Firenze, 2002 * '' Le Storie del Bosco'', ('' The Woodland Folk'' series, which he also wrote) * ''On the Farm'', Running Press Kids, 2005 * ''In the City'', Running Press Kids, Brdbk edition, 2005 * ''Jack and Jill'' He also made graphic contributions to the book adaptations of the Swiss claymation TV series ''

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''. Lupatelli worked with

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, Payot Film,

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, and Dami Editore. As a comics artist he was one of several artist to draw for Fleetway's children's magazines ''

Playhour ''Playhour'' was a British children's comics magazine published by Amalgamated Press/Fleetway/ IPC between 16 October 1954 and 15 August 1987, a run of approximately 1,700 weekly issues. ''Playhour'' contained a mixture of original tales for you ...

'' and ''

Jack and Jill "Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, although it has been set to severa ...

''. Among the series he worked on were ''Freddie Frog'', ''Fun in Toyland'', ''Little Sooty'' and ''Moony of the Moon''. In the Italian magazine ''

Il Corriere dei Piccoli The ''Corriere dei Piccoli'' (Italian for "Courier of the Little Ones"), later nicknamed ''Corrierino'' ("Little Courier"), was a weekly magazine for children published in Italy from 1908 to 1995. It was the first Italian periodical to make a re ...

'' he created ''Ciccio Sprai'' and ''Robi e Robo''. He died in Italy on 18 May 2018.

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1930 births 2018 deaths Italian children's book illustrators Italian comics artists People from Busseto {{Italy-artist-stub