Claudio Nizzi (born 9 September 1938 in
Sétif,
Algeria
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) is an
Italian comic author.
He started his career as comic scriptwriter in 1963, writing for the comics magazine ''
Il Vittorioso''. During 1969 he started working for ''
Il Giornalino
''Il Giornalino'' is an Italian comics magazine published in Italy.
History and profile
''Il Giornalino'' was founded by the Catholic publisher Edizioni San Paolo of Alba in 1924.
During its history, the magazine has published the Italian tran ...
'' creating many characters (''
Larry Yuma'' - in collaboration with
Carlo Boscarato, ''
Capitan Erik'', ''
Nicoletta
Nicoletta is a surname and feminine given name derived from the Greek ''Nikolaos'', most often used in Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Nicoletta is also a surname.
Given name
* Nicoletta (singer), full name Nicoletta Grisoni, French singer, ...
'' and ''
Rosco & Sonny''). His partnership with
Sergio Bonelli Editore
Sergio Bonelli Editore (formerly CEPIM and other names) is a publishing house of Italian comics founded in 1940 by Gian Luigi Bonelli (1908–2001). It takes its name from its former president, comic book writer Sergio Bonelli (1932–2011), son of ...
started in 1981, writing some stories for ''
Mister No''. In 1983 he started writing stories for ''
Tex Willer
Tex Willer is the main fictional character of the Italian comics series ''Tex'', created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on 30 September 1948. It is among the most popular characters ...
''. In 1988 he created ''
Nick Raider'', the first detective story published by Sergio Bonelli Editore.
Nizzi appointed
Renato Queirolo as the supervisor of the Nick Raider series in 1992, and continue to write for Tex Willer. In 2001 Nizzi created ''
Leo Pulp''.
External links
Short biography
1938 births
Living people
Italian comics writers
People from Sétif
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