Gino Gavioli (9 May 1923 – 19 November 2016) was an Italian comic artist, animator and comic writer.

Biography

Born in Milan, after graduating from the Brera Academy Gavioli debuted illustrating some comic series for the publisher Alberto Traini in collaboration with his fellow

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. During the World War II he served as a soldier, and he reprised the activity of illustrator only in 1948, drawing the series ''Nonno Bigio'' for

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.Luciano Secchi. "Gavioli, Gino". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. pp.421-2. In 1952 Gavioli started collaborating with the magazine ''

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'', and the same year he co-founded with Piffarerio and his brother Roberto "Gamma Film", a company considered a pioneer in the field of Italian animation which soon specialized in animation shorts for Carosello. In 1960 he collaborated with '' Corriere dei Piccoli'', also illustrating many covers and taking care of the games column of the magazine, and in 1961 he started a fifty years long collaboration with '' Il Giornalino''.Luciano Secchi. "Gavioli, Gino". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. pp.421-2. Among Gavioli's best known comics series, ''Vita da cani'' (with

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as writer), ''Paco y Monolito'', ''Sempronio'', ''Il Lupo e l'Agnello'' and ''Orlando lo strambo'' of which he was also author of the stories.Luciano Secchi. "Gavioli, Gino". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. pp.421-2.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavioli, Gino 1923 births 2016 deaths Italian comics artists Italian comics writers Italian animators Italian animated film directors Italian animated film producers Artists from Milan Brera Academy alumni