Giorgio Cavedon (17 December 1930 – 2001) was an Italian publisher, cartoonist and screenwriter. Cavedon was most associated with his adult comics he wrote with

Renzo Barbieri Renzo Barbieri (10 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was an author and editor of Italian comics as well as the founder of the publishing house Edifumetto. In 1980 he wrote ''Il Manuale del Playboy'' (Manual for Playboys), a textbook about wher ...

. His first comic, '' Isabella'' was Italy's first openly erotic ''

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''. Cavedon was born on 17 December 1930. Outside his work in comics, Cavedon was also an accomplished musician, being a member of the Milan College Jazz Society and had the desire to become a filmmaker. In 1953 he shot a short documentary on

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and the next year his short film ''Arturo'' was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Cavedon would casually return to the film industry in the next few years, including Renato Dall'Ara's assistant on ''Scano Boa'' and directing a part of the anthology comedy film '' I soldi''. His comic ''Isabella'' was published between April 1966 and October 1976 with 263 issues. The comic was later adapted into a film by Cavedon and directed by

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in his film ''

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''. Cavedon and Barbieri created several other comic series following ''Isabella'' such as '' Jacula'', ''Hessa'', ''Lucrezia'', ''Messalina'', '' Lucifera'', and ''Jungla''. Barbieri and Cavedon parted ways with Barbieri in 1972 creating his own company which was the biggest rival to Cavedon's group in the 1970s for erotic comics. Cavedone continued his interest in film, and directed his only feature film with '' Ombre'', shooting it in 1979 and having it released in 1980. Cavedon died in 2001.

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