Loredano Ugolini (born 17 December 1927) is an Italian comic artist and illustrator.

Life and career

Born in

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, Ugolini started his career in 1948, illustrating several book covers for the publisher Salani; there he became friends with the comic artist , a collaborator of the publishing house, who introduced him to the comics publisher . He debuted as comic artist with some short stories published in ''Albi dell'Intrepido'', and then he got a large success with the comic series ', he co-created with and which was released in the magazine ''

Intrepido ''Intrepido'' (Italian language, Italian for "Intrepid"), also referred to as ''L'Intrepido'', was a weekly comic magazine published by Casa Editrice Moderna between 1935 and 1998. History and profile The first issue was published on 23 Februar ...

'', and with '' Cristal'', published in ''

Il Monello ''Il Monello'' (meaning ''The Rascal'' in English) was a weekly comic magazine for kids and teens published in Italy from 1933 to 1990. History and profile ''Il Monello'' was founded in 1933 by the Del Duca brothers and initially offered only ...

''. In the following years Ugolini created and illustrated several series including ''Lobo Kid'' (with stories by Gianluigi Bonelli, published by

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 ...

), ''Tony Gagliardo'' (another collaboration with Mancuso for ''Intrepido''), ''Rox'' (with stories written by ), as well as a number of comics for the British publisher

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. His son Simone is also a comics artist.

References

External links

Loredano Ugolini
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