Massimo Mattioli (25 September 1943 – 23 August 2019) was an Italian artist and

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. Mattioli debuted in 1965 in the periodic comic book ''

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'' with ''Vermetto Sigh''. He was also published in '' Corto Maltese'' and '' Frigidaire''. In fact, he was one of the founders of ''Frigidaire''. Later he moved to London, where he made comics for the ''

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'' magazine. In the early 1970s, he created Pasquino for the ''Paese Sera'' newspaper. In 1973 he began his collaboration in the '' Il Giornalino'', creating the character '' Pinky''. In 1977, in association with

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, he created the underground magazine ''Cannibale''. In 1978, ''Cannibale'' published the first adventure of ''Joe Galaxy''. In 1982, he created the ''

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'' series, a parody of ''

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''. Mattioli was recognized with many prizes, including the French prize Phenix in 1971, the in 1975 and ''Romics d'Oro'' in 2009.

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Italian comics artists 1943 births 2019 deaths Comic strip cartoonists Underground cartoonists Italian humorists Italian parodists Italian magazine founders {{italy-artist-stub