Marco Rota (; born 18 September 1942) is an
Italian
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Disney comic artist who served as editor-in-chief of
Disney Italia
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from 1974 to 1988.
Life and career
Rota was born in
Milan. His first comic work, , was published in 1958 in the magazine .
During the 1960s, he drew stories of
Superman and
Batman, as well as
erotic comics
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.
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Rota made his first Disney comic using the Mickey Mouse character in 1971. He would go on, however, to work primarily with ]Donald Duck
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and Scrooge McDuck
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stories. His best-known Disney-related work is Andold "Wild Duck" Temerary
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, Donald's dark age Scottish alter ego; as well as the 1984 story ''From Egg to Duck'' ( it, Buon compleanno, Paperino!, , Happy birthday, Donald!), Donald's biography.[
In addition to working with established characters, Rota also does original work.][ As of 2012, he works for the ]Danish
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publisher Egmont Egmont may refer to:
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.
References
External links
*
Marco Rota
at the Lambiek Comiclopedia
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1942 births
Living people
Artists from Milan
Italian comics artists
Italian comics writers
Disney comics writers
Disney comics artists
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