Renzo Calegari (5 September 1933 – 5 November 2017Morto Renzo Calegari, disegnatore di "Storia del West"
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Life and career

Born in

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, Calegari left his studies in accountancy to enter the art studios of Roy d'Ami. He made his professional debut one year later, collaborating with Gian Luigi Bonelli in the series ''El Kid'', ''I Tre Bill'', and in 1955 ''Davy Crockett''. In 1957 he began a fruitful collaboration with

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, in which he specialized in drawing war comics. In 1967 he co-created with

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his best known work, the long-lasting comic book series ''

Storia del West ''Storia del West'' (i.e. "History of the West") is a comic book series created in 1967 by Gino D'Antonio and Renzo Calegari. Overview A detailed and well-documented historical account of American frontier narrated from the point of view of a ...

'', which ran until 1980, and for which he illustrated numerous stories. After several years of hiatus, he reprised his activities in the second half of the 1970s, collaborating with the magazines '' Skorpio'', '' Il Giornalino'', ''

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'' and ''Zodiaco''.

References

External links

Renzo Calegari
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