Sergio Zaniboni (4 August 1937 – 18 August 2017) was an Italian comics artist and writer. He was especially known as the artist of numerous stories for ''

Diabolik ''Diabolik'' ( or ) is an Italian comic series created by sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani. One of the most popular series in the history of Italian comics, ''Diabolik'' was created in 1962 and consists of more than 900 volumes, and has led ...

''.

Career

Born in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

, Zaniboni started his comics career after working in technical design and advertisement. In 1967 he collaborated with the magazine ''Horror'' and, two years later, he began to collaborate with ''Diabolik'', for which he worked until 2015. From 1972 he also collaborates with ''

Il Giornalino ''Il Giornalino'' is an Italian comics magazine published in Italy. History and profile ''Il Giornalino'' was founded by the Catholic publisher Edizioni San Paolo of Alba in 1924. During its history, the magazine has published the Italian tra ...

'', for which he produced ''Il Campione'' (a series set in the boxing world, written by

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) and the police series ''Tenente Marlo'', with stories by

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. In the 1970s Zaniboni was also artist for the series ''I Reporters'' for the magazine ''

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''. In the 1980s his works included ''Speedy Car'' for ''Il Giornalino'', and ''Pam/Peter'', a one-shot written by

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and published on the magazine ''

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''. In 1991 he pencilled a long story for

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. In the same decade Zaniboni produced ''Reporter Blues'' e ''Maj Lin'' for ''Il Giornalino''. In 2000 he was award the for his work on ''Diabolik''. His son Paolo Zaniboni is also a comic book artist.

References

External links

Page at lambiek.com

1937 births 2017 deaths Artists from Turin Italian comics artists {{Europe-comics-creator-stub