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''.

Career

Born in Turin, 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'', for which he produced ''Il Campione'' (a series set in the boxing world, written by Alberto Ongaro) 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 '' Orient Express''. In the 1980s his works included ''Speedy Car'' for ''Il Giornalino'', and ''Pam/Peter'', a one-shot written by Luigi Mignacco and published on the magazine ''

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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

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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