Gaetano Liberatore (born 12 April 1953), better known as Tanino Liberatore, is an

Italian comics Italian comics, also known as ''fumetto'' , plural form ''fumetti'' , are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term ''fumetto'' (literally ''little puff of smoke'') refers ...

author and illustrator. His best known fictional character is

RanXerox ''RanXerox'' is an Italian science fiction graphic novel series by Stefano Tamburini and Tanino Liberatore, two Italian artists who had worked on such magazines as ''Cannibale'' and ''Frigidaire''. Conceived as a bizarre antihero, RanXerox was a m ...

Life and work

Born in

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(

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), Liberatore went to high school in

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where he met comics artist

Andrea Pazienza Andrea Pazienza (; 23 May 1956 – 16 June 1988), was an Italian comics artist and painter. Biography Early life Pazienza was born in San Benedetto del Tronto, province of Ascoli Piceno, in 1956. Growing up in his father's town of San Severo ...

. He later finished his architectural studies at the University of Rome. From 1974 to 1978, he designed record covers for

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. In 1978 he met

Stefano Tamburini Stefano Tamburini (18 August 1955 – April 1986) was an Italian graphic artist, comics author and magazine publisher. Tamburini is primarily known as co-creator of the comic book character RanXerox, with Tanino Liberatore. Along with Andrea Paz ...

and published his first work in Tamburini's comics magazine '' Cannibale''. In 1978 RanXerox was born, a cyborg-punk, ultra strong creature created by Tamburini. Several stand alone hardcover albums ensued, translated in several languages. In 1980 he involved in the foundation of the magazine ''

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''. Liberatore's work has been republished in several international comics magazines (''Transfert'', '' Métal Hurlant'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Chic''). The cover of

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's ''

The Man from Utopia ''The Man from Utopia'' is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in March 1983 by Barking Pumpkin Records. The album is named after a 1950s song, written by Donald and Doris Woods, which Zappa covers as part of "The Man from Utop ...

'' album features an illustration by Tanino Liberatore, showing Zappa as RanXerox. In 1984 he drew the album cover for ''Beat Up'', the first 7-inch release by New York City based ska band

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. During this time he also created a few 'one of a kind' pieces of art work for Toasters frontman Robert "Bucket" Hingley. He has also done art direction for films.

Bibliography

Comics

* ''RanXerox: Ranx in New York'' graphic novel * ''RanXerox: Happy Birthday Lubna'' graphic novel * ''RanXerox: Amen!'' graphic novel * ''Liberatore: Video Clips'' graphic novel * ''Savage Sword of Conan #97

over Over may refer to: Places *Over, Cambridgeshire, England *Over, Cheshire, England *Over, South Gloucestershire, England * Over, Tewkesbury, near Gloucester, England ** Over Bridge *Over, Seevetal, Germany Music Albums * ''Over'' (album), by Pe ...

' (1974) * ''Twisted Tales #7'' (1982) * ''Hustler Magazine: Honey Hooker comic'' (March 1984) * ''Heavy Metal: Sax Blues + Cover '' (January 1985) * ''Heavy Metal: Cover'' (March 1985) * ''Batman: Black and White #3'' (1996) * ''Heavy Metal: The Full Monty'' (Fall 1999) * ''Heavy Metal: Urban Legend'' (Fall 2000) * ''Heavy Metal: Angel Dust'' (May 2001) * ''Lucy L'Espoir'' (2007) Story of the prehistoric humanoid species ''Australopithecus afarensis'' found by Yves Coppens and named Lucy.

Art books

* ''Portrait De La Bete En Rock Star'' (Foreword by Frank Zappa, with fictional exploits written by Geof Darrow) * ''The Universe of Liberatore'' * ''Women of Liberatore'' * ''Liberatore B&W'' * ''Liberatore: Da Quadri a Parigi'' * ''Liberatore: Penombre'' portfolio

Movies

*''24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (2002) Production Designer *''Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra'' (2002) Costume Designer *''RRRrrrr!!!'' (2004) Art Department

Album covers

* Ivan Graziani – ''Agnese dolce Agnese'' (1978) *

– ''

'' (1983) * Sal's African Rockers – ''Abel Lima'' (1984) * The Toasters – ''Beat up'' (1984) * Marsico – ''Funk Sumatra'' (1985) * Szajner – ''Indecent Delit'' (1986) * Gold – ''Laissez-Nous Chanter'' (1986) * Destroy Man & JhonyGo – Egoiste'' (1987) * Bijou – ''Lola'' (1988) * Dick Rivers – ''Linda Lu Baker'' (1989) *

The Bloody Beetroots The Bloody Beetroots is an Italian electronic music project of musician and producer Bob Rifo (also Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo and SBCR, born Simone Cogo). Established in late 2006, the Bloody Beetroots were initially a duo consisting of Bob Rifo an ...

– ''Romborama (2009)'' * The Bloody Beetroots – ''Hide (2013)'' * La Femme – ''Mystère (2016)''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liberatore, Tanino Italian comics artists Italian erotic artists Italian illustrators Album-cover and concert-poster artists 1953 births Living people People from the Province of Chieti Italian magazine founders