Filippo Scòzzari (born 30 August 1946) is an Italian

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, painter, and writer, born in

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. He is one of the main figures of the 1970s Italian underground comics movement. Known for his first comic at

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's '' Il Mago'' under the pen name Winslow Leech, he worked for '' Re Nudo'' and ''Il Mago'',

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of Bologna, '' Cannibale'', '' Il Male'', ''

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'' and '' Glamour International''.

Career

His career began in the 1970s, appearing in various underground satirical publications; in 1979 he collaborated with the satirical weekly publication ''Il Male'', and in the subsequent years he was published in ''Frizzer'', ''Tempi Supplementari'', ''Il Lunedì della Repubblica'' and was among the founders of the comic magazines ''Cannibale'' and ''Frigidaire''. During the same years he also appeared in ''Re Nudo'', '' Linus'', ''

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'', ''Spaceships Today'', ''

'', and ''Alteralter''. His comics have been published in France, Brazil, and Greece. Most of his comics have been collected in eight books published in Italy by Primo Carnera Editore and Coniglio Editore, in France by Albin Michel, and in Brazil by Conrad Editora. He wrote six novels, an anthology of pornographic tales, and a theatrical work, ''Heart in Slices''. He held several exhibitions in Italy: in

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, in Montecchio Emilia, in Rome, in

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, in Milan, in Turin, in Bologna and, abroad, in

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. Among his comic books are: a graphic novel based on

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's screenplay ''The Blue Dahlia'' (''La Dalia Azzurra'', 1981), a collection of stories from his underground period (''Doctor Jack'', 1982), a collection of his early science fiction short stories (''Mud and Oxygen'', 1992) and various collections of the comics formerly published in ''Frigidaire'' (''Women'', 1987, ''Sister Big Tooth & Other Battles'', 1992).

Works

* ''Primo Carnera'', cartoons, Roma, Primo Carnera Editore, 1982 * ''La dalia azzurra'', cartoons, Roma, Primo Carnera Editore, 1982 istampa Coniglio Editore 2006 e Editoriale Cosmo">Coniglio_Editore.html" ;"title="istampa Coniglio Editore">istampa Coniglio Editore 2006 e Editoriale Cosmo 2017] * ''Dottor Jack'', cartoons, Roma, Primo Carnera Editore, 1983 * ''Donne (odori, nei, peli e altri fantasmi)'', cartoons, Roma, Primo Carnera Editore, 1985 * ''Suor Dentona (e altre battaglie)'', cartoons, Roma, Primo Carnera Editore, 1988 ntegral edition Mompracem, 2012">Mompracem.html" ;"title="ntegral edition Mompracem">ntegral edition Mompracem, 2012* ''Fango e ossigeno'', cartoons, Roma, Primo Carnera Editore, 1988 * ''Altri cieli'', Roma, sci-fi cartoons, Primo Carnera Editore, 1992 * ''Cuore di Edmondo'', theatrical text, Bologna, Granata Press, 1993 * ''XXXX! Racconti porni'', anthology of stories, Roma, Castelvecchi, 1996 Coniglio Editore, 2008. * ''Prima pagare poi ricordare. Da «Cannibale» a «Frigidaire». Storia di un manipolo di ragazzi geniali'', diary, Roma, Castelvecchi, 1997 istampa Coniglio Editore, 2004, * ''Figate'', illustrations, Mare nero, 1999. * ''L'Isterico a Metano'', novel, Milano,

, 1999. * ''Memorie dell'arte bimba'', diary, Roma, Coniglio Editore, 2008. * ''Proverbi afghani'', anthology of illustrated proverbs, Genova, Grrrzetic, 2009. * ''Filippo Scòzzari e l'Insonnia Occidentale'', anthology of stories, Roma, Coniglio Editore, 2011. * ''Prima pagare poi ricordare. Fanciulli pazzi. Tutta La Storia'', diary, Roma, Fandango Libri, 2017. * ''Lassù no'', sci-fi cartoons, postfaction by Daniele Mari, Roma, Fandango Libri, 2019.

References

External links

Memorie dell'Arte Bimba

"Schifano and Friends: Frigidaire"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scozzari, Filippo 1946 births Living people Italian comics artists Italian comics writers 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers Italian magazine founders