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Giuseppe Coco

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Giuseppe Coco (1936 – 4 August 2012) was an Italian comics artist and illustrator.

Biography

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Born in Biancavilla, Province of Catania, Coco started his career in the 1960s as an illustrator of the satyrical magazine Il Travaso delle idee.[1][2] He worked for many Italian magazines and newspapers, notably La Repubblica, L'espresso, Famiglia Cristiana, Playmen, La Gazzetta dello Sport, La Domenica del Corriere and Epoca.[1][2] He also collaborated with some international magazines, including El País, Paris Match, Stern, Hara-Kiri, The Saturday Evening Post, Punch.[1][2] In 2006, on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Coco, several artists including Dario Fo, Mœbius, Bruno Bozzetto, Milo Manara , Quino, Osvaldo Cavandoli and Sergio Staino, celebrated him with a series of unreleased and exclusive writings and drawings, published in a volume titled Omaggi al maestro. Per il settantesimo compleanno di Coco ("Homage to the teacher. For the seventieth birthday of Coco").[1] The Museum of satirical drawings in Biancavilla was named after him.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Nello Pappalardo (December 2007). "Coco, l'arte del segno". Catania Provincia Euromediterranea. 2 (531): 24–25.
  2. ^ a b c d "Addio al vignettista Coco". La Stampa. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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