Alberico Motta

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Alberico Motta
Born6 October 1937 (1937-10-06)
Milan, Italy
Died23 May 2019 (2019-05-24) (aged 81)
Certosa di Pavia, Italy
OccupationCartoonist

Alberico Motta (6 October 1937 - 23 May 2019) was an Italian cartoonist and illustrator.

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Life and career

Born in Milan, Motta started his career at just 14 years old, collaborating with some children magazines published by Edizioni Alpe. [1] [2] He made his debut as a cartoonist on the magazine Chicchirichì, realizing stories of the title character as well as series created by himself. [1] [2]

Starting from 1957 Motta started collaborating, both as an artist and more often as a writer, with the major characters of Edizioni Alpe, notably Tiramolla, Cucciolo, Geppo, Nonna Abelarda, Provolino and the Italian-produced comic versions of Popeye ("Braccio di Ferro"), Felix and Tom and Jerry . [1] [2] In 1980 he created the first Italian manga-inspired comic series, Big Robot  [ it ]. [2] In the 1980s he wrote stories for the Walt Disney magazine Topolino and collaborated with the publishing house Epierre. [1] [2] He retired from comics in 1992, to work as an art director in an advertising agency. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Fumetti, addio ad Alberico Motta: era il "papà" di Geppo e di Nonna Abelarda". Secolo d'Italia (in Italian). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Morto Alberico Motta, storico disegnatore di Tiramolla e tanti altri personaggi". Il Giorno (in Italian). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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