![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leonardo Ortolani</span> Italian comics author](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Leo_Ortolani_2009.jpg/320px-Leo_Ortolani_2009.jpg)
Leonardo Ortolani, better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the comic book series Rat-Man.
![<i>Dylan Dog</i> Italian horror comics series](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Dylan_Dog.jpg)
Dylan Dog is an Italian horror comics series created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Sergio Bonelli Editore since 1986.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Italian comics</span> Comics originating in Italy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Yambo_Novellino_1907.jpg)
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 refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialogue in comics.
![<i>Ken Parker</i> (comics) Fictional character](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Ken_Parker_%28character%29.jpg)
Ken Parker is a fictional character from a series of eponym Italian comics created in 1974 by Giancarlo Berardi and Ivo Milazzo. He is a widely appreciated character in Italy and all over former Yugoslavia.
Dampyr is an Italian comic book series created by Mauro Boselli and Maurizio Colombo and first published by Sergio Bonelli Editore in 2000.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucca Comics & Games</span> Italian annual comic book and gaming convention](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Lucca_Comics_2007_San_Michele.JPG/320px-Lucca_Comics_2007_San_Michele.JPG)
Lucca Comics & Games is an annual comic book and gaming convention in Lucca, Italy, traditionally held at the end of October, in conjunction with All Saints' Day. It is the largest comics festival in Europe, and the second biggest in the world after the Comiket.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tiziano Sclavi</span> Italian writer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tiziano_Sclavi_anni_settanta.jpg/320px-Tiziano_Sclavi_anni_settanta.jpg)
Tiziano Sclavi is an Italian comic book author, journalist and writer of several novels. Sclavi is most famous as creator of the comic book Dylan Dog in 1986, for Italian publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore. More than 300 issues have appeared in the series, which has sold millions of copies. It has been in collaboration with several artists, including Claudio Villa, Corrado Roi, Gustavo Trigo, Carlo Ambrosini, Luigi Piccatto, Angelo Stano, Mike Mignola, Andrea Venturi, Giampiero Casertano and Bruno Brindisi.
Notable events of 1999 in comics.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Filippo Scòzzari</span> Italian comics author and writer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Filippo_Scozzari.jpg/320px-Filippo_Scozzari.jpg)
Filippo Scòzzari, is an Italian comics artist, painter and writer, one of the main figures of the 1970s underground art movement. Known for his first comic at Mondadori's Il Mago under the pen name Winslow Leech, he worked for Re Nudo and Il Mago, Radio Alice of Bologna, Cannibale, Il Male, Frigidaire, Blue, Panorama, TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and Glamour International.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guido Buzzelli</span> Italian painter](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Buzzelli-by-origa.jpg/320px-Buzzelli-by-origa.jpg)
Guido Buzzelli was an Italian comic book artist, writer, illustrator and painter.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guido Crepax</span> Italian comics artist (1933–2003)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Crepaxbyjoezattere.jpg/320px-Crepaxbyjoezattere.jpg)
Guido Crepas, better known by his pen name Guido Crepax, was an Italian comics artist. He is most famous for his character Valentina, created in 1965 and very representative of the spirit of the 1960s. The Valentina series of books and strips became noted for Crepax's sophisticated drawing, and for the psychedelic, dreamlike storylines, generally involving a strong dose of erotism. His work was often politically motivated too, inspired by his Communist convictions. A film based on his work called Baba Yaga, featuring the character Valentina, was made in 1973.
Massimo Rotundo is an Italian comics artist.
![<i>Bobo</i> (Italian comics)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Bobo_%28Italian_comics%29.jpg)
Bobo is the title character of an eponym Italian comic strip created in 1979 by Sergio Staino. It was referred as a symbol of a whole generation.
Giorgio Rebuffi was an Italian comics artist.
![<i>Skorpio</i> (magazine) Argentine-Italian comics magazine](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Skorpio-222-saga-del-sur.jpg)
Skorpio is a weekly anthology comic magazine published in Argentina from 1974 to 1996 and in Italy from 1977 onward.
Guido Martina was an Italian comic writer, documentarist and author. Martina is well known for his Disney comics stories, including the first of the "Disney Parodies" story "L'inferno di Topolino", and the creation of Paperinik, Donald Duck's superhero alter ego.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zerocalcare</span> Italian cartoonist (born 1983)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Zerocalcare_%28cropped%29.jpg/320px-Zerocalcare_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Michele Rech, known as Zerocalcare, is an Italian cartoonist. His pen name, literally meaning "zero limescale", was inspired by an Italian TV commercial jingle for a descaler product, and was chosen when he needed a nickname to quickly join a discussion on the Internet.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elena de' Grimani</span> Italian comics illustrator (b. 1975)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/L%27autrice_al_tavolo_da_disegno.jpg/320px-L%27autrice_al_tavolo_da_disegno.jpg)
Elena de' Grimani, also known as Ombra, is an Italian comics artist and illustrator, author of the character Rigel.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lelio Bonaccorso</span> Italian comic artist and illustrator](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Lelio_Bonaccorso_2021.jpg/320px-Lelio_Bonaccorso_2021.jpg)
Lelio Bonaccorso, is an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
![<i>Dampyr</i> (film) 2022 Italian horror fantasy film](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Dampyr_film_poster.jpg)
Dampyr is a 2022 English-language Italian fantasy horror film directed by Riccardo Chemello, based on the comic series Dampyr published by Sergio Bonelli Editore.