Franco Caprioli

Franco Caprioli (5 April 1912 – 8 February 1974) was an Italian comics artist, comics writer, illustrator and painter.

Franco Caprioli
Born5 April 1912 (1912-04-05)
Mompeo, Italy
Died8 February 1974 (1974-02-09) (aged 61)
Rome, Italy
OccupationCartoonist

Life and career

Born in Mompeo, Caprioli began his career as a fresco painter, before making his professional debut as an illustrator in 1937, in the comics magazine Argentovivo.[1][2] In 1939 he started collaborating with Il Vittorioso, for which he created the popular series Gino e Piero and Piero il mozzo del sommergibile.[1][2] He later collaborated with other important publications, notably Topolino, in which he created the critically acclaimed series La tigre del Bengala, L'Audace and Corriere dei Piccoli.[1][2][3] In the early 1970s he realized comic adaptations of classic adventure novels for Il Giornalino.[1][2] He also collaborated with international publishers, including Fleetway Publications and Éditions Aventures et Voyages.[3] He died of heart attack on 8 February 1974, aged 61.[1]

References
  1. Horn, Maurice (1976). The World Encyclopedia of Comics. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-87754-042-7.
  2. Fossati, Franco (1992). "Caprioli, Franco". Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto. Mondadori. p. 49. ISBN 8804355441.
  3. "Biografia di Franco Caprioli". ANAFI. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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