Giorgio Cavedon

Giorgio Cavedon (17 December 1930 – 14 October 2001)[1] was an Italian publisher, cartoonist and screenwriter.[2] Cavedon was most associated with his adult comics he wrote with Renzo Barbieri.[2] His first comic, Isabella was Italy's first openly erotic fumetto.[2]

Cavedon was born on 17 December 1930.[3] Outside his work in comics, Cavedon was also an accomplished musician, being a member of the Milan College Jazz Society and had the desire to become a filmmaker.[2] In 1953 he shot a short documentary on 16mm and the next year his short film Arturo was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.[2] Cavedon would casually return to the film industry in the next few years, including Renato Dall'Ara's assistant on Scano Boa and directing a part of the anthology comedy film I soldi.[2]

His comic Isabella was published between April 1966 and October 1976 with 263 issues.[2] The comic was later adapted into a film by Cavedon and directed by Bruno Corbucci in his film Ms. Stiletto.[2][4] Cavedon and Barbieri created several other comic series following Isabella such as Jacula, Hessa, Lucrezia, Messalina, Lucifera, and Jungla.[2] Barbieri and Cavedon parted ways with Barbieri in 1972 creating his own company which was the biggest rival to Cavedon's group in the 1970s for erotic comics.[2]

Cavedone continued his interest in film, and directed his only feature film with Ombre, shooting it in 1979 and having it released in 1980.[5][2] Cavedon died in 2001.[2]