Dino Attanasio
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Dino Attanasio is an Italian author of humoristic comics.
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After studies at the Academy of Arts of Milan, Dino Attanasio started to work in illustration and animation in the 1940s. He moved to Belgium in 1948 with his brother Gianni, also an artist. Shortly after his arrival, the young artist got in contact with Tintin magazine, for which he drew some illustrations, and decided to devote himself to comics. In the 1950s, he published Criche e Croc in the Italian magazine Il Giornalino
and Fanfan et Polo in La Libre Belgique
with scripts by Jean-Michel Charlier
and then René Goscinny
. At that time, he also worked for the Spirou magazine with some contributions to Les Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul. In 1954, he published "Pastis et Dynamite" in Line with Greg.
He became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s thanks to The Adventures of Signor Spaghetti, a comic series he created with Goscinny, published in Tintin after 1957.
From 1959 à 1962 he published in Femmes d'aujourd'hui
the comics series version of Les Aventures de Bob Morane
, a series of novels written by Henri Vernes
and for which he made some illustrations and art covers in the Marabout Junior collection. However, he is replaced for this job by Gérald Forton. Then, from 1961 to 1968, he took over the series Modeste et Pompon
, originally created by Franquin.
After his departure from Tintin in 1968, Attanasio started working for the Dutch market, creating the series Johnny Goodbye with Martin Lodewijk
and Patty Klein for Eppo
and Pep, with Bandoneon
(with Delporte) in Pep and with De Macaroni's (with Dick Matena
), but also for Italian magazines with "Ambroise et Gino" in Corriere dei piccoli
. From 1974 to 1986 he took on the Spaghetti series again in Formule 1, published in albums by Archers. In 1991 Attanasio created a comic adaptation of Boccaccio's literary classic Decameron with his son, published by Lefrancq. In 1994, he took over the series Bob Morane for one story only. Since then, new works have made rarer and some have publishers rediscovered some of his works, as Carnets de route in 1999 by Point Image and since 2002 some shorts stories originally published in Tintin, by Loup.
Biography
Attanasio was born in MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
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After studies at the Academy of Arts of Milan, Dino Attanasio started to work in illustration and animation in the 1940s. He moved to Belgium in 1948 with his brother Gianni, also an artist. Shortly after his arrival, the young artist got in contact with Tintin magazine, for which he drew some illustrations, and decided to devote himself to comics. In the 1950s, he published Criche e Croc in the Italian magazine Il Giornalino
Il Giornalino
Il Giornalino was an Italian comics magazine published by the Catholic publisher Edizioni San Paolo of Alba, founded in 1924.During its history, the magazine published the Italian translation of numerous American and European comics series, such as Looney Tunes, The Smurfs, Lucky Luke, Popeye,...
and Fanfan et Polo in La Libre Belgique
La Libre Belgique
La Libre Belgique is a Belgian newspaper in French. In Belgium, it can be roughly seen as an equivalent of Flemish De Standaard. The paper is widely perceived as pro-catholic...
with scripts by Jean-Michel Charlier
Jean-Michel Charlier
Jean-Michel Charlier was a Belgian script writer best known as a writer of realistic European comics. He was a co-founder of the famed European comics magazine Pilote.-Biography:...
and then René Goscinny
René Goscinny
René Goscinny was a French comics editor and writer, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris and Iznogoud with Jean Tabary.-Early life:Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family...
. At that time, he also worked for the Spirou magazine with some contributions to Les Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul. In 1954, he published "Pastis et Dynamite" in Line with Greg.
He became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s thanks to The Adventures of Signor Spaghetti, a comic series he created with Goscinny, published in Tintin after 1957.
From 1959 à 1962 he published in Femmes d'aujourd'hui
Femmes d'aujourd'hui
Femmes d'aujourd'hui is the second studio album by Jeanne Mas, released in April 1986 by Pathé Marconi. As for the previous album, all texts were written by Romano Musumarra. The French singer Daniel Balavoine also participated in the production of the album...
the comics series version of Les Aventures de Bob Morane
Bob Morane
Bob Morane, a creation of French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes, the pseudonym of Charles-Henri Dewisme, is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist...
, a series of novels written by Henri Vernes
Henri Vernes
Charles-Henri-Jean Dewisme , better known by his pen name Henri Vernes, is a well-known author of action and science-fiction novels, of which has he published over 200 titles...
and for which he made some illustrations and art covers in the Marabout Junior collection. However, he is replaced for this job by Gérald Forton. Then, from 1961 to 1968, he took over the series Modeste et Pompon
Modeste et Pompon
Modeste et Pompon is a Belgian comic series consisting mainly of humorous one-page short stories about a temperamental young man and his girlfriend...
, originally created by Franquin.
After his departure from Tintin in 1968, Attanasio started working for the Dutch market, creating the series Johnny Goodbye with Martin Lodewijk
Martin Lodewijk
Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser.Martin Lodewijk was born in Rotterdam. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably of spacecraft and pirates...
and Patty Klein for Eppo
Eppo
Eppo may refer to:* Australian surfer Michael Eppelstun * European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization * ICAO code for Poznań-Ławica Airport* Eppo A Dutch comic magazine....
and Pep, with Bandoneon
Bandoneón
The bandoneón is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta típica, the tango orchestra...
(with Delporte) in Pep and with De Macaroni's (with Dick Matena
Dick Matena
Dick Matena is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist. He has also publishing under the pseudonyms A. den Dooier, John Kelly and Dick Richards.-Toonder studio's:...
), but also for Italian magazines with "Ambroise et Gino" in Corriere dei piccoli
Corriere dei Piccoli
The Corriere dei Piccoli , later renamed Corriere dei Ragazzi and nicknamed Corrierino , was a weekly magazine for children published in Italy from 1908 to 1995...
. From 1974 to 1986 he took on the Spaghetti series again in Formule 1, published in albums by Archers. In 1991 Attanasio created a comic adaptation of Boccaccio's literary classic Decameron with his son, published by Lefrancq. In 1994, he took over the series Bob Morane for one story only. Since then, new works have made rarer and some have publishers rediscovered some of his works, as Carnets de route in 1999 by Point Image and since 2002 some shorts stories originally published in Tintin, by Loup.
Publications
- Bob Morane (5 tomes, edited by Marabout) 1960–1963
- Modeste et Pompon (11 tomes) 1964–1968
- Spaghetti (24 tomes) 1961–2001
- Ambroise et Gino (1 tome) 1979
- Bandonéon (2 tomes) 1979
- Flash-back et la 4e dimension (1 tome) 1979
- Soleil des damnés (Le) (1 tome) 1983
- Il était une fois dans l'oued (1 tome) 1984
- Bob Morane (1 tome, edited by Deligne) 1979
- Johnny Goodbye (7 tomes) 1979–2004
- Bob Morane (Divers, 6 tomes) 1985–2007
- Bob Morane (edited by Lefrancq, 7 tomes) 1989–1995
- Décaméron (Le) (1 tome) 1991
- Fanfan et Polo (1 tome) 1991
- Jimmy Stone (1 tome) 1997
- Attanasio (3 tomes) 1999–2006
- Bd story (2 tomes) 2002
- Meilleurs récits de... (Les) (4 tomes) 2002–2006
- Candida (1 tome) 2006
External links
- Biography at LambiekLambiekLambiek is a comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded in 1968 by Kees Kousemaker .It has held exhibitions of art by comic creators, including Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, Erik Kriek, André Franquin, Tanino Liberatore and Chris Ware...
's Comiclopedia - Interview about Bob Morane.