Alberico Motta | |
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Born | 6 October 1937
Milan, Italy |
Died | 23 May 2019
Certosa di Pavia, Italy | (aged 81)
Occupation | Cartoonist |
Alberico Motta (6 October 1937 - 23 May 2019) was an Italian cartoonist and illustrator.
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 . [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]