Dino Battaglia
| Dino Battaglia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 August 1923 Venice, Italy |
| Died | 4 October 1983 (aged 60) Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Area(s) | artist |
Notable works | Mark Fury Till Eulenspiegel L'Ispettore Coke |
| Awards | full list |
Dino Battaglia (1 August 1923 – 4 October 1983) was an Italian comic artist, noted for a distinctive and expressive style, best known for his visual adaptations of classic novels.
In 1946 Dino Battaglia became part of the so-called Group of Venice with Fernando Carcupino, Hugo Pratt and Damiano Damiani.
Biography
Born in Venice, Battaglia first entered the comic book profession in 1946 co-founding and producing work for the Italian magazine Asso di Picche, where he drew some pages of the Junglemen series. Here he worked with other Venetian artists, among them Hugo Pratt and Alberto Ongaro.[1] When Asso di Picche folded in 1948, the Venetian Group (as they became known) moved to Argentina to work for Italian publisher Cesar Civita. Battaglia remained behind in Italy, opting for marriage instead of joining the Argentine move, but he drew the pirate strip Capitan Caribe, written by Ongaro and published in Héctor Germán Oesterheld's magazine Frontera, and other strips such as Cowboy Kid for Salgari.[2]
In 1950 Battaglia moved to
Starting in 1960 Battaglia produced a series of adaptations of fairy tales and classic novels for
In 1967 the magazine magazine, earning the title of Master of Darkness.
During the 1970s Battaglia produced a series of religious works for Il Messaggero dei Ragazzi and
In 1982 he created his only original series, L'Ispettore Coke (Inspector Coke) for the publisher Isola Trovata, featuring a detective of Scotland Yard who faces strange cases in stories set at the beginning of the 20th century.[1] Only two album publications, I delitti della fenice (The Crimes of the Phoenix) and La Mummia (The Mummy) were completed before the work was interrupted by Battaglia's unexpected death in 1983.
Since 1950, Battaglia's wife Laura De Vescovi collaborated on writing the scenarios and as colourist on his stories. Several comics critics have written theses on Battaglia, and his original artworks have been the subject of many expositions. Because of his preference for adaptations, Battaglia has never reached the notoriety of some of his contemporaries, but the expressive skill of Battaglia have earned him the respect of comics connoisseurs and his works are reprinted still today.
Awards
1975: Angoulême Festival, France, Award for best foreign artist[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Dino Battaglia".
- ^ a b Dan Dare. "Dino Battaglia".
- ^ ToutEnBD. "Le Palmarès 1975" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-06-25.
Sources
- Dino Battaglia dossier FFF (in Italian)
- Dino Battaglia publications Editions Mosquito (in French)
- Dino Battaglia publications in Pilote BDoubliées (in French)
See also
External links
- Dino Battaglia biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Dino Battaglia biography on Dan Dare
- Dino Battaglia biography on Enciclopedia del Fumetto (in Italian)
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