Giuseppe Perego

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Giuseppe Perego
Born(1915-06-01)June 1, 1915
Arcore, Italy
DiedDecember 7, 1996(1996-12-07) (aged 81)
Arcore, Italy
NationalityItalian
Area(s)Artist

Giuseppe Perego (1 June 1915 – 7 December 1996) was an Italian comic artist, active between the early 1930s and the early 1980s. He is known for his work in Disney comics.

Life and career

Born in Arcore, Perego started his career at very young age at Million Film, where he collaborated as animator with the brothers Carlo and Vittorio Cossio. His early works as cartoonist were several strips published in Corriere dei Piccoli and in Modellina (the comic supplement of the newspaper Il Mattino), and some stories of the series Scimmiottino.[1][2]

After the

Disney, first as cover illustrator of Topolino and later drawing hundreds of stories and illustrations for many Disney publications. During this time he also collaborated with other publishers, co-creating with Andrea Lavezzolo the series Poldo e Poldino for Il Giorno dei Ragazzi and drawing several episodes of Fix and Foxi.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gianni Brunoro. "Perego, Giuseppe". Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto. Editoriale Corno, 1978. p.618.
  2. ^ a b "Giuseppe Perego". Lambiek Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

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