Filippo Scòzzari
Filippo Scòzzari is an Italian comics artist, painter, and writer, born in Bologna. He is one of the main figures of the 1970s Italian underground comics movement.
Known for his first comic at Mondadori's Il Mago under the pen name Winslow Leech, he worked for Re Nudo and Il Mago, Radio Alice of Bologna, Cannibale, Il Male, Frigidaire, Blue, Panorama, TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and Glamour International.
Career
His career began in the 1970s, appearing in various underground satirical publications; in 1979 he collaborated with the satirical weekly publication Il Male, and in the subsequent years he was published in Frizzer, Tempi Supplementari, Il Lunedì della Repubblica and was among the founders of the comic magazines Cannibale and Frigidaire.During the same years he also appeared in Re Nudo, Linus, Vogue, Spaceships Today, Panorama, and Alteralter.
His comics have been published in France, Brazil, and Greece.
Most of his comics have been collected in eight books published in Italy by Primo Carnera Editore and Coniglio Editore, in France by Albin Michel, and in Brazil by Conrad Editora.
He wrote six novels, an anthology of pornographic tales, and a theatrical work, Heart in Slices. He held several exhibitions in Italy: in Rimini, in Montecchio Emilia, in Rome, in Reggio Emilia, in Milan, in Turin, in Bologna and, abroad, in Athens.
Among his comic books are: a graphic novel based on Raymond Chandler's screenplay The Blue Dahlia, a collection of stories from his underground period, a collection of his early science fiction short stories and various collections of the comics formerly published in Frigidaire.