Giovan Battista Carpi
Giovan Battista Carpi was a prolific Italian comics artist, illustrator, and teacher from Genoa.
Carpi worked mainly for Disney comics, mostly on books featuring Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck, although he occasionally drew Mickey Mouse as well. He created Paperinik with Guido Martina. He also created other well-known comic characters for, such as Geppo, Nonna Abelarda, and.
Early life
Carpi was born in Genoa and from a young age frequented the study of the artist Giacomo Picollo. He became a fumetti illustrator in 1945, when he published in the weekly Faville. He then began to publish a series "Sparagrosso, Cacciatore in Africa" for the children's magazine Lo Scolaro.Two years later, he moved to Milan, where he got experience in animation at the studio. He continued to illustrate children's comics for studies like De Agostini, Corticelli, Tipys, and Messaggerie Musicali and began, in 1951, to draw humor comics.
Disney parody artist
Carpi drew a very popular series of "" for the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino. As the German-language Duckipedia notes, "His love for historical fashions and costumes predisposed Carpi for Disney parodies of world literature, such as Paperino principe di Dunimarca, a parody of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, or Il mistero dei candelabri, a parody of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables."Other popular parodies by Carpi include Guerra e Pace, Paperino e il vento del Sud, Paperino e il giro del mondo in otto giorni, Paperin Caramba y Carmen Olè, Paolino Pocatesta e la bella Franceschina, Topolino corriere dello Zar, La metamorfosi di un papero.
Death
Carpi died in Genoa on March 8, 1999.Awards
- , 1994, Rome
- Honorary laurea in science education, 1997, University of Bologna
Selected works
- , Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1978
- Paperinik e il ritorno a Villa Rosa
- Zio Paperone e la corona di luce
- Paperino e il pianeta Esalion
- Zio Paperone e la fattoria orbitale
- Paperino e il mistero di Lucca, 1992