Tanino Liberatore


Gaetano Liberatore, better known as Tanino Liberatore, is an Italian comics author and illustrator. His best known fictional character is RanXerox.
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Life and work

Born in Quadri, Liberatore went to high school in Pescara where he met comics artist Andrea Pazienza. He later finished his architectural studies at the University of Rome. From 1974 to 1978, he designed record covers for RCA. In 1978 he met Stefano Tamburini and published his first work in Tamburini's comics magazine Cannibale. In 1978 RanXerox was born, a cyborg-punk, ultra strong creature created by Tamburini. Several stand alone hardcover albums ensued, translated in several languages. In 1980 he involved in the foundation of the magazine Frigidaire.
Liberatore's work has been republished in several international comics magazines. The cover of Frank Zappa's The Man from Utopia album features an illustration by Tanino Liberatore, showing Zappa as RanXerox. In 1984 he drew the album cover for Beat Up, the first 7-inch release by New York City based ska band The Toasters. During this time he also created a few 'one of a kind' pieces of art work for Toasters frontman Robert "Bucket" Hingley.
He has also done art direction for films.

Comics

RanXerox: Ranx in New York graphic novelRanXerox: Happy Birthday Lubna graphic novelRanXerox: Amen! graphic novelLiberatore: Video Clips graphic novelSavage Sword of Conan #97 Twisted Tales #7 Hustler Magazine: Honey Hooker comic Heavy Metal: Sax Blues + Cover Heavy Metal: Cover Batman: Black and White #3 Heavy Metal: The Full Monty Heavy Metal: Urban Legend Heavy Metal: Angel Dust Lucy L'Espoir Story of the prehistoric humanoid species Australopithecus afarensis found by Yves Coppens and named Lucy.

Art books

Portrait De La Bete En Rock Star The Universe of LiberatoreWomen of LiberatoreLiberatore B&WLiberatore: Da Quadri a ParigiLiberatore: Penombre portfolio

Movies

Album covers