- Sergio Toppi
Sergio Toppi (born
October 11 ,1932 ) is an Italiancartoonist .Career
Born in
Milan , Toppi made his debut in the illustration world working for the renowned Italian publisherUTET , and collaborated to several advertisement campaigns.In
1966 he finished his first comic strip for "Il Corriere dei Piccoli " ("The Children's Gazette"), written byCarlo Triberti . The character was theMago Zurlì ("Zurli Wizard"). For the same title Toppi produced numerous war stories .Subsequently Toppi worked mainly for one-shot titles, with the exception of the eccentric "
Collezionista " ("Collector") of1984 . He produced adventure/historical titles for CEPIM's "Un uomo un avventura " and, for the French publisherLarrousse , some episodes of "Histoire de France en bandes dessinées" and "La Découverte du Monde".Later he collaborated with "
Il Corriere dei Ragazzi " ("The Boys' Gazette"), and the "Messaggero dei Ragazzi", the comics title of a popular Rome's newspaper, with historically set stories.Toppi's works appeared on a host of titles in Italy and abroad: an incomplete list could include "Linus", "Corto Maltese", "Sgt. Kirk" and "
Il Giornalino " in Italy. His strips were collected in several books.External links
* [http://associazioni.monet.modena.it/glamazonia/articoli/toppi/cronotoppi.htm Complete chronology of works (in Italian)]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/t/toppi_sergio.htm Biography with images]
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