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Infobox Comics creator
name = Gianni Pacinotti
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birthdate = 1963
location = Pisa
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nationality = Italian
area = Comics artist, cartoonist, filmmaker, author
alias = Gipi
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awards = 2005 Goscinny Prize, Max & Moritz Prize, Best Book at AngoulêmeGianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian
cartoonist , filmmaker, and author.Biography
Born in
Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries. [ [http://lambiek.net/artists/g/gipi.htm Comic creator: Gipi (Gianni Pacinotti) ] ]He began illustrating stories and comics in 1992, and his work appeared in "Cuore", "Blue", "
Il Clandestino ", "Boxer", "Il Manifesto " and "La Straniero ". [ [http://lambiek.net/artists/g/gipi.htm Comic creator: Gipi (Gianni Pacinotti) ] ] His work also appears in "La Repubblica ". [ [http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/gipi.html First Second - Creators - Gipi ] ]His
graphic novel "Appunti per une Storia di Guerra" ("Notes pour une histoire de guerre, Notes for a War Story"), published byCoconino Press , appeared in France and was published in the United States byFirst Second Books . [ [http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/gipi.html First Second - Creators - Gipi ] ] "Notes for a War Story" won the 2005 Goscinny Prize for Best Script and was proclaimed Best Book at Angoulême in 2006. [ [http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/gipi.html First Second - Creators - Gipi ] ] Notes for a War Story follows three young men in a war-torn country –intended to be any number of European countries. “In the Italian version of the book,” Gipi has remarked, “the name of the villages are Italian names, in the French version, French names. I didn’t want the reader to think, ‘This war happens elsewhere, far from me.’ My intention was to make people think about the possibilities of a war suddenly arriving in their own home.” [ [http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=GipiRudickInterview Words Without Borders ] ]Gipi has created "Gli Innocenti" ("The Innocents") for the
Ignatz Series and in 2006 this work earned him anEisner Award nomination and aMax & Moritz Prize . [ [http://lambiek.net/artists/g/gipi.htm Comic creator: Gipi (Gianni Pacinotti) ] ] "The Innocents" is about a reformed thug who takes his young nephew down to the seaside, where they visit an old friend who has just been released out of prison for a crime he did not commit. [ [http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=391&Itemid=62&vmcchk=1&Itemid=62 Fantagraphics Books - Gipi ] ]Other work
In 2000, he founded Santa Maria Video. Santa Maria is a studio through which he creates video and animation shorts. [ [http://lambiek.net/artists/g/gipi.htm Comic creator: Gipi (Gianni Pacinotti) ] ] He is editor of the "Esterno Notte" anthology and teaches in fine arts academies.
Graphic novels
* "Appunti per une Storia di Guerra" ("Notes for a War Story")
*"Gli Innocenti" ("The Innocents")
*"Garage Band"References
External links
* [http://giannigipi.blogspot.com/ Gipi’s website]
* [http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=GipiRudickInterview Words Without Borders: “Taken from Life: An Interview with Gipi”]Persondata
NAME=Pacinotti, Gianni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Gipi
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Italian cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH=1963
PLACE OF BIRTH=Pisa
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