Franco Caprioli
Franco Caprioli (5 April 1912 – 8 February 1974) was an Italian comics artist, comics writer, illustrator and painter.
Franco Caprioli
- Birthplace
- Mompeo, Italy
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Cartoonist
- Born
- 1912 · Mompeo.
- Died
- 1974 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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• Birthplace — Mompeo, Italy • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Cartoonist
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Mompeo, Caprioli began his career as a fresco painter, before making his professional debut as an illustrator in 1937, in the comics magazine Argentovivo. In 1939 he started collaborating with Il Vittorioso, for which he created the popular series Gino e Piero and Piero il mozzo del sommergibile. He later collaborated with other important publications, notably Topolino, in which he created the critically acclaimed series La tigre del Bengala, L'Audace and Corriere dei Piccoli. In the early 1970s he realized comic adaptations of classic adventure novels for Il Giornalino. He also collaborated with international publishers, including Fleetway Publications and Éditions Aventures et Voyages. He died of heart attack on 8 February 1974, aged 61.
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Franco Caprioli lived from 5 April 1912 to 8 February 1974 and was a comics artist. The birth of Franco Caprioli is recorded on 5 April 1912 in Mompeo, and the death on 8 February 1974 in Rome.
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1912
Franco Caprioli born at Mompeo.
1974
Franco Caprioli died at Rome.
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- 2.Franco Caprioli. lambiek.net.
- 3.Capriòli, Franco nell'Enciclopedia Treccani.
- 4.Franco Caprioli - Ink on Line.
- 5.Davide Tessera. Passenger Press presenta: La Storia della Navigazione di Franco Caprioli. BadComics.it. 29 aprile 2016.
- 6.uBC.
- 7.Franco Caprioli. Moby Dick - La balena bianca. Edizioni NPE. 2022. 9788836270569.
- 8.Franco Caprioli. Michele Strogoff – Il corriere dello zar. Edizioni NPE. 2022. 9788836270910.
- 9.Franco Caprioli. Un capitano di quindici anni. Edizioni NPE. 2022. 9788836270972.
- 10.Franco Caprioli. I figli del capitano Grant. Edizioni NPE. 2023. 9788836271825.
- 11.Franco Caprioli. L'isola misteriosa. Edizioni NPE. 2024. 9788836272129.
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