Sergio Tarquinio
Sergio Tarquinio (13 October 1925 – 11 January 2026) was an Italian painter and comics artist. Tarquinio specialised in creating adventure comics for a general audience. Notably, his stories appeared in monthly magazines sold in French newsstands and were known as "pocket-sized comics".
Sergio Tarquinio
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- Name
- Sergio Tarquinio
- Born
- 13 October 1925
- Birthplace
- Cremona, Italy
- Died
- 11 January 2026
- Occupation
- Painter Comics artist
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy and Italy.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Sergio Tarquinio (13 October 1925 – 11 January 2026) was an Italian painter and comics artist. Tarquinio specialised in creating adventure comics for a general audience. Notably, his stories appeared in monthly magazines sold in French newsstands and were known as "pocket-sized comics".
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Tarquinio died in Cremona on 11 January 2026, at the age of 100.
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• Name — Sergio Tarquinio • Born — 13 October 1925 • Birthplace — Cremona, Italy • Died — 11 January 2026 • Place of death — Cremona, Italy • Occupation — Painter Comics artist
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1925
Sergio Tarquinio was born on 13 October 1925.
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Sergio Tarquinio died on 11 January 2026.
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Sergio Tarquinio was born at Cremona.
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Sergio Tarquinio died at Cremona.
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Sergio Tarquinio was born in Cremona.
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Sergio Tarquinio died in Cremona.
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- 1.A 100 anni è morto Sergio Tarquinio, "papà" di Tex e Ken Parker. Cremonaoggi. 12 January 2026.
- 2.Gaumer, Patrick. Dictionnaire mondial de la BD. Larousse. 2010. 9782035843319.
- 3.Tarquinio, Sergio. BD Gest'.
- 4.Addio a Sergio Tarquinio, il fumettista maestro del western. Adnkronos. 12 January 2026.
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