Giovan Battista Carpi

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Giovan Battista Carpi (born November 16, 1927 in Genoa ; † March 8, 1999 there ) was one of the most important Italian cartoonists and authors. As one of the first draftsmen he drew both the ducks and stories from the mouse universe in the same quality. Carpi is considered one of the most important cartoonists of Disney parodies, and he was also instrumental in the invention of the character Phantomias .

Live and act

He made his first drawings as early as 1945 after receiving training as a visual artist from the painter Giacomo Picollo . In 1953 he was hired by Disney , where he initially worked with Giulio Chierchini . There he began his parodies, including on Victor Hugo's Die Elenden . Then in the 1960s he began to turn to the mouse universe. In 1969 he drew the first story with Phantomias, but after that he only used this character very rarely.

From the 1970s onwards, things got quiet around him, only in the 1980s he was able to bring a few more successful stories onto the market.

Comics (selection)

  • Donald, Prince of Duckenmark - parody of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare (1960, with Gian Giacomo Dalmasso , LTB 58)
  • Duck Dorado - Der Goldkönig - parody of "The King of the Golden Wildbach" by John Ruskin (1961, with Guido Martina , LTB 81)
  • The trip around the world in 8 days - parody of "In 80 days around the world" by Jules Verne (1961, with Carlo Chendi, LTB 16)
  • Donald as a Venetian baker's apprentice - parody of the play "Il fornaretto di Venezia" by Francesco Dall'Ongaro (1964, with Osvaldo Pavese, LTB 18)
  • Pippo e il maniero del prozio Veniero - parody of the film " Corpse on Vacation " by Pat Jackson (1964, with Abramo Barosso and Giampaolo Barosso)
  • Donald on a secret mission - parody of "James Bond: Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming (1964, with Carlo Chendi, LTB 77)
  • Micky as the tsar's courier - parody of "Michael Strogoff" aka "The tsar's courier" by Jules Verne (1966, with Gian Giacomo Dalmasso, LTB 17)
  • From the life of Traugott Taugerich - parody of "Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre" by Octave Feuillet (1967, with Guido Martina, LTB 22)
  • Entenhausen's Liberation - Parody of Torquato Tasso's verse epic “The Liberated Jerusalem” (1967, with Guido Martina, LTB 18)
  • The Pearl of Labuan - parody of "Sandokan" by Emilio Salgari (1976, also as co-author of Michele Gazzarri, LTB 88)
  • Paperino e l'intrepido Paper-Tarzan - Parody of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1978, with Guido Martina, six loose sequels followed until 1980)
  • Three nephews gone astray - parody of ?? (1978, with Guido Martina, LTB 113)
  • Tulips from space - parody of the film "Star Wars" by George Lucas (1978, with Guido Martina, LTB 126)
  • The Twin Planet - parody of the Japanese anime TV series Grendizer (1979, with Guido Martina, LTB 139)
  • Carmen olé - parody of the opera "Carmen" by Georges Bizet (1979, with Guido Martina, LTB 88)
  • The beautiful Francesca - parody of Dante's "Inferno", 5th song (1980, with Guido Martina, LTB 88)
  • Ritter Donald von Bergerac - parody of the verse drama "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand (1981, with Guido Martina, DD 206)
  • Paperino e la piccola Butterfly - parody of the opera "Madame Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini (1981, with Guido Martina)
  • The Ducks ... Gone with the Wind - Parody of "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell (1982, with Guido Martina, LTB 117)
  • From the life of the important navigator Christopher Columbus alias Mickey Mouse - Parody of Christopher Columbus (1983, with Guido Martina, LTB 123)
  • Minstrel Joy and Sorrow - Parody of ?? (1985, also as an author, LTB 144)
  • War and Peace - Parody of "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy (1986, also as an author, LTB 122)
  • The tiger of Masalia - parody of "Sandokan: The Two Tigers" by Emilio Salgari (1988, also as author, LTB 141)
  • The secret of the silver candlesticks - parody of "The Wretched" by Victor Hugo (1989, also as an author, LTB 143)

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personal data
SURNAME Carpi, Giovan Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian comic book artist and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1999
Place of death Genoa