Massimo Fecchi

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Massimo Fecchi , better known as a comic artist by his surname Fecchi , (born September 7, 1946 in Città di Castello ) is an Italian comic artist . His own creations include Globulo Rosso and Giuseppe (German: Jonathan, the mad reporter ), he is mainly known as an illustrator of Fix and Foxi and Disney comics.

Life

After training as a drawing teacher at the Art Institute in Rome , Fecchi began working for Le Pioniere dell'Unita magazine in 1964 , where he took over the Picchio & Pacchio series . After further training as an animation draftsman, he also worked for the Jet Animation Studio from 1965 , while Fecchi also made drawings for Miao magazine .

In 1967 Fecchi drew his first own character, Globulo Rosso (dt. Red blood cell ) in the comic strip of the same name, as part of a competition for an Italian daily newspaper and the Salone dei Comics in Lucca , which Fecchi and other artists won with it. In the late 1960s he worked for Rosi Studio with Giorgio Cambiotti and Massimo Belardinelli on the series Kriminal and Jacula (published by Edilfumetti). From 1968 he also created humorous drawings for the monthly program magazine Telezecchino, edited by Editoriale Campi, for which he also created most of the cover images. His most famous work of this time was the character Giuseppe , which he drew for Telezecchino for five years based on texts by Isa Mogherini , and which later also appeared in Bastei-Verlag as Jonathan, the mad reporter in Germany.

In the 1970s, Fecchi drew stories for the famous Warner Bros. characters Tom and Jerry , Bugs Bunny , Woody Woodpecker , among others, for Studios Giolitti in Rome . From 1972 Fecchi created numerous stories for the Kauka-Verlag , among others for Die 7 Schnuckel and Pepito , and until 1995 for the publisher's flagship, Fix and Foxi .

He has been drawing for Ehapa since 1998 , for whom he has been writing stories about the "Duck Universe" for the Funny Paperback.

Fecchi's own series Odysseus , started in 1996 by Pabel-Moewig , was discontinued in 1997 after three volumes.

Fecchi is married with two children and lives with his family in Rome.

Way of working and influence

Massimo Fecchi basically creates all pencil drawings, characters and backgrounds, the employees of his respective studio then add the ink and the coloring. Usually he draws about one comic page per (work) day.

As an influence, Fecchi names Benito Jacovitti and the French comic artists at the beginning of his career, especially Albert Uderzo .

His story Mit Charme & Schnauze , which appeared in LTB 475, pays homage to the Peanuts series by Charles M. Schulz .

Awards

  • 1967 - Winner at the Comicsalon in Lucca with Globulo Rosso

Publications in Germany (selection)

  • Odysseus 1 - The Treasure of Troy and the Giant Polyphemus (1996)
  • Odysseus 2 - ... and the sorceress Circe (1997)
  • Odysseus 3 - The beautiful Nausicaa in the land of Feaci (1997)

Single story of the seven twinks in Pepito

  • Pepito 14/1973 - The complainer on the wrong track
  • Pepito 22/1973 - The fashion theft
  • Pepito 28/1973 - Salted and peppered
  • Pepito 30/1973 - A cute work of art
  • Pepito 34/1973 - Monkey circus
  • Pepito 02/1974 - All nine
  • Pepito 09/1974 - The shy Hugo
  • Pepito 11/1974 - Terror with the aunt
  • Pepito 15/1974 - Petri Heil
  • Pepito 16/1974 - Kidnapping
  • Pepito 18/1974 - Such a theater
  • Pepito 19/1974 - Put on the cross

Single story in a funny paperback

  • LTB 242 - race of heirs
  • LTB 250 - anniversary edition
  • LTB 256 - The volcanic island
  • LTB 258 - The forest spirit
  • LTB 259 - The great flood
  • LTB 260 - The nightmare washing up
  • LTB 262 - Demonic doppelgangers
  • LTB 276 - a great hobby
  • LTB 280 - The Lord of the Jungle
  • LTB 281 - Trapped in Darkmoor
  • LTB 283 - The mysterious mask
  • LTB 284 - A crazy horse race
  • LTB 286 - Among wolves
  • LTB 288 - superheroes in a double pack
  • LTB 291 - In the clutches of the mummy
  • LTB 292 - leap into the future
  • LTB 294 - The flat tire from the woods
  • LTB 297 - In the clutches of the croons
  • LTB 298 - The ball is round
  • LTB 299 - 70 years of superstar
  • LTB 301 - There can only be one!
  • LTB 302 - The cunning lamp spirit
  • LTB 305 - Superhero on the approach!
  • LTB 306 - Uncle Dagobert looks through
  • LTB 307 - Congratulations lucky guy!
  • LTB 308 - Danger from below
  • LTB 310 - The Black Shadow
  • LTB 312 - The underwater pills
  • LTB 314 - The grumpy Donulk
  • LTB 315 - A bad fraud
  • LTB 316 - The pirate's treasure
  • LTB 318 - A birthday riddle
  • LTB 319 - The Lord of the Blade
  • LTB 320 - Competition of magicians
  • LTB 321 - The bewitched lucky guy
  • LTB 323 - Operation Omega
  • LTB 347 - spies like us
  • LTB 350 - anniversary edition
  • LTB 351 - a direct hit
  • LTB 352 - Ready for the island (frame story)
  • LTB 353 - Ready for the island
  • LTB 355 - A dog's life
  • LTB 368 - nephews in danger
  • LTB 369 - It was exactly 40 years ago
  • LTB 373 - Escape to Duckland
  • LTB 390 - All the best, Donald!
  • LTB 394 - Horror in the cheat swamp
  • LTB 396 - Fähnleinführer against his will
  • LTB 396 - The treasure of the black scorpion
  • LTB 398 - The Ghost of Ganderville
  • LTB 399 - The Monster Mammoth
  • LTB 400 - Bring the cheese!
  • LTB 401 - A hard-fought picnic
  • LTB 421 - Money going astray

Single story in Fix and Foxi

  • Fix & Foxi 10/2006 - The Sacked Artist
  • Fix & Foxi 1/2008 - The Christmas Baller Gang (unpublished Fix & Foxi story from 1994)
  • Fix & Foxi 4/2008 - The magical night
  • Fix & Foxi 9/2008 - Isegrim and Reineke

Web links

Single receipts

  1. http://www.splashcomics.de/php/specials/seiten/2545
  2. http://www.bertel-express.de/daten/BE12.pdf
  3. http://www.splashcomics.de/php/specials/seiten/2545
  4. http://www.fieselschweif.de/kuenstler/mfecchi/