Walter Molino
Walter Molino (born November 5, 1915 in Reggio nell'Emilia , Emilia-Romagna , † December 8, 1997 in Milan , province of Milan ) was an Italian cartoonist and illustrator.
life and work
Molino received his academic training in Milan and made his debut in the mid-1930s with drawings for various publications. From 1936 he worked for the humorous weekly Bertoldo before he created his first comic in 1938 with Virus, il mago della foresta morta, based on a template by Federico Pedrocchi . In the following years, Molino Capitan l'Audace drew and Kit Carson took over from Rino Albertarelli . In 1941, Molinos began a nearly 30-year collaboration with the magazine Domenica del Corriere , for which he created covers and humorous drawings. With a few exceptions, such as in 1946, when he drew several stories for the Grand Hotel magazine under the pseudonym JW Symes using a mixture of photo and washing technology, Molino had worked almost exclusively as an illustrator since 1941.
literature
- Franco Fossati: The great illustrated Ehapa comic dictionary. Ehapa, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7704-0865-9 , pp. 180-181.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Walter Molino on lfb.it (Italian) , accessed on March 9, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e Walter Molino on lambiek.net (English) , accessed on March 9, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Molino, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Symes, JW |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian comic book artist and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reggio nell'Emilia , Emilia-Romagna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1997 |
| Place of death | Milan , Province of Milan |