Walter Molino
Walter Molino | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 5 November 1915 Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| Died | 8 December 1997 (aged 82) Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | Comics artist |
Walter Molino (5 November 1915 – 8 December 1997) was an Italian comics artist and illustrator.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Reggio Emilia, Molino made his professional debut as illustrator and caricaturist in 1935, collaborating with the newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia and the children's magazines Il Monello and L'Intrepido.[1] In 1936 he started working for the satirical magazine Bertoldo, and in 1938 he debuted as a comic artist with the series Virus, il mago della Foresta Morta, with texts of Federico Pedrocchi.[1]Still with Pedrocchi he created the comics series Capitan l'Audace for the magazine L'Audace, Maschera Bianca, and a number of other characters.[1]
Since 1941 Molino became the official cover-illustrator of La Domenica del Corriere, succeeding to Achille Beltrame.[1][2] He also collaborated with the women's magazine Grand Hotel, as cover-illustrator and artist of "cineromanzi", i.e. comic stories, generally of romantic or melodramatic genre, whose comic characters resembled famous film actors.[1][2]
In 2020, his illustration of a speculative "Singoletta" vehicle from a December 1962 article in La Domenica del Corriere went viral due to it being seen as a solution for social distancing. Erroneously, it's frequently cited as a depiction of the year 2022 when the original illustration gives no exact date.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Fossati, Franco (1992). Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto. Mondadori. ISBN 9788804355441.
- ^ a b Ajello, Nello (9 December 1997). "Quell' Italia profumata di cronaca". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Mikkelson, David (15 May 2020). "Is This a 1962 Vision of Life in 2022?". Snopes. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Walter Molino (Lambiek Comiclopedia)
- Barzini, Ludina (1986). Walter Molino: cinquant'anni di attività. Comune di Milano.
- Del Buono, Oreste (1995). Walter Molino: 60 anni tra cronaca e arte. Ed. L'Agrifoglio.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
 | This profile of a European comics creator, writer, or artist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |