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Tito Faraci (born Luca Faraci, on 23 May 1965) is an Italian comics writer and editor, as well as novelist. Faraci is most notably known for his work on Mickey Mouse, as published on 'Topolino', the Italian weekly digest devoted to Disney comics. Faraci debuted in comics in the middle of the nineties. Although his very first script was for a Donald Duck story, he quickly gained fame as an inventive and innovative Mickey Mouse writer. His Disney stories mix absurd humour and a deep human touch, while borrowing atmospheres from pulp movies and noir literature. Many of his stories have been drawn by famous artist Giorgio Cavazzano. The two have also collaborated outside of Disney, for instance on a Marvel's Spider-Man one-shot. Faraci is nowadays a veteran comic book writer, having wrote for years for a number of mainstream Italian series, most notably Tex and Diabolik. His first novel, titled La vita in generale, appeared in 2015. Italian bio: Tito Faraci è nato a Gallarate nel 1965. È uno dei più importanti sceneggiatori italiani di fumetti. Ha creato storie per “Topolino” (Giorgio Cavazzano è stato – come usa dire lui stesso – il suo mentore), “Dylan Dog”, “Tex”, “Diabolik”, “Magico Vento”, tra gli altri, ed è stato uno dei primi scrittori italiani a lavorare anche per personaggi di fumetti americani come Spider-Man, Devil e Capitan America. Per la Disney ha sceneggiato Novecento di Alessandro Baricco, dando al protagonista la fisionomia di Pippo. Per Feltrinelli ha pubblicato il romanzo La vita in generale (2015), la sceneggiatura dell’albo a fumetti Le entusiasmanti avventure di Max Middlestone e del suo cane alto trecento metri (con Sio; 2016; nuova edizione: 2018), Il pesce di lana e altre storie abbastanza belle (alcune anche molto belle, non tante, solo alcune) di Maryjane J. Jayne (con Sio; 2018) e, nella collana Feltrinelli Comics, la graphic novel di Alessandro Baricco, Senza sangue (2019; con Francesco Ripoli).

Cavazzano was born in Venice, Italy. He started his career at the age of 14, as an assistant to Luciano Capitanio (his cousin) and an inker for Romano Scarpa. He produced stories about Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and others. Cavazzano's work is known for combining the traditional rubbery appearance of Disney characters with realistic illustration of technological gadgets and machinery. This style has had a big influence on many Disney illustrators of the new generation, especially the Italians. Recently, he drew the series 'Big Bazoon' for the Italian Playboy, and cooperated with the Spanish artist Sergio Aragonés on the gag series 'Oran et Outang'/'C'Est la Jungle' in Spirou. He also illustrated the epic Disney fantasy comic World of the Dragonlords, which was written by Byron Erickson. In Italy, he continued to draw Disney comics for Topolino. In 2006, he set up a new series for Disney Italia, 'Jungle Town'. He has received numerous awards for his work in comics. Apart from Disney, he has also been involved in drawing other, less known, comics and has done work in advertisement.