Born in Milan on 17 June 1936, Graziano Cicogna initially worked as a teacher, then made his debut as a cartoonist in the early 1970s, working together with his brother Claudio for the Universo publishing house on magazines such as "Intrepido" and "Il Monello", of which he became then also deputy director. Among the sagas to which he has given life in his career are those of Sorrow, Western Family, Mister Kappa and Ramon El Mestizo. He collaborates with Sergio Bonelli Editore, then called CEPIM, scripting some Mister No books in the mid-eighties. He died in Milan on January 26, 1994.