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.

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).

Cartoonist. An engineering graduate, he started writing comics since high school. He began his career as a screenwriter when he met an older two-year-old illustrator, Giorgio Cavazzano, who needed someone who could help him emerge as an independent artist. Pezzin began collaborating with Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, for which the Pezzin-Cavazzano duo produced numerous stories published both on Almanacco Topolino and on other Disney magazines. But Pezzin didn't just write Disney stories. Assisted by Cavazzano for the drawings, Pezzin wrote the texts of the series (created by him) Walkie and Talkie, Oscar and Tango, Smalto and Jonnhy and Captain Rogers. Later the duo separated and Pezzin, always continuing to work for Mondadori, also wrote comic stories for Bonelli like some by Zagor and several by Il piccolo ranger. After the comic book Topolino passes from Mondadori to Disney Italia, Pezzin starts dedicating itself almost exclusively to Disney characters, creating stories for various magazines such as Paperinik, Minni & company etc. With the designer Massimo De Vita he has designed numerous successful Disney comic sagas such as Once Upon a Time ... in America, The Lords of the Galaxy, the Adventures of Tops de Tops and the Time Machine Saga. He also scripted stories for younger children like those of Cip and Ciop and the Little Mermaid. In recent years Pezzin has stopped collaborating with Disney and has dedicated himself to the scripts of the Winx comic stories, published on the Winx Club.

Silvia Ziche (born 5 July 1967) is an Italian cartoonist. Ziche debuted in 1991. She has devoted much of her work to Disney comics, as published in the Italian weekly digest Topolino. Her style, round and comical, injects cartoony vibes into the tradition of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck comics. Besides Disney, Ziche's comics and vignettes have appeared in a number of Italian magazines, like Linus and Cuore. Her most famous original creation is Lucrezia, a humorous series exploring the funny side of modern womanhood. Her latest graphic novel is the autobiographical La Gabbia ('The Cage', 2022).

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Giovan Battista Carpi (November 16, 1927 – March 8, 1999) was an Italian comics artist from Genoa. Carpi worked for Disney comics from 1953 until his death in 1999. He mainly did art for Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck comics, although he occasionally drew Mickey Mouse stories as well. In 1969, Carpi co-created Paperinik (Donald Duck superhero alter-ego), together with writer Guido Martina. He is also remembered for serving as director of the Italian Disney Academy for young cartoonists for a number of years. Among Carpi's non-Disney creations, there are the comic characters Geppo and Nonna Abelarda.

Jerome "Jerry" Siegel, who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S. Fine, was the American co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster), the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable icons of the 20th century. He and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.

Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group. Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong. Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company. —from Wikipedia

Luciano Bottaro (born 16 November 1931, died 25 November 2006) was an Italian cartoonist, particularly known for his work on Disney comics. Bottaro's comics had a simple and angular art style and often abounded with surreal tone. His works have been published in a number of European and South American countries. Some of his Disney duck stories have only recently appeared in North America, through the publisher Fantagraphics. Bottaro was born and lived most of his life in Rapallo, a small town on the shores of the Italian region of Liguria. His collaborators and pupils from the Bierreci studio - which he founded in 1968 - are sometimes referred to as the 'Rapallo school' of Italian cartoonists. Bottaro began working for the Disney production in 1951. This makes him a member of the first generation of Italian (and European) Disney cartoonists, alongside the likes of Giovan Battista Carpi and Romano Scarpa, and almost a contemporary of the American (back then anonymous) master Carl Barks. Bottaro illustrated Disney comics, especially featuring Goofy, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, till the middle of 80's. Many of his stories were co-created with writer Carlo Chendi, another founding member of the 'Rapallo school'. Outside of Disney, Bottaro worked a lot for the French publisher Alpe, for which he created Pepito, his most famous original character. Pepito got its own magazine in 1954, also featuring other Bottaro's series, such as Saturnino and I Postorici.