Born today Emilio Uberti
Born today Emilio Uberti
Emilio Uberti (2 November 1933 – 29 December 2016) was an Italian illustrator, film director and documentary maker. He has worked on a variety of comic books for Italian and French publishers, including Bonelli, Cino Del Duca, Dardo and Lug.
Uberti was born in Rome, but has spent most of his life in Milan. He enrolled at the Castello Art School, but never finished the course because he was already working for the publishing industry. He was introduced to comics by Augusto Pedrazza and made his first illustrations for the magazine La Vispa Teresa in 1951. In 1952 and 1953 he was illustrating romance comic stories in halftone for Torelli’s teenager’s title Mignon, in alternation with Ferdinando Tacconi.
He also drew stories like ‘Pugno di Ferro’ for the Torelli publication Piccola Freccia. He made the final two episodes of the western comic book series ‘Stormy Red’ for the publishing house Dardo in 1954. This comic was written by Andrea Lavezzolo, and previously drawn by EsseGesse.
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