Angelo Carlo Chendi (10 July 1933 – 12 September 2021)[1] was an Italian cartoonist.
| Carlo Chendi | |
|---|---|
 Chendi in 2013 | |
| Born | Angelo Carlo Chendi 10 July 1933 Ferrara, Italy |
| Died | 12 September 2021 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Italian Disney comics International Cartoonists Exhibition |
| Awards | Full list |
From 1952, Carlo Chendi wrote hundreds of stories with characters from Disney comics.
Early life
editChendi moved at a young age from Ferrara, to Rapallo, in Liguria, where he started his career as a cartoonist.
Career
editChendi became one of the pillars of the so-called school of Rapallo, along with Maestro Luciano Bottaro and his friend Giorgio Rebuffi, with whom he founded in 1968 the group Bierrecì (acronym of Bottaro, Rebuffi, Chendi) without, however, stop working with the Mondadori in the realization of Disney stories. Along with Bottaro and Rebuffi he spearheaded the creation of the International Cartoonists Exhibition in 1972.[2]
His career took place between the area of Tigullio and Milan, where he participated in, among other things, the creation of the magazine King of Spades, the first of Studio Bierrecì, and the implementation of traditional Italian of Great Disney Feature; his series was one of his most famous and appreciated, in collaboration with Luciano Bottaro.
Important Disney inventions include extraterrestrial duck O.K. Quack and detective Umperio Bogarto (both designed by Giorgio Cavazzano), the secret identity of Donald Duck "agent QQ7" (the story Mission Bob Fingher had acclaim Disney Americana), and the duet between Pippo and Witch Hazel.
With Bottaro, he began the great saga of Rebo, the tyrant of Saturn.
He died on September 12, 2021, at the age of 88.[1]
Awards
edit- 1994 Cover Silver, Walt Disney Company
- 1996 Yellow Kid Award as Best Author
- 2001 U Giancu's Prize for Best Writer
- 2010 Prix Papersera Award
References
edit- ^ a b "Carlo Chendi passed away". afnews.info (in Italian). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Chendi, Carlo. "History of Exhibition". International Cartoonists Exhibition. Archived from the original on Oct 27, 2007.
External links
edit- Carlo Chendi Inducks
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