| Birth Date: | 18 September 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Area: | Artist, writer |
| Notable Works: | Italian: Buon compleanno, Paperino! (From Egg to Duck) |
Marco Rota (pronounced as /it/; born 18 September 1942) is an Italian Disney comic artist who served as editor-in-chief of Disney Italia from 1974 to 1988.
His Disney stories feature a style largely influenced by Carl Barks.[1]
Rota was born in Milan. His first comic work, Italian: Steve Morgan il trappolatore, was published in 1958 in the magazine Italian: Collana Scudo.[2] During the 1960s, he drew stories of Superman and Batman, as well as erotic comics.[2]
Rota made his first Disney comic using the Mickey Mouse character in 1971. He would go on, however, to work primarily with Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck stories. His best-known Disney-related work is Andold "Wild Duck" Temerary, Donald's Dark Age Scottish alter ego; as well as the 1984 story From Egg to Duck (Italian: Buon compleanno, Paperino!||Happy birthday, Donald!), Donald's biography.[2]
In addition to working with established characters, Rota also does original work.[2] As of 2012, he works for the Danish publisher Egmont.[3]
In 2019, he returned to collaborate with Topolino with the story Ingorgopoli.[4]