Pier Lorenzo De Vita (21 November 1909 – 7 April 1990) was an Italian comic book artist.
Born in Castiglione Olona, De Vita made his professional debut in 1934 in the magazine Jumbo.[1] [2] In 1936 he started collaborating with and Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he created the long-running series La Primula Rossa del Risorgimento.
In 1938 De Vita debuted on Topolino with a comic adaptation of Albert Robida's novel Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul. After illustrating Tuffolino, a Mickey Mouse imitation for the magazine Paperino, as well as some adventure comic series such as Pecos Bill and Oklahoma, in 1955 he started a long collaboration with Guido Martina with a Donald Duck story, Paperino Don Chisciotte. He continued to illustrate Disney stories often written by Martina until his retirement in 1981.
De Vita died in Domaso.