Pier Lorenzo De Vita Explained

Pier Lorenzo De Vita (21 November 1909 – 7 April 1990) was an Italian comic book artist.

Life and career

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.

References

  1. Book: Franco Fossati. Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto. Mondadori, 1992. 8804355441. 76. De Vita, Pier Lorenzo.
  2. Book: Boschi . Luca . Gori . Leonardo . Sani . Andrea . I Disney italiani: dal 1930 al 1990, la storia dei fumetti di Topolino e Paperino realizzati in Italia . Granata Press, 1990 . 978-88-7248-000-7 . 117–24, 251.