The special guest of this thirteenth edition of the competition will be Tony Wolf, one of the most loved children’s authors all over the world. His books are in the libraries of almost all families, but few know that behind that name is hiding a peaceful and reserved Italian illustrator … The true name of Tony Wolf is Antonio Lupatelli. Born in 1930, he began his career working with Pagotto brothers (Pagot Film), later with the British publisher Fleetway. When he come back in Italy, he started collaborating with the Corriere dei Piccoli, then with Fratelli Fabbri Editore and finally with Dami Editore. Lupatelli also had a long collaboration with the publisher The Scarabeo of Turin: he has realized many tarot including “The targots of the gnomes”, famous for being the smallest tarot deck ever published.
Tony Wolf, special guest 2017
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Buon giorno. Sto scrivendo sui fumettisti degii anni ’50 e, se possibile, vorrei sapere in che anno il signor Lupatelli ha contattato Rinaldo Dami per lavorare per l’Inghilterra (per la casa editrice Fleetway). Grazie.
Buongiorno Demetrio, Antonio Lupatelli non si ricorda l’anno esatto, in linea di massima verso la metà degli anni ’50. L’unica data certa è quella della conclusione della collaborazione con Fleetway poiché è rimasta una bella lettera di congedo datata 1967. Se hai bisogno di altre informazioni contattaci pure via mail.