Franco Origone
(b. 1950, Italy)
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The brothers Franco and Agostino Origone (b. 1946) have been working in the field of humorous illustration for over twenty years. Agostino works mostly as the writer and Franco as the graphic artist. Together they have created numerous political cartoons, comics, illustrations and advertisements.
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With their cartoons, they work for several Italian journals, including TV Sorrisi, L'Astronomia, Le Stelle, Mondoerre, Domenica Quiz, Il Secolo XIX di Genova, La Gazzetta di Parma, La Provincia Pavese, Liberta' di Piacenza and il Quotidiano di Lecce.
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Their work also appeared for many years in Il Giorno di Milano, Il Mago (Mondadori), Panorama, I Gialli Mondadori, Il Corriere dei Piccoli, Stampa Sera di Torino, ABC, Il Messaggero, La Provincia di Cremona, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italia Oggi, Il Piccolo di Trieste, Il Tirreno, and La Gazzetta del Piemonte, as well as in foreign magazines like Jauja (Barcelona, Spain) and Zack! (Germany). Their most famous creation is the comic strip 'Nilus & Co', which appears in various Italian and foreign newspapers. Currently, the two brothers are working on an interactive computer program, and their new comic 'Mommy'.
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