Antonio Terenghi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian comics artist
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Place of Birth: Alano di Piave, Veneto, Italy
About Antonio Terenghi
- Antonio Terenghi (31 October 1921 – 26 October 2014) was an Italian comics artist. Born in Alano di Piave, Province of Belluno to a humble family, at young age Terenghi moved with his family to Milan, where he started working as an apprentice for a grocer and a blacksmith.
- He began drawing comics at eight years as an autodidact.
- Among his best known characters, Pedrito el Drito, one of the most enduring characters in the history of Italian comics, and the bizarre Tarzanetto.
- He continued to produce strips up to 85 years old.
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