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Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy
About Mario Faustinelli
- Mario Faustinelli (8 November 1924 – 31 July 2006) was an Italian comic book artist and editor. Faustinelli was born in Venice in 1924.
- After the end of World War II, Faustinelli, along with artists Hugo Pratt, Ivo Pavone, and Dino Battaglia, moved to Argentina in search of work; they became known as the "Venice Group." In 1945 Faustinelli, along with Pratt and Alberto Ongaro, created the character "Asso di Picche" ("Ace of Spades").
- Faustinelli later became the editor of Asso di Picche magazine, and continued to write the series. Faustinelli returned to Italy in 1957.
- He co-write the script for the 1961 film, The Adventures of Topo Gigio. In 1964 he created the character and comic strip Kolosso with artist Carlo Cossio.
- Kolosso is a likeable, muscular giant who is sent in different ages, through a time machine used by his opponent.
- He is often accompanied by the weak but intelligent Ferruccio.
- Other artists who have worked on Kolosso are Franco Paludetti, Antonio Canale and Carlo Porciani.
- In 2004 a new series of Kolosso stories was published by Editrice If. Faustinelli died in Milan after a long illness.
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