Pier Lorenzo De Vita

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 Scena illustrata [it] and Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he created the long-running series La Primula Rossa del Risorgimento.^[1][2]

In 1938 De Vita debuted on Topolino with a comic adaptation of Albert Robida's novel Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul.^[1][2] 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.^[1][2] He continued to illustrate Disney stories often written by Martina until his retirement in 1981.^[1][2]

De Vita died in Domaso.

References

1. Franco Fossati. "De Vita, Pier Lorenzo". Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto. Mondadori, 1992. p. 76. ISBN 8804355441.
2. 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. pp. 117–24, 251. ISBN 978-88-7248-000-7.