Sergio Toppi

Sergio Toppi (born October 11, 1932) is an Italian cartoonist.

Career

Born in Milan, Toppi made his debut in the illustration world working for the renowned Italian publisher UTET, and collaborated to several advertisement campaigns.

In 1966 he finished his first comic strip for "Il Corriere dei Piccoli" ("The Children's Gazette"), written by Carlo Triberti. The character was the Mago Zurlì ("Zurli Wizard"). For the same title Toppi produced numerous war stories .

Subsequently Toppi worked mainly for one-shot titles, with the exception of the eccentric "Collezionista" ("Collector") of 1984. He produced adventure/historical titles for CEPIM's "Un uomo un avventura" and, for the French publisher Larrousse, some episodes of "Histoire de France en bandes dessinées" and "La Découverte du Monde".

Later he collaborated with "Il Corriere dei Ragazzi" ("The Boys' Gazette"), and the "Messaggero dei Ragazzi", the comics title of a popular Rome's newspaper, with historically set stories.

Toppi's works appeared on a host of titles in Italy and abroad: an incomplete list could include "Linus", "Corto Maltese", "Sgt. Kirk" and "Il Giornalino" in Italy. His strips were collected in several books.

External links

* [http://associazioni.monet.modena.it/glamazonia/articoli/toppi/cronotoppi.htm Complete chronology of works (in Italian)]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/t/toppi_sergio.htm Biography with images]