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ALESSIO SPATARO
Born in Catania in 1977, after the School of Comics of Milan in '99 he started to work in many italian independent
comics zines and magazines: Fumettagenda, Plastilina, Kerosene, Centrifuga, Krakatoa, Frigidaire, Blue [with his
character for adults Orietta Ficium, alias Ori Ficium], The Artist, Sinestesie, Res-Istanze, Inguine m(h)afia,
Internazionale until he created Nonzi [a thematic comics antology, linked to the illustrated book Pezzi].
In the special issue of Kerosene magazine about G8 of 2001 in Genoa he published Cos'ho fatto a Genova
[What I did in Genoa], his first autobiographical work of comics journalism, reprinted last year in the comic's antology
GEvsG8, a benefit volume for Supportolegale, the group who supports the legal team of Genoa. He worked too
for many famous italian satirical magazines such as Cuore, La Piccola Unità, L'Erroneo, Guerre&Pace, Carta,
Liberazione, Erre, Falcemartello, Progetto Comunista, Scarceranda, Casalbertaun, and he published two humoristic
books: Cribbio [2004, against the last fascist premier Berlusconi] and Bertinotte [2006, against the ex president
of italian parliament Bertinotti]. He also made two comic books: Non più Estate [2007, for Centro Fumetto Andrea
Pazienza] and Dark Country [2008, for Selfcomics]. Nowadays he works in Rome for the weekly magazine Carta,
for Carta Etc. and for L'Isola Possibile [sicilian section of the italian newspaper Il Manifesto] with the strips Tgg 'mpare.

AWARDS
2007 nomination at Gran Giunigi's award for the best short comic with Non più estate Lucca Comics
2007 nomination at Carlo Boscarato's award for the best italian cartoonist Fumetti in Tv - Treviso
2003 Attilio Micheluzzi / Nuove Strade award as best emerging cartoonist Napoli Comicon
1999 2nd Pierlambicchi award with Centonomatopee Prato
1999 4rd Docker's / Levi's / Scuola del Fumetto ex-aequo award Milan
1998 1st Andrea Pazienza's ex-aequo award Acquaviva nei Fumetti - Ascoli Piceno
1998 special nomination at I sogni di Fellini's award Acquaviva nei Fumetti - Ascoli Piceno
 
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