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]. He worked for Carta and for L'Isola Possibile [sicilian section of the italian newspaper Il Manifesto] with the strips Tgg 'mpare. 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, Liberazione, Progetto Comunista, Erre, Falcemartello, Scarceranda and he published five humoristic books: Cribbio [2004, Edizioni Interculturali], Bertinotte [2006, Progetto Comunista], Papa Nazingher [2008, Purple Press], La Ministronza [2009, Grrržetic] and Berluscoiti [2009, Castelvecchi]. He also made two comic books: Non più Estate [2007, Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza], Dark Country [2008, Selfcomics] and his first graphic novel Zona del Silenzio, [2009, Minimum Fax]. 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

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