Dead Tuono Pettinato, goodbye to the 44-year-old cartoonist

The illustrator Andrea Paggiaro, known by the stage name of Tuono Pettinato, one of the most popular young Italian comic authors, specialized in illustrations of biographies as well as original stories in the form of strips, graphic novels and cartoons, died at the age 44 years after a long illness. The announcement of his disappearance was made today on Facebook by the Comics & science project, with which he shared a passion for science. “It is with great pain that we learn that Tuono Pettinato left us tonight – reads the post – He was a great comic artist, and a friend to all of us at C&S. He has been with us on many unlikely adventures and journeys, from CERN to Manchester, with the intelligence and wit that were only his. We will miss his delicate and surreal irony very much. ” He was born in Pisa on 27 September 1976 and in 2014 he was awarded as “Best Unique Author” at Lucca Comics & Games. The stage name of Paggiaro derives from the title of a book in “The library of Babel”, one of the best known tales of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. editors and booksellers. He signed the series “I Ricattacchiotti”, published weekly by “Repubblica XL” and collaborated with Animals “and” Linus “. He was part of the creative collective of SuperAmici (with Ratigher, Lrnz, Dottor Pira and Maicol & Mirco), with the who created the comic magazine “Hobby Comics” and “Pic Nic”, the first Italian free press dedicated to the world of comics. His first book is titled “Apocalypso! – The cheap years “. For Rizzoli Lizard he published” Garibaldi – Truthful account of his valiant exploits for the use of young minds “(2010), paired with Francesca Riccioni,” Enigma – The strange life of Alan Turing “(2012), “We are the champions” (2016), with text by Dario Moccia “,” It’s not the end of the world “(2017, again with Francesca Riccioni),” Big in Japan “(2018, with text by Dario Moccia), “Chatwin. Cat by force, stray by choice” (2019). His most recent book is “Neri & Scheggia in Galleria” (Coconino Press, 2020). He illustrated a series of books for the Campanila publishing house, including the mythological series Antìkoi. Among his publications “Apocalypso! Gli anni dozzinali” (Coniglio Editore, 2010).