Eugenio Colonnese, 1929-2008



Eugenio Colonnese, an Italian-born cartoonist and creator of several horror character and series that spent the majority of his professional life in Brazil, died on Friday, August 8. He had suffered a major stroke in June and had suffered various medical difficulties since that time. He was 78 years old.

Colonnese was born in Italy and began his career in Argentina in 1949 for the publishing houses El Tony and Columba. He settled for the first time in Brazil in 1964, sharing a studio with artists such as Rodolfo Zalla and Osvaldo Talo. He was known primarily for his horror comics, although he worked in war stories, superheroes, and educational book in comics; outside of comics he worked in advertising, movie poster illustration and textbooks. Some of his better known creations were Mirza, Morto do Pantano and Pele de Cobra. He would also do the circus cowboy series Beto Carrero starting in 1980 and drew a history of Brazil for that country's Foreign Affairs ministry in 1990. Colonnese spent 20 years at Editora Atica running one of their educational comics divisions, and was most recently employed by Opera Graphica. He won several awards for his work.
 
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