Mario Cubbino, 1930-2007

The Italian illustrator Mario Cubbino died May 2, according to a posting at afNews. This ended a long period of illness.

Cubbino began in comics in 1952 on Pantera Bionda assisting Enzo Dufflocq Magni. He would go on to a long and fruitful career as a solo illustrator, splitting time between titles in England (where he spent the late '50s and early '60s) and Italy. In a realistic rendering style, Cubbino drew everything from girls' comics to erotica to some of Italy's best-known action-adventure series. Titles and series to which he contributed included My Friend Sara, Shirley, Roy Dallas Pecos Bill, Zip e Jungla followed by Wallenstein il Mostro Karzan Rick Ross Tahy Tim, Dylan Dog and Diabolik.

His entry at Lambiek.net indicates his collaboration with the publication Il Corriere dei Ragazzi, starting in 1973, as a productive and fruitful period. A bibliography available through Wikipedia also indicates a great deal of work being done in the middle 1970s.

The artist was 77 years old.
 
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