Massimo Belardinelli, 1938-2007



Various fan groups have reported that the Italian artist Massimo Belardinelli died last month. He was 69 years old.

Inspired by Disney animation, particularly the movie Fantasia, the artist began work on animated features through Sergio Rosi in the middle 1960s. His subsequent move into comics was partly based on a desire for individual artistic expression over the teamwork required by film cartooning.

Belardinelli was best known for a long run on British comics titles first through Rosi and then through Rome's Giolitti Studios, which the cartoonist had joined because of an upswing in demand for comics for the German market. Belardinelli's British work began in titles like Action and Battle, and then he became for a significant period one of the recognizable 2000 AD artists from its inception. He was that publication's artist on their Dan Dare feature in 1977, and then moved to serials such as ACE Trucking Co. and occasional contributions to features like Slaine. He spent much of the 1980s splitting time between Fleetway and designing an Asian theme park that never materialized. He told Ink his last significant comics work was for Fleetway's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics.

The artist stopped working for British comics companies when Studio Giolitti ceased to exist. After flirting with sculpture, Belardinelli spent time in more recent years painting.
 
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