Sergio “Angese” Angeletti, 1952-2008



Sergio Angeletti, an Italian artist and designer who created cartoons under the pen name of Angese, died on February 11 after a two-month stay in a hospice in Perugia. He was 55 years old.

Angeletti was born in Rome and found his first home for publication in the newspaper Paese Sera. He became known as an author of comic strips and cartoons of satire published by magazines and newspapers. His highest profile gig may have been in Angelo Pasquini's Il Male where he was a founding cartoonist for that publication influential as both political satire and a home for great Italian cartoonists. Among his subsequent clients were Linus (probably his best venue during this period), Tango, Cuore, l'Espresso and the newspaper supplement Satyricon. According to a laudatory piece La Stampa, Angeletti would eventually become disillusioned with politics and move to the countryside, producing cartoons mostly for his own web site.

He was a two time winner of the Premio di Satira politica, in 1982 and 1993. In 1994 he published the illustrated book Ciao vacca!, and in 1997 the comic book Sono un azionista Telecom. A service will be held one week from Saturday and the artist's ashes will be scattered in a public space dear to his heart.
 
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