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I'm a student born and raised in the land of "Tortellini" and "Lasagne", probably the most tasty and rich dishes in this world (and if you don't believe me, come here and check it out!). Nevertheless, i've been able to keep a good physical shape through the years and to grow a smart, open mind. This was the conceited part. Now, the pleasant one: i'm a very easygoing person, i always try to recognize the bright side in everyone and bring a smile to my neighbor's face. The only thing i can't stand at all are people who sound and act phony, like they're only trying to get advantage of you and fool you in order to achieve their goals. I play guitar in a rockband. It's a very beautiful way to use your energy and your enthusiasm! I spend a lot of my free time reading and trying to answer the Big Questions...and after that, i go out with my friends and just enjoy life, 'cause in the end, "you get busy living or get busy dying"...
Italians do it better
Now let me bring to your attention the genius of Andrea Pazienza, the most talented italian comic artist our country has ever had...
ANDREA PAZIENZA'S BIOGRAPHY
Pazienza was born in San Benedetto del Tronto, province of Ascoli Piceno (Marche), in 1956.He enrolled in 1973 at the DAMS (Dipartimento di Arte, Musica e Spettacolo; Department of Arts, Music and Entertainment) University in Bologna, graduating with a thesis consisting of an adaptation in comic form of Luigi Pulci's Morgante. He made his debut in the spring of 1977 on the magazine Alteralter with his first comic story, "Le straordinarie avventure di Pentothal" (Pentothal's extraordinary adventures), the surrealistic and psychedelic story of an alter-ego named from a sedative. He later participated to such editorial experiences as Cannibale, Il Male and Frigidaire, where he created hundreds of comics with his unique and unmatched style, grown out of American underground comics (as represented by visionaries like Rick Griffin and Victor Moscoso), Italian Renaissance art and Walt Disney comics. He was especially fond of the character of Goofy, which he appropriated for a humorous spoof on Italian hippiedom of the 1970s entitled Perché Pippo sembra uno sballato ("Why Goofy Looks Like A Pothead"), and a later, unfinished story entitled La leggenda di Italianino Liberatore ("The Legend Of Italianino Liberatore", referring to his old friend Tanino Liberatore); he also said in an interview that Carl Barks, the creator of Uncle Scrooge, Magica De Spell and other characters of the "duck's family", was a model for his art.Pazienza quickly developed an extremely personal body of work, alternating between playful comic cartooning -- at times politically charged, at times simply nonsensical -- and much more elaborate, dark, disturbing graphic novels, often dealing with drugs and wanton violence, with a liberal scattering of black humor throughout.In 1980 he created the character Zanardi and collaborated with the magazines Corto Maltese and Comic Art while also producing movie and theater posters, scene designs, record covers and advertising. He was extremely prolific through the Eighties, penning hundreds of single-panel cartoons as well as longer, intricate stories usually centered on Zanardi. If Pentothal was emblematic of the Bologna of '77 (with the political activism and the trend of psychedelic drugs), Zanardi is a creature of the cynical and non-committed 80's. Pompeo, his last graphic novel depicting the gradual downfall of a heroin addict (a largely autobiographical character) up to his eventual suicide, is generally considered his masterwork; the post-face to this work testimonies that Pazienza tried to start a new life and, for a while, quit drugs.Andrea Pazienza died at age 32 in Montepulciano, probably by overdose. In his memory in Cremona the non profit association "Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza" was created to help young cartoonists develop their skills. (Taken from Wikipedia .)
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