Editing Gino D'Antonio (1927-2006)

[[File:Dantonio Ironside4 1 sm.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''[[Front Line Picture Library]]'', 1967]]
'''Luigi "Gino" D'Antonio''' was born in Milan in [[16 March]] 1927. He began drawing comics in Italy in 1947. In 1955 he joined the studio Creazioni D'Ami, which got him work with [[Fleetway]] in the UK. He started with illustrations for [[Biggles]] stories in the ''[[Junior Mirror]]'' (1955-56), going on to draw "[[The Bold and the Brave]]", written by [[Geoffrey Bond]], in ''[[Express Weekly]]'' (1956-57), "[[Battler Britton]]" for ''[[Thriller Picture Library]]'' in 1958, "[[Paddy Payne]]" for ''[[Lion]]'' (1958), "[[Johnny Conquest]]" in ''[[Sun]]'' (1958), "[[Hawk Hunter and the Iron Horse]]" for ''[[Valiant]]'' (1962-63), and "[[Little Women and Good Wives]]" for ''[[Tina]]''. He was particularly associated with Fleetway's Picture Library titles, including 28 issues of ''[[War Picture Library]]'', three of ''[[Battle Picture Library]]'', three of ''[[War at Sea Picture Library]]'', one of ''[[Cowboy Comics Library]]'', two of ''[[Valiant Story of the West]]'' and one of ''[[Front Line Picture Library]]''. He also drew covers for ''[[Eagle]]'' and ''[[Boys' World]]'', and painted adaptations of classic literature for ''[[Tell Me Why]]'' and ''[[World of Wonder]]''. He continued to work in Italian comics until the 1980s, and won numerous awards as a writer as well as an artist. He died on [[24 December]] 2006.

==References==
*Steve Holland, [http://bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/12/gino-dantonio-1927-2006.html Gino D'Antonio (1927-2006)], Bear Alley, 27 December 2006
*[http://www.dandare.info/artists/d%27antonio_index.htm Gino D'Antonio - UK Checklist], DanDare.info

===Online reference==
{{lambiek|d-antonio_gino.htm|Gino D'Antonio}}
*[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_D'Antonio Gino D'Antonio on the Italian Wikipedia]

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