What is Massimo Mattioli?
[[File:Mattioli by joe zattere.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Massimo Mattioli]] '''Massimo Mattioli''' (25 September 1943 – 23 August 2019) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] artist and [[cartoonist]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Healey|first=Robin|title=Twentieth-century Italian literature in English translation: an annotated bibliography 1929-1997|year=1998|publisher=U of Toronto P|isbn=978-0-8020-0800-8|pages=358|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7WVhymRPZEC&dq=%22Massimo+Mattioli%22&pg=PA358}}</ref> He was born in [[Rome]]. Mattioli began his career in 1965. He was also published in ''[[Corto Maltese]]'' and ''Frigidaire''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moliterno|first=Gino|title=Encyclopedia of contemporary Italian culture|year=2000|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-415-14584-8|pages=177–78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vVS_Y1mcIEC&pg=PA178}}</ref> In 1973 he began his works with ''[[Il Giornalino]]'', creating the character ''[[Pinky (comics)|Pinky]]''. In 1977, he created the underground magazine ''Cannibale''. In 1978, ''Cannibale'' published the first adventure of [[Joe Galaxy]]. In 1982, he created the ''[[Squeak the Mouse]]'' series. His works helped inspire ''[[The Simpsons]]'' creator [[Matt Groening]].<ref name=death>[https://www.fanpage.it/cultura/morto-massimo-mattioli-addio-a-75-anni-a-una-leggenda-del-fumetto-italiano/ Morto Massimo Mattioli, addio a 75 anni alla leggenda del fumetto italiano che ispirò Matt Groening] at Fanpage {{in lang|it}}</ref> Mattioli died on 23 August 2019 in Rome after a short-illness at the age of 75.<ref name=death/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.massimomattioli.com Official site] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattioli, Massimo}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Italian comics artists]] [[Category:Italian cartoonists]] [[Category:Writers from Rome]]