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Graziano Origa (22 November 1952 – 18 June 2023) was an Italian visual artist. In 1979, he founded the magazine Punk Artist.




Career


Origa was born in the town of Dolianova, Italy, on the island of Sardinia on 22 November 1952.
His work was first published in 1971 in the newspaper L'Unione Sarda. He moved to Milan in 1972, where his art was published in the monthly magazine Scarpantibus. In 1974, he founded Studio Origa to foster and disseminate the talents of rising young artists.
He drew black and white pen/ink portraits of such cultural figures as Elvis Presley, Divine, Krisma, Eva Robin's, Armani, Fiorucci, Cadinot, Sid Vicious, Pasolini, and Andy Warhol.
From 1977 to 1979 he directed the monthly magazine of underground music Gong.
In the 1980s he lived in New York City, making illustrations for the Italian daily newspaper Progresso Italoamericano, also for the gay monthly The Advocate, Torso, Blueboy and the weekly Screw. Origa in Milan became friends with the painter Fernando Carcupino, with him discussed a lot about erotica arts in the tavern "Risotteria".
With his partner photographer, Joe Zattere, he founded fashion magazines such as Punk Artist (1979), Focus (1985), and Fumetti d'Italia (1992).
Origa died on 18 June 2023 at the age of 70.




Books


Enciclopedia del Fumetto, Ottaviano, due volumi, 1977
Diary of a Punk Artist, Iride, 1980
Origa Dessins, Ed. de la Mouette, Francia, 1991
I mondi di Dylan Dog, Unilito, 1992
Videomax, Scarabeo, 1994
Monografia Corrado Roi, Borsa del Fumetto, 1994
L'Isola dei fumetti, con Bepi Vigna, Scarabeo, 1994
Magnus: Lo Sconosciuto, Edizioni ReM, 1999
Magnus: 110 pillole Storyboard, Edizioni ReM, 2000
Diavolo meridiano, con Giuseppe Pusceddu, Aipsa, 2001
Edifumetto Index, Edizioni ReM, 2002
Incredibili Comics!, Edizioni ReM, 2003
Vietato ai minori, Rizzoli, 2007




References






External links


Graziano Origa Foundation
Graziano Origa Punk Artist
Fumetti d'Italia
Graziano Origa - Nova 100

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