Massimo Cavezzali

Massimo Cavezzali
Born11 February 1950 (1950-02-11)
Ravenna, Italy
Died10 May 2023 (2023-05-11) (aged 73)
Florence, Italy
Other namesCavez
OccupationCartoonist

Massimo Cavezzali (11 February 1950 – 10 May 2023), also known as Cavez, was an Italian comic artist and illustrator, whose career spanned over 40 years.

Life and career

Born in Ravenna, Cavezzali started his career in 1976, collaborating with the comics magazine Il Mago.[1] He then collaborated with numerous comics magazines including Il Monello, Lupo Alberto, Orient Express, Tango, Il Grifo and Comix, as well as with newspapers such as La Repubblica, La Stampa, L'Unità, Paese Sera.[1][2] Among his best known works is Ava [it], a comic strip about a sexy anthropomorphized duck, and DIO S.p.a., a comic strip about a fictional God.[2][3] In 2004 he illustrated Ogni volta che sono Vasco, a comic biography about singer-songwriter Vasco Rossi.[2][3][4] Among his last works is Comic Submarine, a fictionalized biographical graphic novel about The Beatles.[5]

Cavezzali died on 10 May 2023, at the age of 73.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sessa, Maurizio (1995). "Cavezzali Massimo". La bottega delle nuvole: la storia del fumetto da Nerbini ai disegnatori toscani (in Italian). Medicea. p. 203.
  2. ^ a b c d "Massimo Cavezzali morto: chi era il fumettista di Ravenna 'papà' della papera Ava". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b Redazione (11 May 2023). "È morto Massimo Cavezzali". Fumettologica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ^ "È morto il fumettista Massimo Cavezzali". Wired Italia (in Italian). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  5. ^ Donini, Maurizio (30 September 2021). ""Comic Submarine - The Beatles" il libro di Massimo Cavezzali". TuttoRock Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 12 May 2023.