He was present in the French magazine L'Écho des Savanes with his classic story about the struggle between nature and civilization, 'Feux', in 1986. The group made a supplement for Alter Alter, for which Mattotti and Kramsky created 'Doctor Nefasto'.īy 1983, Mattotti also moved over to a more juvenile audience and created 'Barbaverde' for Il Corriere dei Piccoli. Mattotti was part of the graphic group Valvoline, together with artists like Giorgio Carpinteri, Igort, Marcello Jori, Andrea Pazienza and Massimo Mattioli. Under the joint pseudonym of Kreidebistro, Mattotti and Kramsky continued their collaboration with 'Jazzamentos' in Secondamano.

In 1979, he made 'Agata Blues' in Canegaldo, and in the beginning of the 1980s, he produced stories like 'Incidenti' and 'Signor Spartaco' for Alter Alter. With the same writer, he made an adaptation of 'Huckleberry Finn' for Ottaviano. He also launched 'Tram Tram Rock' and 'Tram Tram Waltz', two stories in cooperation with Antonio Tettamanti for the weekly Secondamano. That same year, he began a steady collaboration with scriptwriter Fabrizio Ostani (Jerry Kramsky), starting with 'Alice Brum-Brum nella Riserva Metropolitana' for publisher Ottaviano. In 1977, he created 'Lo Studente', an episode in the life of Casanova, published by Mondrograf in Italy. His first comic stories were printed in France, in the magazine Circus in 1975. He is most famous for his idiosyncratic artwork, be it the expressionistic chalk drawings of his masterpiece 'Fires', or the quietly free-wheeling lines of his black and white pen work.īorn in Brescia, Mattotti attended the Faculty for Architecture in Venice.

Lorenzo Mattotti is one of the leading Italian comix artists.

Lorenzo mattotti fires