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{{Creator 
|name=Annibale Casabianca
|image=[[Image:Annibale Casabianca.jpg|180px]]
|Born= November 10, 1929
|Died= February 13, 2019
|Nationality= [[Image:Mini_italy.gif]] Italian
|Occupation=[[:Category:Artists|Artist]]
|Website=N/A
|}}

'''Annibale Casabianca''' was an Italian artist, being a cartoonist, painter, designer, illustrator, graphic designer.

== Biography ==

He was born in Rome (Italy) on November 10, 1929. 

He attended the "Liceo Artistico" (= artistic lyceum) in Rome but, later, abandoned his studies at the "'Accademia di belle arti" (= Academy of Fine 
Arts). At the age of twenty  three, made his debut in the world of comics by drawing a story of "Piccolo Bart" for [[Casa Editrice Adriana]]

In the 1950s he multiplied his collaborations with various comic book publishers, working on the "Albi Condor" series (1955-1957), 
"Frugolino", "Miciolino", "Mike Lazos","Capitan Sparviero" . He has collaborated with the magazines "Bimbebelle", "L'Astronauta", "Albi Romoletto" and  ...
also worked for French editors for series "Jaleb Le Telepathe", "Larry Cannon", "Galax" and "Yataca") and for UK editors (western and war stories for "Fleetway" magazines such as "Battle Picture Library" and" War Picture Library".
In the Sixties he works on the series Il Cavaliere d Della Chimera (1963), Fantax (1964), Dany Coler (1965), Crimen (1966), I Serpenti (1967-68). 
Under the pseudonym Ancas he collaborated with Vittorio Corte .

In 1972 and 1973, he collaborated with the "Studio Giolitti", founded by [[Alberto Giolitti]], that for creating stories of [[Mandrake]] and "L'Uomo mascherato" "[[The Phantom]]" comic books published by the [[Mandrake publications in Italy|Italian]] publisher [[Fratelli Spada]] before participating in the adult series "Cosmine" (1973-1974).
He dies at the age of eighty-nine in Rome (Italy) on February 13, 2019. 

=== Mandrake stories in which Annibale Casabianca collaborated ===
{| {{table}}
! Year !!Title !!Collaboration with:
|-														
|1972 || "[[Schiacciate il Cobra (Spada)]]" || [[Angelo Todaro]]	
|-						
|1972 || "[[L'oumo volante (Spada)]]" || [[Giorgio Cambiotti]]
|-	 
|1972 || "[[L'ultimo indiano (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-	 
|1972 || "[[Caccia alla scimmia d'argilla (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1972 || "[[Una serie di sorprese (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1972 || "[[Mistero allo zoo (Spada)]]" || Angelo Todaro
|-
|1972 || "[[Xanadu ora zero (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1972 || "[[Fantasmi del mare (Spada)]]" || Angelo Todaro
|-
|1972 || "[[Un ospite poco gradito (Spada)]]" || Angelo Todaro
|-
|1972 || "[[Un fotografo prestigioso (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1972 || "[[Il re de Carson City (Spada)]]" || Angelo Todaro
|-
|1972 || "[[La vendetta dei fratelli Reynold (Spada)]]" || ? (maybe all the drawning art)
|-
|1972 || "[[La ragazzia misteriosa (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1972 || "[[Le sfere allucinanti (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1972 || "[[Organizzazione Piovra (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1972 || "[[Il diavolo a mezzanotte (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1973 || "[[Il cugino Christophe (Spada)]]" || Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1973 || "[[Il tradimento di Lothar (Spada)]]" || [[Lamberto Lombardi]]
|-
|1973 || "[[Il ritorno di Krimatha (Spada)]]" ||	Giorgio Cambiotti
|-
|1973 || "[[Incubo al tritolo (Spada)]]" || Angelo Todaro
|-
|}

=== Links ===
*[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annibale_Casabianca], Wikipedia (in Italian).
*[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/casabianca_a.htm], Lambiek article.

[[Category: Artists|Casabianca, Annibale]]