Giuseppe Coco

Born in Biancavilla, Province of Catania, Coco started his career in the 1960s as an illustrator of the satyrical magazine Il Travaso delle idee.^[1][2] He worked for many Italian magazines and newspapers, notably La Repubblica, L'espresso, Famiglia Cristiana, Playmen, La Gazzetta dello Sport, La Domenica del Corriere and Epoca.^[1][2] He also collaborated with some international magazines, including El País, Paris Match, Stern, Hara-Kiri, The Saturday Evening Post, Punch.^[1][2] In 2006, on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Coco, several artists including Dario Fo, Mœbius, Bruno Bozzetto, Milo Manara, Quino, Osvaldo Cavandoli and Sergio Staino, celebrated him with a series of unreleased and exclusive writings and drawings, published in a volume titled Omaggi al maestro. Per il settantesimo compleanno di Coco ("Homage to the teacher. For the seventieth birthday of Coco").^[1] The Museum of satirical drawings in Biancavilla was named after him.^[2]

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