Aldo Torchio

• Born 1925-09-25 · Died 1999-05-30

Aldo Torchio studied painting, sculpture, set design and decoration at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. He attended the Leone XIII school in Milan and began drawing for Italian educational publications in 1948. Between 1951 and 1953 he worked for Cino Del Duca in Paris, and illustrated comic versions of famous novels for the French market. In Italy, he drew covers and comic stories for La Domenica del Corriere and Grand Hotel. In 1951, he took over art duties on 'Il Cavaliere Ideale' from Alvaro Mairani in L'Intrepido. He also drew covers for Buffalo Bill (1956) and for L'Intrepido Sport. In the sixties and seventies he illustrated Piccole Donne for Selezione dei ragazzi. He also drew covers for Il Monello and L'Intrepido. In 1984, he also started drawing comics for these two publications.