Andrea Pazienza [SEP] place of death
his eventual suicide, is generally considered his masterwork; the post-face to this work testifies that Pazienza tried to start a new life and, for a while, quit drugs.
Memory.
Andrea Pazienza died at age 32 in Montepulciano, from an overdose of heroin. He is buried in cemetery of San Severo.
In his memory in Cremona, the non profit association "Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza" was created to help young cartoonists develop their skills.
Selected works.
- "Aficionados"
- "Andrea Pazienza" (1981)
- "Le straordinarie avventure di Pentothal" ("The Extraordinary Adventures of Pentothal", 1982) where he describes with an incredible mix of realism and dream sequences the existential problems of the youth of the 1970s
- "Milo Manara e Andrea Pazienza" ("Milo Manara and Andrea Pazienza", 1982)
- "Zanardi" (1983)
- "Perché Pippo sembra uno sballato" ("Why Goofy Looks Like A Pothead", 1983)
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