Filippo Scòzzari [SEP] place of birth
Filippo Scòzzari
Filippo Scòzzari (Bologna, 1946), is an Italian comics artist, painter and writer, one of the main figures of the 1970s underground art movement. Known for his first comic at Mondadori's "Il Mago" under the pen name Winslow Leech, he worked for "Re Nudo" and "Il Mago", Radio Alice of Bologna, "Cannibale", "Il Male", "Frigidaire", "Blue", "Panorama", "TV Sorrisi e Canzoni" and "Glamour
comix scene of the United States, typified by the work of Robert Crumb. Artists such as Andrea Pazienza, Filippo Scòzzari, Stefano Tamburini, Tanino Liberatore, and Massimo Mattioli published stories with dark and surreal themes, ranging from political activism, to struggles with drug addiction and the "disagio" and disillusionment of youth culture in Italy. Many of the comics were extremely violent and sexual and attempted to stretch the comix genre to its vary limits in both style and "good taste." Satirical magazines such as Frigidaire and Il