Giovanni Romanini was an Italian comics artist and cartoonist.
Biography
He began his career in animated cinema, also working for Carosello, for which he designed Solomon pirate pacioccone and Tacabanda. He made his debut in the world of comics in the late 1960s, following his meeting with Magnus. Having assimilated the style and the graphic trait, he alternated with him in the realization of the plates first by Kriminal, then by Satanik, on texts by Max Bunker. When Magnus left the creation of Alan Ford to devote himself to something else, Romanini, who performed the chines alternating with Paolo Chiarini, remained for a few years in the team of the character, creating the chines also on the drawings of Paolo Piffarerio, who took over from Magnus. He then collaborated for many years on many later works by Magnus, in particular as an inker. Piffarerio had a different style from Magnus, and according to many, incompatible with Alan Ford's style. Logically, as had happened years before with Kriminal and Satanik, the character was entrusted to those who could keep the characters invented by Magnus unaltered, and Romanini was the author whose style was closest to the master. But this was not the case. Romanini, however, continued for almost four more years to createthe bends while maintaining the original style of the character. Just before the end of his collaboration on the series he was entrusted with three stories of Alan Ford who illustrated entirely by himself, pencils and ink, replicating the style of Magnus, n. 121 Tarlomania, and No. 124 One day like this. He then collaborated with Magnus on the production of the fork company series. He also designed many other characters of the black and erotic genre such as Wallestein for Edifumetto and Theo Kalì, Ulula, Bionika, Pornstars, Lady Domina, The boys of the 3rd B and others. His last collaboration with Magnus was for the realization of the history of Tex, La valle del terrore, published in the special known as "Texone" for Bonelli, in which he took on the task of drawing the horses and finishing some boards. He also collaborated for four years with Disney in making four Mickey Mouse stories, published from number 1941 to number 2029. In 2007 he also participated as an interviewee in two documentaries dedicated to comics: Magnus, dedicated to the master Magnus, and The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal, dedicated to the black photo novel Killing. He later joined the staff of Bonelli's designers for the Martin Mystèrecomic series. On 20 March 2020, Romanini died of a heart attack at the age of 75.
