Zip Nolan: Lion and Thunder 2 (Two pages) (Originals)
Artist: Roberto Diso
Medium: Pen & Inks on Board
Size: 16" x 20" (400mm x 500mm)
Date: 1970
Code: DisoZip002
These are the unique original Pen & Ink drawings by Roberto Diso.
Zip Nolan was an enormously popular strip in the British weekly comic Lion in the 1960s. The strip featured a US Highway patrolman solving crimes in England in the 1960s.
Beautifully rendered pen and ink work by Roberto Diso. This is a TWO PAGE episode of original art from the series from Lion and Thunder issue 2.
- Artist Biography
Roberto Diso (born 16 April 1932; Rome, Italy)
Roberto Diso was born in Rome. He worked for Il Vittorioso since 1954, where he made a couple of comics in cooperation with Santo D'Amico. Later on, he was affiliated with the Giolitti studios, where he produced mainly war stories for the British Fleetway agency, such as 'Zip Nolan' in Lion Comic.
He was also the artist for the first 'Tiger' story. For the French market, he provided artwork to 'Lancelot' and 'Dan Panther' for Éditions Aventures et Voyages, again in cooperation with D'Amico. He also drew adult strips (1965), episodes of 'Goldrake' and mystery strips for the German market.
He joined Bonelli publishers in 1974, where he became one of the artists of 'Mister No'. Diso became the main illustrator and cover artist of the series from issue 116. In 1985, he created 'Rodo', the first strip he created on his own, in the magazine Giungla. In 1989, he illustrated 'Rudy X' with scripts by Rinaldo Triani in the review Comic Art, for which he also created several independent stories.
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