Hugo Eugenio Pratt (born June 15, 1927 ,Rimini– died August 20, 1995,Pully) He was an Italian comic book creator who is known for his works,especially for character “Corto Maltese". He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005. I choose this illustrator because his comic stories start from Venice and travel all over the world. His artworks are really simple but rich with wonderful colours crated with watercolours. Firs Image (Corto Maltese):In this picture we can see a initial sketch in preparation for a comic book of Corto Maltese, I like this illustration because you can feel the breath of wind looking at the ship and the Corto Maltese’s clothes, you can feel the movement of clouds, seagulls and tie.
Sergio Toppi (born 11 October 1932 ,Milan– died 21 August 2012,Milan) Toppi made his debut in the illustration world working for the renowned Italian publisher UTET, and collaborated to several advertisement campaigns. In 1966 he finished his first comic strip for Il Corriere dei Piccoli ("The Children's Gazette"), written by Carlo Triberti. The character was the Mago Zurlì ("Zurli Wizard"). For the same title Toppi produced numerous war stories. Subsequently Toppi worked mainly for one-shot titles, he produced adventure/historical titles for CEPIM's and for the French publisher Larousse. Later he collaborated with Il Corriere dei Ragazzi ("The Boys' Gazette"), and the Messaggero dei Ragazzi, the comics title of a popular Rome's newspaper, with historically set stories. Toppi's works appeared on a host of titles in Italy and abroad: an incomplete list could include Linus, Corto Maltese, Sgt. Kirk and Il Giornalino in Italy.
