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{{Short description|Italian comics artist and illustrator}}
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'''Giovan Battista Carpi''' ({{IPA|it|dʒoˈvam batˈtista ˈkarpi|lang}}; November 16, 1927 – March 8, 1999) was a prolific [[Italians|Italian]] [[comics]] artist, illustrator, and teacher from [[Genoa]].

Carpi worked mainly for [[Disney comics]], mostly on books featuring [[Donald Duck]] and [[Scrooge McDuck]], although he occasionally drew [[Mickey Mouse]] as well. He created [[Paperinik]] with [[Guido Martina]]. He also created other well-known comic characters for {{ill|Editoriale Metro|it|lt=Edizioni Bianconi}}, such as [[Geppo]], [[Nonna Abelarda]], and {{ill|Soldino|it}}.

==Early life==
Carpi was born in [[Genoa]] and from a young age frequented the study of the artist Giacomo Picollo. He became a [[fumetti]] illustrator in 1945, when he published in the weekly ''Faville''. He then began to publish a series "Sparagrosso, Cacciatore in Africa" for the children's magazine ''Lo Scolaro''.<ref name="Lambiek">{{cite web |title=Giovan Battista Carpi |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carpi-gb.htm |website=Lambiek |access-date=30 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Two years later, he moved to [[Milan]], where he got experience in animation at the {{ill|Nino Pagot|it|lt=Pagot}} studio. He continued to illustrate children's comics for studies like De Agostini, Corticelli, Tipys, and Messaggerie Musicali<ref name=Lambiek/> and began, in 1951, to draw [[humor comics]].

==Disney parody artist==
Carpi drew a very popular series of "{{ill|Parodie Disney|it|lt=Disney Parodies}}" for the Italian Disney comics magazine ''[[Topolino]]''. As the German-language ''Duckipedia'' notes, "His love for historical fashions and costumes predisposed Carpi for Disney parodies of world literature, such as ''Paperino principe di Dunimarca'', a parody of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'', or ''Il mistero dei candelabri'', a parody of [[Victor Hugo]]'s ''[[Les Misérables]]''."<ref>''"Seine Vorliebe für alte Moden und Kostüme prädestinierte Carpi geradezu für Persiflagen und Parodien, von 'Donald, Prinz von Duckenmark' bis 'Das Geheimnis der Silberleuchter', in denen Shakespeares Hamlet und Victor Hugos 'Die Elenden' humorvoll aufbereitet wurden."'' ''Duckipedia'' entry on [https://www.duckipedia.de/Giovan_Battista_Carpi Giovan Battista Carpi]</ref>

Other popular parodies by Carpi include ''Guerra e Pace'' (1986, based upon ''[[War and peace]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]]), ''Paperino e il vento del Sud'' (1982, ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]'' by [[Margaret Mitchell]]), ''Paperino e il giro del mondo in otto giorni'' (1962, ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' by [[Jules Verne]]), ''Paperin Caramba y Carmen Olè'' (1979, ''[[Carmen]]'' by [[Georges Bizet]]), ''Paolino Pocatesta e la bella Franceschina'' (1980, ''[[Inferno (Dante)|Inferno]]'' by [[Dante Alighieri]]), ''Topolino corriere dello Zar'' (1966, ''[[Michael Strogoff]]'' by Jules Verne), ''La metamorfosi di un papero'' (1991, ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' by [[Franz Kafka]]).

==Death==
Carpi died in Genoa on March 8, 1999.<ref name=Lambiek/>

==Awards==
*{{ill|Premio Yellow Kid|it}}, 1994 {{ill|Salone Internazionale dei Comics|it}}, Rome
*[[Honorary degree|Honorary laurea]] in science education, 1997, [[University of Bologna]]

==Selected works==
*{{ill|Zio Paperone e le guerre planetarie|it|italic=yes}}, [[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore]], 1978
*''Paperinik e il ritorno a Villa Rosa''
*''Zio Paperone e la corona di luce''
*''Paperino e il pianeta Esalion''
*''Zio Paperone e la fattoria orbitale''
*''Paperino e il mistero di Lucca'', 1992

===Reprints===
In 2019, a volume in the ''[[Disney Masters]]'' book series from [[Fantagraphics Books]] titled ''Uncle Scrooge: King of the Golden River'' ({{ISBN|978-1-68396-170-3}}) was dedicated to Battista Carpi.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Inducks author|GBC}}
* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carpi-gb.htm Giovan Battista Carpi] at the [[Lambiek|Lambiek Comiclopedia]]

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