Enzo Facciolo

Enzo Facciolo (2 October 1931 – 13 August 2021) was an Italian artist who was known for Diabolik comic work.

Biography After attending the School of Art at the Castello Sforzesco, he founded an animation studio with practically no experience in the field and then shortly afterwards moved on to collaborate in 1954 with the Pagot brothers with whom he would work for about a year, along with a team of animators; making commercials and short films; in 1959 he made his debut in comics by writing and drawing the short series Clint Due Colpi for Edizioni Domai. Thanks to his experience in the field of animation, in 1963 the Astorina house hired him with the task of unifying the drawings of the Diabolik comic series, redefining the graphic characterization of the characters compared to the previous versions at the request of the two authors. In the 1963 debut album, episode no. 10 "The Hanged Man," the protagonist character does not appear with his features as he is always disguised and thus the first story where he will actually draw the protagonist as well will be in the next issue, "Hell's Trap"; with these early realizations he proved his abilities such that he obtained the graphic responsibility of the character. At the request of the Giussani sisters, he was inspired by the actor Robert Taylor (American actor) to improve his graphic characterization, devising the iconic look of the protagonist, characterizing his typical movements and facial expressions as well as defining his costume and characteristic mask instead of the shapeless hood of the early days; this characterization became the reference point for the other cartoonists.

In 1963, he started working on Diabolik.

On 13 August 2021, Facciolo died at the age of 89.