Federico Pedrocchi

Federico Pedrocchi (1 May 1907 – 20 January 1945) was an Italian comic book artist and writer. He sometimes used the pen name Costanzo Federici. He founded the magazine Paperino e altre avventure (Donald Duck and Other Adventures) in 1937, and wrote some of the earliest Disney comic book stories.

Life and career Pedrocchi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina of Italian parents, and he moved back to Italy with his family in 1912. Pedrocchi wrote eight serials starring Disney characters for the paper, featuring Donald Duck, Goofy (Pippo) and the characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Biancaneve e i Setti Nani). During the same period, he also wrote two further Disney stories which were printed in Mondadori's biweekly publication Albi d'oro.

Following the success of the magazine, he was appointed editorial and artistic director of Mondadori's comic magazines in 1939, a role he maintained until he was enlisted in the army in 1942.

Paolino Paperino e il mistero di Marte (Donald Duck and the Secret of Mars): issues #1-18 Paolino Paperino inviato speciale (Donald Duck, Special Correspondent): #19-48 Pippo viaggiatore di commercio (Goofy, Business Traveler): #40-48 Paperino fra i pellirosse (Donald Duck Among the Redskins): #72-100 Biancaneve e il mago Basilisco (Snow White and Basilisk the Wizard): #72-100 Paperino chiromante (Donald Duck, Fortune Teller): #101-130 I Sette Nani cattivi contro i Sette Nani buoni (The Seven Bad Dwarves Against the Seven Good Dwarfs): #101-121 Paperino e il vaso cinese (Donald Duck and the Chinese Vase): #131-149

The stories published in Albi d'oro were: Paperino e la pietra filosofale (Donald Duck and the Philosopher's Stone): #22/1938 Clarabella fra gli artigli del diavolo nero (Clarabelle in the Claws of the Black Devil): #25/1939