Giovan Battista Carpi

Giovan Battista Carpi (; 16 November 1927 – 8 March 1999) was a prolific 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 , such as Geppo, Nonna Abelarda, and .

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.

Two years later, he moved to Milan, where he got experience in animation at the studio. He continued to illustrate children's comics for studies like De Agostini, Corticelli, Tipys, and Messaggerie Musicali

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 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 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 8 March 1999.

Awards , 1994 , Rome Honorary laurea in science education, 1997, University of Bologna

Selected works , 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 was dedicated to Battista Carpi.