Gipi

Gian Alfonso Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author.

Biography Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries.

He began illustrating stories and comics in 1992, and his work appeared in Cuore, Blue, Il Clandestino, Boxer, Il Manifesto and Lo Straniero.

His graphic novel Appunti per una storia di guerra (Notes for a War Story), published by Coconino Press, appeared in France and was published in the United States by First Second Books.

Gipi has created Gli innocenti (The Innocents) for the Ignatz Series and in 2006 this work earned him an Eisner Award nomination and a Max & Moritz Prize.

Other work In 2000, he founded Santa Maria Video. Santa Maria is a studio through which he creates video and animation shorts.

In 2015, he successfully crowdfunded and launched Bruti, a card game about melee combats between warriors and enchanters set in a dark fantasy with a medieval feel. Gipi designed the game and illustrated each card. The deluxe version of the rulebook includes a long introductory comic.

Works Graphic novels Esterno notte (in Italian). Bologna: Coconino Press. 2003

S (in Italian). Bologna: Coconino Press. 2006

Momenti straordinari con applausi finti (in Italian). Bologna: Coconino Press. 2019.

Anthologies

Diario di fiume e altre storie (in Italian). Bologna: Coconino Press. 2009 Verticali (in Italian). Bologna: Coconino Press. 2009 Baci dalla provincia (in Italian). Bologna: Coconino Press. 2011

Filmography