Giorgio Forattini, a cartoonist who made readers smile and reflect, but also angered his targets, died in Milan at the age of 94.
He depicted the major figures of the First Republic, from Craxi to Andreotti, from Pertini to Berlinguer, without sparing the Pope and important businessmen like Agnelli. But also those of the Second, from Prodi to Veltroni, from Renzi to Bossi.
He began in the 1970s with a daily comic strip in Paese Sera. He drew for a long time on the pages of La Repubblica, and also worked for Panorama, L'Espresso, La Stampa, and Il Giornale. He edited Il Male, one of Italy's most important satirical magazines, founded in 1978 and closed after four years.
Some depictions have remained in the collective imagination: a nude Giovanni Spadolini and a Mussolini-supporting Bettino Craxi, complete with black shirt, for example. According to some estimates, Forattini created 14,000 cartoons, collected in several books.
(Unioneonline)
