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TEFANO PIANI
Writer and artist, Stefano Piani was born in Imola (October 7, 1965). He studied in Bologna, at comic art school "Zio Feininger", following art classes by Andrea Pazienza and Lorenzo Mattotti, and at “Scuola del Fumetto” in Milan. He worked for a while in advertising and as a satirical writer and artist, with Alberto Ostini. In 1995, he became one of the staff writers for Nathan Never, Legs Weaver and Agenzia Alfa.
He also wrote a few stories for Gregory Hunter and several Nick Raider episodes. He currently is a comic book writer (his latest work for Sergio Bonelli Editore is one-shot "Il legionario"), as well as a screenwriter for TV shows.

ENATO POLESE
Born in Rome (April 27,1924), Renato Polese began his career as a comic book artist during the ‘40s, working for "Il Vittorioso", as well as for the British market. He’s been working for Bonelli since 1967, when the publishing house based in Milan still was called Editoriale Cepim. He first drew some episodes of Storia del West, followed by "L’Uomo di Pechino", for the series Un Uomo un’Avventura (1977), and a few albums of Collana Rodeo (1977-78) and Bella & Bronco (1984). While working at the "police procedural" series Nick Raider, written by Nizzi (Polese’s first story was in 1989, "Una minaccia dal passato", by Gino D’Antonio), Polese in 1998 also became one of Mister No artists, in two stories by Stefano Marzorati: "Uomini senza speranza" and "Missione suicida". Renato Polese was the artist for some episodes of Zagor and Ken Parker, as well.
One-shot book "Il legionario", written by Stefano Piani and published by SBE in 2006, features Polese’s art.