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TIZIANO SCLAVI, the creator of Dylan Dog, is a journalist
and a writer. In addition to his intense activity in the field of comic strips, his
also the author of over ten novels, two of which have been made into movies. One in
particular, "Dellamorte Dellamore", directed by Michele Soavi, was distributed in
many countries of the world (with the title The Cemetery Man"; in the united Sates
it was appreciated by leading directors such as Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino
and Terry Gilliam. Tiziano Sclavi was born in Broni in the province of Pavia, in 1953.
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contributed articles and stories to a myriad of journals and magazines, such as
"Corriere dei Ragazzi", "Amica", "Salve",
"Corriere dei Piccoli", "Millelibri", "Il
Giornalino". As the writer of comic strips, he created
"Altai & Jonson" and
"Silas Finn" (with artwork by Giorgio Cavazzano), "Agente Allen"
(artwork by Mario Rossi), "Vita da cani" (graphically rendered by Gino Gavioli).
. In 1982, he joined the staff of Bonelli, writing two scripts of Ken Parker
(on a subject conceived by Giancarlo Berardi), several stories for Zagor
(among which the longest one ever published by Sergio Bonelli), Mister No, and Martin
Mystère; he also created Kerry the trapper (in 1983, with artwork by the Di Vitto
brothers and Marco Bianchini), Dylan Dog (in 1986, the character that crowned Sclavi
as one of the major talents of modern comic books) and Roy Mann (1987, artwork by
Attilio Micheluzzi). In addition, he composed the scripts for "Horror Cico", a summer
album dedicated to Zagor's little Mexican friend. Furthermore, Sclavi has also been
a scriptwriter for television, a songwriter, advertising copywriter, and illustrator.
As a novelist he has published, among others, the books "Film", "Tre", "Dellamorte
Dellamore", "Nero", "Sogni di sangue", "Apocalisse", "La circolazione del sangue",
"Le etichette delle camicie", "Non è successo niente".
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