Marco Rota
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Marco Rota ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 18 September 1942) is an Italian Disney comic artist who served as editor-in-chief of Disney Italia from 1974 to 1988.
His Disney stories feature a style largely influenced by Carl Barks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Life and careerEdit
Rota was born in Milan. His first comic work, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, was published in 1958 in the magazine {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.<ref name=Fossati>Template:Cite book</ref> During the 1960s, he drew stories of Superman and Batman, as well as erotic comics.<ref name=Fossati/>
Rota made his first Disney comic using the Mickey Mouse character in 1971. He would go on, however, to work primarily with Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck stories. His best-known Disney-related work is Andold "Wild Duck" Temerary, Donald's Dark Age Scottish alter ego; as well as the 1984 story From Egg to Duck (Template:Langx), Donald's biography.<ref name=Fossati/>
In addition to working with established characters, Rota also does original work.<ref name=Fossati/> As of 2012, he works for the Danish publisher Egmont.<ref name="Inducks">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Update inline
In 2019, he returned to collaborate with Topolino with the story Ingorgopoli.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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