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Aurelio Galleppini
Aurelio Galleppini, 1948
Born	(1917-08-28)28 August 1917 Casale di Pari
Died	10 March 1994(1994-03-10) (aged 76) Chiavari
Nationality	Italian
Area(s)	Artist
Pseudonym(s)	Galep
Notable works	Tex Willer
Collaborators	Gian Luigi Bonelli

Aurelio Galleppini (28 August 1917 – 10 March 1994), better known with his nickname Galep, was an Italian comics artist and illustrator, best known as graphic creator of Tex Willer in 1948.^[1]

Biography

Galleppini was born at Casale di Pari in Tuscany.^[2]

In 1948 Gallepini created Occhio Cupo and Tex Willer (both written by Gian Luigi Bonelli).^[3] Galep drew Tex Willer's adventures from 1948 until his death. Many other illustrators alternated with him on the pages of this popular comic book. He also illustrated all the covers of the regular series from the issue 1# in 1948 until issue #400 in 1994. In 1977 he drew episode of L'Uomo del Texas, which was written by Sergio Bonelli, for the series Un uomo, un'avventura ("A man, an Adventure").

He died at Chiavari in 1994.

Tex Willer

Galleppini drew Tex Willer issues #1–40, 42–90, 92–100, 103–106, 113– 117, 125–128, 134, 137–139, 154–156, 162–164, 175–176, 180–183, 190– 191, 200, 207–209, 223–226, 242–245, 265–268, 276–277, 287–289, 300, 312–314, 338–340, 377–378, 400; and Speciale Tex #3

References

^ Conway, Christopher; Sol, Antoinette (June 2022). The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 42–44. ISBN 978-1-4962-1899-5.
^ "Casale di Pari rende omaggio ad Aurelio Galleppini con una via in sua memoria". La Nazione (in Italian). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Zampieri, Chiara; Piperno, Martina; Bossche, Bart Van den (2023-10-16). Modern Etruscans: Close Encounters with a Distant Past. Leuven University Press. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-94-6270-379-7.

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