Giorgio Bellavitis

Giorgio Bellavitis was an Italian comic artist. Shortly after World War II, he was part of the so-called "Group of Venice", that produced art for magazines like Asso di Picche. Bellavitis drew a comics version of 'Robin Hood'. Other artists in this group were Hugo Pratt, Alberto Ongaro, Paolo Campani, Mario Faustinelli and Dino Battaglia. He created 'La Strada senza Fine' in Lo Scolaro and for Il Vittorioso, he made 'I Cavalieri del Corvo' (1951) 'Acqua Cattiva' (1952), 'Il Palio di Siena' (1953) and 'Amburgo 1947' (1954).

In the 1950s he began doing art for British publications through Rinaldo Dami. He drew 'Mark the Youngest Diciple' and 'Storm Nelson - Sea Adventurer' in Eagle, 'Paul English' in Swift, 'Rodney Flood' in The Express, 'The Ghost World' in Boy's World and 'The New Adventures of Charlie Chan'. Between 1958 and 1964 he illustrated 'Kid Tempesta' in Giorno dei Ragazzi.