Giorgio Giorgetti

Born in 1921 in Italy, Giorgio Giorgetti emigrated to the UK in 1951. He had three decade long career in comics, working across the boys and girls’ titles. For the boys’ market, he drew Rat-Trap for Corr!!, The House of Dolmann for Valiant as well as contributing to Shiver & Shake, Eagle and Look & Learn. For the girls’ market, he drew Mam’selle X for Girls’ Crystal in addition to his work on Tammy, Jinty, Mirabelle, Katy, June & School Friend and of course Sally, the short-lived girls’ adventure comic, for which he co-created iconic UK heroine the Cat Girl. His final strip was Jump, Jump Julia for Tammy. He died in 1982.