Iginio straffi biography of albert

Italian animator, illustrator, and former comic book author

Iginio Straffi (born May 30, ) is an Italian animator and former comic book author.^[1] He is the founder and president of Rainbow SpA, which he co-owned alongside the American media company Paramount Global from ^[2] until Straffi is the creator of the studio's animated series Winx Club and Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, as well as the co-creator of its comic book series Maya Fox.

While at university, Straffi published his first comic story in a issue of Tilt.^[3] He continued to work as a comic book illustrator through the s, eventually drawing an issue of Sergio Bonelli Editore's Nick Raider series.^[4] In , Straffi founded Rainbow with the assistance of Lamberto Pigini and Giuseppe Casali.^[5] The studio began with a capital of 10, euros,^[6] which was mostly used to purchase computers and software for digital design.^[7] Rai