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Fernando
Caretta with his late friend, colleague, and mentor Ignazio di Mineo during a comics fair in Milan
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Fernando Caretta was born in Lizzanello (Lecce) on June 29, 1968.
From the age of 15, he began his career as a self-taught graphic designer, clothing designer, and technical draftsman in the field of architectural design, working in a surveyor's office.
City of Lecce (Lecce)
Puglia. Piazza Sant’Oronzo,
view of the square
with the column of
Sant’Oronzo.
Covers of some "curva nero azzurra, rossonera and bianconera" albums
In October 1989, he settled in Milan and began working for the "Studio per Studi" agency run by brothers Ignazio and Davide Di Mineo. He subsequently worked at Stefano 3ntini's studio, commissioned by Edizioni Masters Immagini, designing the Masters Duck and creating several sticker collections.
Master Editions Stickers Images
From 1995 to 1996, he worked as Creative Director at
Alberto Collini's CIPS advertising agency.
From 1996 to 2000, he worked as a freelance visualizer for the
advertising agencies Pro-ad service, Option Italia, Sole Luna,
Art Machine McCann Erickson Italia, and Rolando agenzia; for
companies such as Algida,Shell, Eldorado, Europe Assistance,
Omnitel, Lipton, LG Flatron, Chicco, Danone,
Galbani, Kodak, and many others.
On the right, covers
Paprika and Nuvola Bianca. On the left, advertising work done at the CIPS agency.
A sinistra e
destra LayOut
e definitivi di
lavori fatti per Agenzie di
Milano.
He also created several comics for Master Immagini, published in children's magazines such as "Skate" and "Comix Skate." He then collaborated with Edizioni Eden, drawing football-themed comics titled "Curva Bianconera, Curva Neroazzurra."
For Edizioni Eden, he also collaborated on two erotic comic books (VM 18), "Paprica" and "Nuvola Bianca," creating two self-contained color comics.
Covers of the magazine
Erotic comics Selen, inspired by the sexy star Selen (Luce Caponegro)
In 1996 he joined the Selen staff of designers, with Giovanna Casotto, Luca Tarlazzi, Stefano Natali and others…
Fernando Caretta
and Giovanna Casotto
at CARTOMICS in
Milan
albums reprinted and published in France with Editions Vents d’Ovest with three collections of comics.
Edizioni
3ntini di
Stefano
Trentini
He publishes in America, Spain, Belgium, and other
European Union member countries. He creates
photoshoots and short erotic photo stories as a photographer and author, for the magazines "NU" and Selen, published by Edizioni Trentini. In December 1996, he participated in the exhibition "Cielo di Piombo," a social initiative against pollution, organized by "Società Umanitaria" of Milan. In 1997, he participated in the group exhibition dedicated to Guido Crepax, organized by "Società Umanitaria" of Milan. Many other Italian authors and cartoonists also participated in the exhibition. That same year, his
illustrated work was reviewed in Magazine GQ.
Sulla rivista erotica Selen, pubblica e scrive ogni mese
brevi storie a fumetti auto conclusivi raccolti successivamente in tre albi monografici. I fumetti vengono raccolti in albi ristampati e pubblicati in Francia con le Edizioni Vents d’Ovest con tre raccolte.
Recensione sulla rivista GQ, con breve biografia e pubblicazione di una delle opere illustrate.
Durante la manifestazione
Tattoo Convention
Pubblica con Dario Fratar (Darko) cartoline da collezione, con dei
soggetti di natura erotica. In oltre per Kover Kollection FDK crea
Immagini per SPECIMEN postali, per Poste Italiane.
Pubblica anche un fumetto auto conclusivo stampe erotiche varie.
In 2010 he began working for the publisher Sergio Bonelli as an illustrator of the comic book hero Dylan Dog.
In 2007, he published a
monograph of erotic illustrations with Sal Quartuccio's
SQP Editions, for the United States
of America, entitled"Hard Candy."
He also participated in the group
exhibition in Lisbon, the "18th
Festival Banda International
Desenhada, ad Amadora" with
Tanino Liberatore, Milo Manara, and Serpieri.
In 2007, she published the portfolio "Stelle Stelline" with Mauro Paganelli's "Edizioni Di" (formerly Grifo Edizioni). The Stelle Stelline Portfolio draws inspiration from and reinterprets female characters from the Italian comics scene, such as Druuna by Serpirei, Legs by Natan Never, Valentina by Crepax, Marta by Lupo Alberto, Eva by Diabolik, Giovanna Casotto, and others. She later published other portfolios, such
as "Innocenza e Malizia," "Sogni Proibiti," and "Bad Girls." With the same
publisher, she also published two comic collections published in the
magazine Selen, plus an unpublished comic titled "Il Moralist." The titles
of the two volumes are: "Le Mie Lolita e Monelle"
From an almost grotesque style, he adapted to a much more realistic genre to better suit the character and the standards of Edizioni Bonelli.
He published a 24-page self-contained story titled "In Line with the Beyond" and a second titled "The Puppeteer," both published in shared albums with other comic book authors.
In 2016, he published his second album of erotic illustrations, "Spank!" with Edizioni SQP
by Sal Quartuccio. Published and unpublished drawings are collected to form a significant work. The book includes a short introduction by Fernando Caretta with photos by the author himself.
To describe the life of an erotic comic book artist, in 2018 he created sexy and ironic,
autobiographical videos, published on YouTube, titled "PAZZA ROUTINE," in which he emphasizes situations and dialogues to the point of making them almost grotesque. Fernando Caretta is the author, director, and actor of his videos, and is often
accompanied by new actresses such as Giorgina
Sparkling and Marica
Monaco who play
various roles related
to the theme.
In 2023 he collaborated on the creation of the jointly created comic book “Biella tra le Nuvole” for the trade fair of the same name.
In 2024 he published the third self-contained comic featuring the character Dylan Dog, 94 pages long, Edizioni Bonelli, the first complete album entitled “the conspiracy of the guilty”.
In 2024, he published his third monographic album of erotic illustrations, "SPANK! 2," for the United States, published by Sal Quartuccio's SQP publishing house. A short preface by Fernando Caretta opens the book, followed by preparatory pencil sketches and illustrations, again inspired by the turbulent sensuality of teenagers. Fernando Caretta's teenagers are not objects to be exhibited, but protagonists who impose an immature and therefore disarming sensuality in grotesque and hilarious sketches and situations.
In 2002, he published comics, including previously unpublished and illustrated works, in the erotic comics magazine Blue. He also made his official debut as an author of short photo essays and short photo stories, for which he is the author, screenwriter, photographer,
director, and in some cases even a serious actor. His
photographic works are inspired by his distinctive comic
style.
He participates in trade fairs such as the Tattoo Convention as a body painter and Lucca Comics and Milano Comics.
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