Roberto Grassilli

Roberto Grassilli is an artist from Bologna, who began publishing his comic strips and cartoons in Italian magazines in 1982. He has worked for Alter, Linus, Frigidaire, Tempi Supplementair, Schizzo, Consumatori, Cuore, PuntoCom, Chiamami Città and some local Bolognese periodicals. He has been active as an illustrator since 1983, working for among others Milano Libri, Conde' Nast, Sperling & Kupfer, Arcana Edizioni and Manutencoop. he founded the Showbiz agency with Steo Zacchi in 1988.

In 1990, he headed for London, where he worked on Steven Spielberg's 'Amblimation' animation film. In 1991 he dropped all his other activities and became fulltime contributor to the satirical monthly Cuore. He has been responsible for the publications of Pan Distribuzioni (Marvel Italia). Grassilli has been active in the developing of commercial websites. He has created the web comic 'To Be Or Net To Be'.