Luciano Bottaro

Luciano Bottaro (16 November 1931 – 25 November 2006) was an Italian comic book artist. He was influenced by Otto Messmer's Felix the Cat, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland, Frederick Burr Opper's Happy Hooligan, Rudolph Dirks's the Katzenjammer Kids, and Barks and Gottfredson's Disney adaptations.