An original page from Diso's Mr. No.

Roberto Diso was born in Rome 16 April 1932. At the age of 22, he collaborated on several strips for Il Vittorioso, his first strip was published in the Jolly Album, a collaborative effort with Santo D'Amico.

Later he worked, via the Giolliti studio, for Fleetway where he drew numerous stories, mostly war. Click here for a complete list of Diso's UK titles. Probably his most well known UK strip was Zip Nolan in the Lion Comic. In France he did work for the Éditions Aventures et Voyages, on the Saga of Lancelot and Dan Panther.

In 1965 he drew adult strips, and some editions of Goldrake. He worked for the Giolitti studio, drawing various strips for the German market, mostly mysteries.

In 1974 Sergio Bonelli asked him to take over the strip Mr. No from Gallieno Ferri. Diso became the main illustrator and cover artist of the series from issue 116. His first experience of a complete strip creation happened in 1985 in the Giungla magazine, for which he both wrote and drew the character I Twirl, published later in the magazine L'Eternauta.

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